WWE star Matt Riddle recently shed light on his wrestling match win over UFC star Jon Jones and talked about ‘Bones’ possibly doing PEDs.
Matt Riddle opens up on Jon Jones
‘The Original Bro’ made an appearance on Daniel Cormier’s ESPN show and revealed how he believes the UFC Hall-of-Famer was “on the straight and narrow” back then. Despite having a promising start to his MMA career, the star left the sport following his UFC release after failing two drug tests due to marijuana intake. He fought once more outside of the promotion. He submitted Michael Kuiper via guillotine choke in Titan FC—before making the switch to pro wrestling.
During a recent episode of the DC & RC Show, Daniel Cormier questioned whether Jon Jones was clean during his high school wrestling match with Matt Riddle, prompting the former WWE United States Champion to say:
“You know, like him or not, he’s always been a top-tier competitor since I’ve known him in high school… I don’t think when I beat him he was cheating. Yeah, I don’t think he used any PEDs or was on any stimulants or anything like that. He was young, I remember his family was always there and it was a very family-oriented environment… I think he was still on the straight and narrow then, bro.”
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier recently served as the Special Guest Referee for the Fight Pit match between Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle at Extreme Rules 2022. This marked Cormier’s first appearance on WWE television.
