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Report: Matt Riddle No Shows Charity Pro Wrestling Event In The United Kingdom and Kept The Deposit He Was Paid In Favour Of Attending Real American Freestyle's inaugural event. (cultaholic.com)

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tl;dr - Matt Riddle continues his many years long struggle with being a worthless cunt.

Matt Riddle no-showed a charity pro wrestling event in the United Kingdom on Sunday, August 31 and he has yet to return the deposit paid to him.

Al Snow's Global Wrestling Kingdom ran their inaugural show - A New Kingdom Rises - on Sunday in Barnsley, England. The advertised main event since May had been Matt Riddle vs. Simon Miller, but Riddle was nowhere to be seen in Barnsley and it was announced at the beginning of the show that Grado would instead face Miller in the main event.

Sources close to the situation have revealed to Cultaholic that Riddle was booked for the Global Wrestling Kingdom event through his manager several months ago, but Riddle recently expressed concerns about his flight, claiming it was cheap, and his unhappiness about being in a hotel room in Barnsley for two days.

After Riddle revealed his concerns, GWK tried to organise pro wrestling seminars so he could make some extra money while in the United Kingdom, but they were unable to finalise any events on such short notice. Riddle didn't cancel his booking, but he never travelled to the United Kingdom and a driver was left waiting several hours for the MLW World Heavyweight Champion to arrive.

GWK then received a reply from Riddle which noted he had accepted another booking but would still potentially make the show. Riddle did not open any of GWK's future messages about his status for the event, however.

Riddle's absence from the GWK event resulted in the promotion having to issue refunds for meet-and-greets, and sources have noted Riddle has yet to return his deposit. The GWK event, opened by the mayor of Barnsley, was raising money for charities in support of survivors of domestic abuse, and homeless veterans.

Instead of working the GWK show, Riddle was instead backstage at Real American Freestyle's inaugural event on Saturday, August 30, with PWInsider reporting that Riddle expressed interest in competing for the freestyle wrestling league founded by Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff.

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[–] xz25@opensocial.at 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@GeekFTW After he no-showed the driver he told them he still might show up to the gig? Was the stupid freestyle thing even in England?

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Nope. Was at he Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I mean, not to defend Riddle, but I'd also not want to be in a hotel room in Barnsley for 2 nights.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] xz25@opensocial.at 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@GeekFTW he really seems like a stand-up fella.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

For real, don't think ive ever heard anyone say anything bad about him. Hell everyone hates WhatCulture and still praise him as the only watchable part lmao

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

yeah everything about this story checks out

[–] siv9939@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Obviously fuck Riddle, but I do find it funny that this is the only coverage I've seen of RAF happening. Outside of their website it's hard to even find any pictures of the event.

[–] GeekFTW@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the universal response seems to be "wait it happened???"

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

They didn't want anyone to see all of the empty seats