“Has a spot in my heart forever,” Former WWE Superstar credits Randy Orton for helping him through a difficult phase in his personal life

A wrestler’s job is to entertain the fans through their amazing skills and promos. However, they go through many problems in their personal lives. As such, Hall Of Famer Matt Riddle shared how Randy Orton supported him in the worst phase of his life.

Matt Riddle was having a conversation on The Kurt Angle Show, and he revealed how special it was to work with Orton and have him as a best friend. The former WWE star further added that Orton supported him a lot during the time of his divorce. The Viper has also gone through a similar situation.

Riddle said Orton was so supportive of him in his difficult time and hence, he had a special place in his heart. The duo was also a successful tag team before Orton was out of action due to an injury in 2022.

He helped me out through a lot of tough times because I was going through a divorce at the time and everything else, and he’s been through a similar situation, and he was just a real brother and especially, you know when you’re on the road, it’s not like I can call anybody. I can, but it’s not the same and to have him there and be that supportive because you know how Randy can be. For him to be that supportive to me, it was nice. Randy has a spot in my heart forever.

Matt Riddle on Randy Orton via The Kurt Angle Show podcast

Kurt Angle also gave many health updates on his podcast when Randy Orton was recovering from an injury. That signifies that Angle was also very close to the Viper and was in contact with him during his injury.

Kurt Angle was supposed to manage Matt Riddle in WWE

WWE Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle, has already done work in other roles besides a wrestler, like managing the Raw brand. However, an idea was thrown to him that he should manage Matt Riddle, but he declined the offer.

The 55-year-old revealed on his podcast that he would’ve loved to manage Riddle. Unfortunately, the money he was offered was not much. He declined the offer because it would’ve taken so much toll on him. Kurt Angle even asked them for more money, but unfortunately, it didn’t work out.

Do you remember they asked me to be your manager? I wouldve loved to be your manager man, but the money was not much. So I was like… I would love to be his manager, but you gotta give me more money 

Kurt Angle via The Kurt Angle Show

The Original Bro also agreed with Angle’s statement and said there is nothing harder for a wrestler than traveling. He said even if a superstar is cutting a promo, the traveling is the most brutal because it drains them mentally. Riddle recently fought in MLW against Jacob Fatu and managed to win and now he waits for the next challenge in NJPW.

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