Matthew Riddle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 14, 1986 (age 40)
- Birthplace
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Matthew Frederick Riddle (January 14, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on its NXT developmental brand. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Riddle made a name for himself by appearing on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7. Early life Riddle was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and later moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, where he attended Saratoga Springs High School. He graduated from high school in 2004 and then attended East Stroudsburg University, where he was a member of the wrestling team for two years. After his head coach was fired, Riddle lost his wrestling scholarship and moved to MMA. Mixed martial arts career Riddle's main experience comes from high school wrestling. He wrestled at Saratoga High School in upstate New York. There Riddle was a National wrestling Champion and in his Senior year was a New York state wrestling champion. He is 1-0 in amateur MMA. Riddle worked as a roofer and trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the evenings. Since Riddle had little to no money, he did not train at a gym but in his apartment. Riddle used BJ Penn's book, Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge to help him learn. The Ultimate Fighter Riddle fought Dan Simmler, an understudy of Matt Serra, to get into the TUF house. Riddle knocked out Simmler in the opening seconds of the second round and struck him three times in the jaw after he had lost consciousness, breaking Simmler's jaw in two places. It was called the biggest knockout in The Ultimate Fighter history by Dana White and the knock out of the century by Quinton Jackson. Riddle was picked second for team Rampage. During the show's taping, Riddle was given the nickname Chipper after Rampage noticed him always smiling.
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PWC Jumpers For Ringposts
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WWE Talking Smack
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MLW Battle Riot VIII
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MLW Saturday Night SuperFight 2026
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MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025
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MLW SuperFight 6
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NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1
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NJPW Windy City Riot 2024
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2
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MLW Azteca Lucha 2024
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MLW Blood & Thunder
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Eric Bischoff's One Shot
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TNA Turning Point 2024
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JCW: Devil's Night Creature Double Feature
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WWE Backlash 2023
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WWE Money in the Bank 2023
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WWE SummerSlam 2023
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WWE Day 1 2022
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WWE Royal Rumble 2022
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2022
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WWE WrestleMania 38: Sunday
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WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2022
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WWE Money in the Bank 2022
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WWE SummerSlam 2022
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WWE Clash at the Castle 2022
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WWE Extreme Rules 2022
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WWE Road to WrestleMania MSG 2022
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WWE This Is Awesome
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WWE Crown Jewel 2021
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WWE Survivor Series 2021
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WWE Elimination Chamber 2021
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WrestleMania 37: Night 2
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An Officer & A Gentleman: Matt Riddle
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WWE Money in the Bank 2021
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WWE Royal Rumble 2021
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WWE Fastlane 2021
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WWE SummerSlam 2021
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WWE Royal Rumble 2020
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NXT TakeOver: Portland
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WWE Payback 2020
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WWE Survivor Series 2020
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WWE Survivor Series 2019
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NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
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Arrival: Matt Riddle
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NXT TakeOver: New York
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NXT TakeOver XXV
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EVOLVE 131-- 10th Anniversary
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The Wrestlers
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PROGRESS Chapter 63: Take Me Underground
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GCW Matt Riddle's Bloodsport
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GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 2
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WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2018
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IPW:UK International Battle Royale
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ScrapperMania 4
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PWG: Bask In His Glory
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PWG: Mystery Vortex V
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PWG: Neon Knights
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PWG: Time Is A Flat Circle
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GCW Joey Janela's Lost In New York
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PROGRESS Chapter 76: Hello Wembley
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Beyond Wrestling & WWR Present "Lit Up"
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Women's Wrestling Revolution WWR Five Year Plan
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PROGRESS Coast To Coast Tour: Boston
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Beyond Americanrana 2018
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NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV
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NXT TakeOver: WarGames II
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PROGRESS: Orlando
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PROGRESS Chapter 48: Bang The Drum
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PWG: Game Over, Man
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PWG: Only Kings Understand Each Other
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GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break
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DEFY8 Kings Among Men
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PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
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PWG: Head Like A Cole
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PWG: Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock and Roll)
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PWG: All Star Weekend 13 - Night One
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PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
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PWG: 2017 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
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WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup 2017 • English Qualifier
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2017 - Night 1
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2017 - Night 2
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IPW:UK Supershow 5
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AAW Unstoppable 2016
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WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
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PWG: Mystery Vortex IV
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AIW Bloodsport
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Beyond Americanrana 2016
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AAW Defining Moment 2016
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Raw Talk
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EVOLVE 49
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UFC on Fuel TV 7: Barao vs. McDonald
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UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao
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UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit
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UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit
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UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger
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UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy
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UFC on Versus 2: Jones vs. Matyushenko
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UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2
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WWE NXT
TV · 34 eps
UFC Fight Night 17: Lauzon vs. Stephens
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UFC 101: Declaration
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UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera
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The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale
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The Ultimate Fighter
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WWE Friday Night SmackDown
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Raw
TV · as Riddle, Matt Riddle · 52 eps