@@Sebastian-yx8oy Because Dana implied that Riddle won't go anywhere else and get the kind of money the UFC had to offer him, but now Matt is a pro wrestler at the biggest pro wrestling company in the world and has potential to make even more money and become a bigger star in the future.
@@codfather111ify your crazy WWF dint make as much as top UFC fighters you need to be drug tested just cus you a wrestling fan dont he delusional! WWF top fighters are lucky if they make more then a few million a year even with merch they get no health benefits they gotta pay for all there travel WWF pays there lower talent chump change there mid talent lucky if they get decent money why u think they wrestle till there like 60
but sonnen didn't make the statements riddle did. that's why he's so pissed. and remember riddle never reached the top and yet complaining. he's not even a draw for the ufc, so making the statements he did is retarded
his face when dana is straight insulting him and i guess dana doesnt understand just cause he pays them 50k per fight means they pocket 50k per fight taxes my dude taxes
@@joeycrosby167 Except for the fact that they are acting, not fighting. Everybody who's in relatively good shape can do choreographed stunts multiple days per week, but only very special people can fight at the highest level. The toughest thing about pro-wrestling is the fact that those guys are travelling all the time. That's it.
"BECAUSE HE COULDN'T PASS A DRUG TEST" Riddle: A) Took the fight on 7 days notice B) Had a medical card in the state of Nevada (where most tests for UFC occur).
@@DonDkTaro that’s the dumbest comparison I’ve ever seen. You just compared a recreational drug to prescription medication lol 😂 that’s laughably embarrassing. Insulin literally helps move sugar from your blood to your cells easier to help break it down. That’s not a mind altering or hormone changing substance that will alter the results of an athletic competition. Lol the fact that I had to break that down for you is pretty sad
now riddle just signed a three-year deal with WWE resulting in 1.4 million dollars over a span of just 3 years. That's pretty good money for a rising star like him.
Looks like he’s on the right path. He definitely will once he reaches WWE main roster. And he just seems far more happy playing a character which seems to be natural to him rather than endless fight training.
@@Satellite2145 Most likely he's already making over 100K on NXT. Once he reaches main roster he'll be making 1M and above the guy is talented as f**k!
Walt Clyde Those signed to developmental contracts are paid on average $50,000 to $150,000 a year. The overall average for those in development is about $80,000. If they reach the top of the WWE, salaries can climb into the seven figures.”
@@celticluna1691 maybe bc it’s such a wild off guard statement that was made in general. then when you think about what is said and realize it is insane it becomes even more hysterical. i do apologize that this didn’t happen in your brain and i had to type it out
@@UFCWWE69 it’s a work bro. He didn’t actually forget his lines. For one he doesn’t have lines that’s not how promos work and for two he’s playing a pothead gimmick.
@@ryanbruner9937 Promos do work with lines on the main roster bruv it isnt confirmed he forgot the but lines and promos are scripted the rock had to write down what he had been given thats what it is people write out promos before hand.
@@mikeydoc11 you don’t have actual lines they aren’t feeding them a script they have topics they have to hit and specific lines that they’ll say kind of like how a match works. The whole match isn’t scripted but the spots are all scripted and drawn out.
+Foxtrot Hotel the difference is chael was taking drugs specifically to help him fight, matt was just smoking weed. dana did have a good point about only having to pass 3 drug tests a year though, and matt's the real dumbass.
Robert Loya Human growth hormones, some steroid and stuff that women take if they become infertile or something. His shit must have been smelly! poooo weeee.
Walt Clyde riddle signed a contract in 2018 making $500,000 a year. His net worth went from 220,000 to 3,000,000. Do some research before calling people names. Idiot
Dana bashes Marijuana and failed drug tests. Yet lets his roster Juice up on performance enhancing steroids, still lets them compete, win and there is no real deterrent/punishment. No lost prize money etc. Fucking bollocks! Poor Mark Hunt has just had to fight 3 guys in a row who all came up positive for steroids after the fight..
That's why they brought in USDA it's way stricter and everybody is getting popped left and right. Get your information right before commenting next time man.
Chase Hickson The fight was only the other week. So it must be recent. "Get your information right before commenting next time man.". Does not change the facts of my statement. Mark Hunt got beat by a juiced Brock. Did Brock lose any money from his purse.. No!.. Did he still get the winners cut and more than hunt.. Yes. Could it have been avoided.. Yes. Has it took extreme pressure, multiple incidents and media attention for them to finally do something about the rampant steroid abuse in UFC.. Yes. They have been all over marijuana for years now. So yeah my statement is still valid. Its taken them how long to get it sorted. What date did USADA start working with the UFC? Before the Brock vs Hunt fight or after? Is marijuana punished more than steroids.. Yes. As i said its all a load of bollocks.
KBR ACKEN I agree to an extinct I don't think Dana has anything to do with it but I could be wrong. You should get a medal for not getting all pissed off like most TH-cam and just engaging in the conversation.
Chase Hickson Yeah you could be right. I don't know if it is down to Dana himself or not. It is a big organisation with many influences etc. And thank you. I try to at least. And when you do get chance to converse with people properly on TH-cam, there is always chance of learning from the other person. Shame most people aren't lie this on here. I wish you all the best ;)
UFC is not the only MMA or jiu-jitsu promotion, there are some big ones and some small ones - you might have heard of Pride for example, but not heard of a local promotion near where I live, you know? Within roughly two years, Matt Riddle's wrestling accomplishments have been bigger than what most wrestlers accomplish in 10-15 years. With WWE being so interested in the independent wrestling scene and with wrestling taking more MMA influence - AND with Ronda Rousey appearing on Wrestlemania a year or so ago - it's not a huge claim to say Matt might end up there soon enough. He might end up in a company bigger than UFC, and then Dana will feel like even more of an idiot.
@@trollfacemafiagaming6036 he went independent yes but wwe push him as he was once in ufc we all know wwe does not care about the indies anymore but aew do
@@gmont28 anymore? WWE never cared about the indies, nor they should. indy stars don't wanna retire in the indies, where 50K-100K people watch them regularly. indy stars wanna join WWE and make real money, that's the harsh reality for smarks like u.
@@jamgooandyou Nah bro, I completely disagree with you and that's the beauty of having our own opinions. Just go back and watch some of his stuff against Dream, Dunne, Adam Cole, those matches were off the charts for a guy who was considered an outsider(i.e. celebs, sports players etc that try coming into sports entertainment.)
lmao he did nothing noteworthy in NXT. he fought for all the major titles there and lost all his matches, and was given by far the shittiest NXT tag title reign ever. Now on Raw he's the US champion and one of Vince's favorite mid carders.
Absolute lie by Dana here saying Riddle was making 152k a year. He realizes the Athletic Commission releases their salaries right? At UFC 143, which was in 2012, Riddle was paid 15k to show and 15k for winning. So if he didn't fight at all that year, but was paid for 3 fight shows, he would have made 45k. Even if you tack on his win bonuses, which I'm guessing the UFC doesn't do, it doesn't come close to 152k a year.
Lol dudes not John cena calm down. I don’t think you understand how wwe salaries work. Unless your John cena or AJ styles or randy Orton you ain’t coming anywhere near a million salary.
nope, Vince doesn't like Dana and Matt signed with WWE many years ago he was release from WWE most likely because of budget cut,they released Dolph Ziggler who has been in WWE for over 15 years too.
if marijuana is illegal so should be alcohol. It has nothing to do with performance. and lets be honest here, when you say marijuana is a drug, put a "*" after the word drug.
Marijuana is a drug, it's an addictive substance and if it wasn't then Riddle could have gone 3/12 months a year without it in order to pass a drug test. Not to mention if it wasn't a drug, he wouldn't be such a fiend that his dependency on the substance causes him to lash out against his family.
silentc22 he said he smoked because he doesn’t do drugs you know pills. And he never did anything to hurt his family he’s sayin pills have effects that make you lash out. Your reason for it being a drug you sound dumb
Saying that "you only have to go to work 3 times a year" - is totally ridiculous, and shows how far removed he is from the athletes. Even a mediocre mma fighter is forced to train 6-7 days a week in order to be able to compete in those 3 fights a year, so it's a lot misleading that he propagates the idea that being a fighter in the UFC only requires you to 'go to work 3 times a year'. With a multitude of corporate sponsorships, PPV, TV, gate revenue, and especially FoxSports being involved, Dana and Zuffa are raking in a phenomenal amount of royalties vastly inproportionate to what they pay the fighters. No matter that Matt's communication skills are sophmoric, Zuffa is raping these guys who are forced to train and prepare like no other sport in the world. The amount of effort required to even be on half of the level of a Matt Riddle is seriously unrecognized, and it's a shame that he and most top level mma fighters, with their short-lived careers and serious injury risks, are not compensated more comparatively with the amount of revenue they actually generate for Zuffa.
He doesn't get paid to train. In most other jobs you have to go to school get good grades, go to university, get a degree and all this other stuff. You don't need to do any of this in mma, just a few months of training before every fight.
Alex Mallinson The point is that Dana is insuating that they are paid enormous sums of money just to "go to work 3 times a year". To say that in mma, it's an easy deal because you are not required to have 4 years of schooling, is absolutely assinine. I will guarantee you, the average UFC fighter puts in more hours of work and preparation in 1 year, than a college student has to in all 4 years of his 'training' (i.e., schooling). And in other jobs, when you do go to school and get that degree, you usually are compensated with a salary commensurate with the effort that it took to get that job. Furthermore, in a normal job, you are not putting your entire career at risk everytime you step into the office. Most regular jobs also have a longevity of more than 5 years. The only reason Zuffa and Dana rake in the cash from sponsors like Zuffa, Fox, Fuel, FX, Pay Per View, Xyience, Rockstar, Budlight, SEC, Dodge, MetroPCS, US Marines, EA, Tapout, UbiSoft, MusclePharm, and Harley Davidson is because they have fighters who do train 7 days a week. How successful would the UFC be if they had fighters who literally only went to their 3 fights a year and didn't train for it? The training improves the product that the UFC sells and provides Zuffa with the ability to make the revenue that they do.
lastuvthe But even if he doesn't fight 3 times a year he gets paid. You do jobs like this because you love it. The majority of the fighters aren't complaining...
lastuvthe Dana meant that he would have only been drug tested 3 times at most a year when he showed up to "work" Obviously he knows they train fulltime, stop letting your jealousy/hatred for DW twist his words
@Walt Clyde Hes making more than that lol a developmental Contract Starts with 250k in The WWE lol what are you stupid even a jobber in the WWE makes more than what Riddle was making in the UFC.
And then the company who owns UFC buys WWE …Riddle gets cut and they say “he got too many chances” sound familiar??… if anyone wanna know .. this is my opinion on why Riddle was cut from WWE shortly after the takeover was complete.. Dana white pulled some strings the too many chances is too coincidental
He got suspended months ago for the same thing Dana was talking about. This was BEFORE we even heard the idea of merging. It was right after Randy Orton was injured
Best bit is Chael ending with "..that's something you don't see here, we always give both sides of the story" after closing interview showing ONE SIDE, Dans's side only. Yes you get both sides, the official UFC PR position and the CEO's slanderous rant side.
@@celticluna1691 Dying??? Lol 😹, WWE is not dying by any means!! It's still an international success!! It's an easy guess that WWE would still be around even after companies like AEW and even UFC goes out of business at the current scene!
2:38 lmao, I think he found the job, lol. He is a millionaire from WWE and he doesnt have to be punched and kicked until he drools on himself. Riddle made the best decision of his life by leaving the UFC and joining wwe
@@cubbie9499 We all know it's fake, but comparing Pro Wrestling to MMA is like comparing movies to MMA. Both MMA and Pro Wrestling are entertaining for different reasons, and I love watching both.
@@baltimorefan5642 he doesn't need to fight Colby or kamaru for a money fight he is earning way much more in WWE than UFC could ever provide him specially after his altercation with BROCK LESNAR and GOLDBERG at backstage
This is funny to watch in light of whats happened with Jones.. I suppose you could argue that it's different with Jones as he's the number one P4P fighter and LHW champion but thats still a double standard.
***** Out of competition is considered more than 12 hours before a fight. The same rules apply to everyone no matter how stupid it is. only idiots can't stay clean 12 hours before their fight.They defamed him by testing for a drug they shouldn't have at that time. People don't get charged for cocaine in their system dummy, the charge is possession.
lonewolf9202 to be fair weed stays in your system for 30+ days and hard drugs and alcohol only stays for 3 days(our bodies reject poison). Increasing the amount of thc metabolites allowed helped but it still seems as though some Athletic commissions that aren't as lenient as Nevada could have a fighter who used a month prior to in competition testing and still test positive and get fined and whatever else. They need to monitor the metabolite levels from in and out of competition testing to see whether the levels have increased or decreased determining if they used after their out of competition testing. I don't know the logistics of how the testing is so maybe this wouldn't work.
This aged hilariously
Fightful Pro Wrestling how so ?
It sure has
@@Sebastian-yx8oy Because Dana implied that Riddle won't go anywhere else and get the kind of money the UFC had to offer him, but now Matt is a pro wrestler at the biggest pro wrestling company in the world and has potential to make even more money and become a bigger star in the future.
@@AtifB18 he already makes more than 90% of UFC fighters
@@codfather111ify your crazy WWF dint make as much as top UFC fighters you need to be drug tested just cus you a wrestling fan dont he delusional!
WWF top fighters are lucky if they make more then a few million a year even with merch they get no health benefits they gotta pay for all there travel WWF pays there lower talent chump change there mid talent lucky if they get decent money why u think they wrestle till there like 60
Funny when Dana gets pissed because Riddle can't pass a drug test yet he's talking to Chael.
but sonnen didn't make the statements riddle did. that's why he's so pissed. and remember riddle never reached the top and yet complaining. he's not even a draw for the ufc, so making the statements he did is retarded
Robin Frisk I know, just mentioning it. Chapel was good for the sport
TheWeasle I was thinking the same thing. Chael looks so guilty at that point lol
Brock can't pass one either lol
It's like Dana was angry at Chael for years and finally got to let it out on him. 😂
The awkward moment when you remember that Chael failed a drug test.
More than one, actually.
lmfao I was just thinking that....scrolled down / saw this comment. Made my day.
Chael's face!!! lmao!!!!
And he took his medicine.
his face when dana is straight insulting him and i guess dana doesnt understand just cause he pays them 50k per fight means they pocket 50k per fight taxes my dude taxes
Matt riddle laughing at dana now being on nxt getting paid more.
Then dana takes a look at his own bank account...
Duke Standard Vince can look at his
@@NinjaFingers19 vince is too nice of a guy in the real world to bother checking from what i have heard
BeavzMC Vince a nice guy? LMAO
Tranquilo Club do you personally know Vince? Lmao
And now Matt Riddle is tearing it up on the independent wrestling scene.
Joe Paragon He picked it up really quick and really well. It's always fun watching him
People don't give the respect that pro wrestling deserves, those guys go harder, longer, and more frequently than any pro fighter
@@joeycrosby167 Except for the fact that they are acting, not fighting. Everybody who's in relatively good shape can do choreographed stunts multiple days per week, but only very special people can fight at the highest level. The toughest thing about pro-wrestling is the fact that those guys are travelling all the time. That's it.
And now the WWE picked him up. Though it would have been nice to see him in New Japan.
Rafa aka TheBootyWhisperer There's more to wrestling than just choreographed spots and being in good shape, idiot.
"BECAUSE HE COULDN'T PASS A DRUG TEST"
Riddle:
A) Took the fight on 7 days notice
B) Had a medical card in the state of Nevada (where most tests for UFC occur).
Link?
@@karhunt4014
Up my A$$
@@karhunt4014 you got google.
@@damiensandowsbrotherdamien2190 that’s dumb lol, it’s basically like telling a diabetic they can’t take their insulin even though it’s prescribed lol
@@DonDkTaro that’s the dumbest comparison I’ve ever seen. You just compared a recreational drug to prescription medication lol 😂 that’s laughably embarrassing. Insulin literally helps move sugar from your blood to your cells easier to help break it down. That’s not a mind altering or hormone changing substance that will alter the results of an athletic competition. Lol the fact that I had to break that down for you is pretty sad
Matt riddle is a better pro wrestle anyway.
Raihan Alfitra no he’s not cause what he did in the ufc he’s starting to do in wwe he’s rubbing people the wrong way
Lio Roc so is Brock but riddle is like a lot more technical and way better.
Lio Roc how is he rubbing people the wrong way??
That's nothing to be proud of
@@christopherwhiteside4448 his paycheck says otherwise
The face on Chael when Dana was saying"He couldn't pass a drug test"!
Did you have something to hide Chael?
Had Riddle debuted in pro wrestling two decades earlier he could've been the perfect tag team partner for Rob Van Dam
RVD and riddle is a team I never thought of but want
RV bro
Dumb stoner and intelligent stoner. Could have been good.
Yet he keeps Jon Jones? Lmaooo
Wyatt Host of Sonic Alert cause Dana needs him.
Good point
Platinum Peyton yea but jones draws money.
s8terkyle100 and? The rules are the rules
Riddle isn’t Jones.
Dana White: “I wanna know where this guy is gunna go to make over $100,000 a year!?!”
Vince McMahon: “Hold my 6 figure contract”
He’s making 4 times that now. And good for him.
@@wallyrosario654 That's without Merch sales lol. And I like how talented he is. His match with Shibata is my all time fav.
@@PrechtGaebolgHades Match of his? Or all-time wrestling match? Cause that's a bold claim. Is it that good?
He meant in a real sport
@@e.jordan9784 he never said that, you are just salty
now riddle just signed a three-year deal with WWE resulting in 1.4 million dollars over a span of just 3 years. That's pretty good money for a rising star like him.
More the UFC fighters make
It's fake.
@@ihatefakefighting6698 Not as fake as the love your parents give you 🤣
@@sabbath275 Stop with the insults son.
@@ihatefakefighting6698 🤓
"i wanna see where matt riddle goes to make over 100k a year." .….. like, WWE? NJPW? Just indie wrestling and smaller MMA promotion?
Andy Burns wwe
I could see him making hundreds of thousands.
Looks like he’s on the right path. He definitely will once he reaches WWE main roster. And he just seems far more happy playing a character which seems to be natural to him rather than endless fight training.
@@Satellite2145 Most likely he's already making over 100K on NXT. Once he reaches main roster he'll be making 1M and above the guy is talented as f**k!
Walt Clyde Those signed to developmental contracts are paid on average $50,000 to $150,000 a year. The overall average for those in development is about $80,000. If they reach the top of the WWE, salaries can climb into the seven figures.”
Matt riddle got the last laugh at the end. BRO!
Not really but ok 😂
What lol
@@trippy_llama7521 wwe reference
@@tigergunner8108 he did considering he makes more money now then what Danna said he won't make
US Champion bro!
why is nobody laughing at the “i smoke marijuana so i don’t beat my wife and children” 😂😂😂😂😂 chael said “oh my”
@Blue 30's it was one word brother, but thank you for pointing it out
@Blue 30's he said it twice and he actually got it right the first time, so your comment means nothing
Why people would laugh at that
I cried when he said this
@@celticluna1691 maybe bc it’s such a wild off guard statement that was made in general. then when you think about what is said and realize it is insane it becomes even more hysterical. i do apologize that this didn’t happen in your brain and i had to type it out
“I don’t know where this rocket scientist is gonna go and earn a hundred and something thousand dollars a year”
*WWE enters chat*
He was trending on Twitter a while ago cause he forgot his lines on live tv during raw lmao 😂
@@UFCWWE69 it’s a work bro. He didn’t actually forget his lines. For one he doesn’t have lines that’s not how promos work and for two he’s playing a pothead gimmick.
@@ryanbruner9937 Promos do work with lines on the main roster bruv it isnt confirmed he forgot the but lines and promos are scripted the rock had to write down what he had been given thats what it is people write out promos before hand.
@@ryanbruner9937 he did forget his lines, promos are scripted now and have been for a few years
@@mikeydoc11 you don’t have actual lines they aren’t feeding them a script they have topics they have to hit and specific lines that they’ll say kind of like how a match works. The whole match isn’t scripted but the spots are all scripted and drawn out.
"You always get both sides of the story here. Thank you Dana."
Hilarious.
+Foxtrot Hotel mr bungle :D
3:25 thank you chael, for failing a drug test.
+Foxtrot Hotel the difference is chael was taking drugs specifically to help him fight, matt was just smoking weed. dana did have a good point about only having to pass 3 drug tests a year though, and matt's the real dumbass.
@@jpif2961 not anymore he isnt.
@@jpif2961 then how come Jon Jones is still around after everything he did?
why is he shouting ?
Because it's Dana white
Hahahahahahahahaha im dying
+HenriFlame regards, my unilaterally impaired brethren. we're like advanced human beings who are welcome with normal people and disabled people.
It's his attempt at acting like Lou Albano in hopes of appearing relevant.
Because he's hoping it will deflect attention from how wrong he is.
lol it's so funny watching this knowing that Chael was on all kinds of drugs ha.
Robert Loya He was on a bunch of other shit too man...
Robert Loya Human growth hormones, some steroid and stuff that women take if they become infertile or something. His shit must have been smelly! poooo weeee.
Hi
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hah, i've always liked chael sonnen but that look on his face when dana white starts yelling "this idiot couldn't even pass a drug test.." priceless
Dana White rips Matt Riddle for failing a drug test but moves a UFC pay per view for Jon Jones who also can’t pass a drug test
EXACTLY. Hypothetical af
Because Jon Jones is a huge draw. Riddle is a nobody who couldn't fight.
@@captainmexico4585 isn't it Hypocritical or am I wrong?
@@23bitchris60 🤓
This aged very well.
Now, yes. Matt is fcking himself over
"I wanna know where this rocket scientist is gonna make 100 somethin thousand dollars a year" um....WWE????
Jordan Frost and is going to be a much bigger star in wwe than he could've ever imagined of beimg in the ufc
@@greensrusal so?? Money matters and UFC fixed too.
Jordan Frost 300,000 is the Normal rate for a nxt superstar
Walt Clyde um ur wrong each of them are making 300,000 a year
Walt Clyde riddle signed a contract in 2018
making $500,000 a year. His net worth went from 220,000 to 3,000,000. Do some research before calling people names. Idiot
Dana bashes Marijuana and failed drug tests. Yet lets his roster Juice up on performance enhancing steroids, still lets them compete, win and there is no real deterrent/punishment. No lost prize money etc. Fucking bollocks! Poor Mark Hunt has just had to fight 3 guys in a row who all came up positive for steroids after the fight..
That's why they brought in USDA it's way stricter and everybody is getting popped left and right. Get your information right before commenting next time man.
+Chase Hickson USADA
Chase Hickson
The fight was only the other week. So it must be recent. "Get your information right before commenting next time man.". Does not change the facts of my statement. Mark Hunt got beat by a juiced Brock. Did Brock lose any money from his purse.. No!.. Did he still get the winners cut and more than hunt.. Yes. Could it have been avoided.. Yes. Has it took extreme pressure, multiple incidents and media attention for them to finally do something about the rampant steroid abuse in UFC.. Yes. They have been all over marijuana for years now. So yeah my statement is still valid. Its taken them how long to get it sorted. What date did USADA start working with the UFC? Before the Brock vs Hunt fight or after? Is marijuana punished more than steroids.. Yes. As i said its all a load of bollocks.
KBR ACKEN I agree to an extinct I don't think Dana has anything to do with it but I could be wrong. You should get a medal for not getting all pissed off like most TH-cam and just engaging in the conversation.
Chase Hickson
Yeah you could be right. I don't know if it is down to Dana himself or not. It is a big organisation with many influences etc. And thank you. I try to at least. And when you do get chance to converse with people properly on TH-cam, there is always chance of learning from the other person. Shame most people aren't lie this on here. I wish you all the best ;)
“He couldn’t pass a drug test” *the whole UFC roster using steroids*
If whole roster really was they wouldn't have as many fighters as they do
@@celticluna1691 the dumbest thing I ever read.
You can use steroids all you want good technique and good defense is the only thing you need to stay ahead in combat sports.
@@celticluna1691 you really dont understand how sports work then. The top guys are all on drugs but they will never get caught.
It's okay though, Riddle's gonna be a lot bigger in pro wrestling than he would've been in UFC
Riddle is going nowhere in pro wrestling.
JohnRKO if he can pass the drug test and quits no selling finishing moves.
checked the date of this and blew my mind anyone would ever think that in 2017
JohnRKO yeah because sooo many people watch and care about wrestling campsites to mma
UFC is not the only MMA or jiu-jitsu promotion, there are some big ones and some small ones - you might have heard of Pride for example, but not heard of a local promotion near where I live, you know? Within roughly two years, Matt Riddle's wrestling accomplishments have been bigger than what most wrestlers accomplish in 10-15 years. With WWE being so interested in the independent wrestling scene and with wrestling taking more MMA influence - AND with Ronda Rousey appearing on Wrestlemania a year or so ago - it's not a huge claim to say Matt might end up there soon enough. He might end up in a company bigger than UFC, and then Dana will feel like even more of an idiot.
Look at where Matt Riddle is now, he's signed to the biggest wrestling promotion in the world, He's doing just fine without the UFC Dana.
Jake Selig he’s doing better
@Walt Clyde what is the point are you trying to make?
@Walt Clyde Social Media numbers will tell you what's more popular WWE or UFC
@Walt Clyde Still getting paid more in the wwe then in ufc.
How are his wife and kids doing?
Wait a minute, why end the video there... lets hear the other side dammit!
I love how poorly this aged. Riddle a focal point in another promotion while White is fueding with Jake Paul
Loopllllll
Focal point? That's cap.
dana can buy riddle bloodline.
If he smokes Marijuana to not beat his wife maybe you should try Marijuana too Dana.
Wow! That is the first Dana White rant ive witnessed where he did not swear once!!...I`ll be totally honest im impressed!!!
….and look where Matt is now…Monday Night Raw and wrestles almost every week
Yea Monday night raw that's run by company that can't pull over 500,000 views a week
@@celticluna1691 ? More people watch Raw than UFC lol
@@nonstickmeat At least ufc is more fun
@@nonstickmeat That is 100% not true. You just wish it were that way.
@@e.jordan9784 5 million people watch WWE every week on network TV what's UFC pay-per-view buy rates and fight night numbers
Then Matt Riddle became a big wrestling star
Because of him being in ufc previously
@@gmont28 nope he isn't known for being a MMA guy he went to independent wrestling circuits and had great matches
@@trollfacemafiagaming6036 he went independent yes but wwe push him as he was once in ufc we all know wwe does not care about the indies anymore but aew do
@@gmont28 anymore? WWE never cared about the indies, nor they should. indy stars don't wanna retire in the indies, where 50K-100K people watch them regularly. indy stars wanna join WWE and make real money, that's the harsh reality for smarks like u.
@@f-22fighterjet84 im just saying it the way it is. They mainly care about him being a former mma fighter end of story
And now, Matt Riddle is one of the most "over" wrestlers in NXT. I'm sure he's glad that his MMA days are behind him.
He was "over" for about 5 mjns
@@jamgooandyou He was over the whole time in NXT but the main roster has absolutely no idea how to use him.
@@JerseyJeff84 false, he was hyped up loads but lost in a crowd of actual talent in NXT it was only the mma fanboys who said he was "over"
@@jamgooandyou Nah bro, I completely disagree with you and that's the beauty of having our own opinions. Just go back and watch some of his stuff against Dream, Dunne, Adam Cole, those matches were off the charts for a guy who was considered an outsider(i.e. celebs, sports players etc that try coming into sports entertainment.)
lmao he did nothing noteworthy in NXT. he fought for all the major titles there and lost all his matches, and was given by far the shittiest NXT tag title reign ever. Now on Raw he's the US champion and one of Vince's favorite mid carders.
2023: Riddle released by WWE. Looks like Dana is still upset.
Absolute lie by Dana here saying Riddle was making 152k a year. He realizes the Athletic Commission releases their salaries right? At UFC 143, which was in 2012, Riddle was paid 15k to show and 15k for winning. So if he didn't fight at all that year, but was paid for 3 fight shows, he would have made 45k. Even if you tack on his win bonuses, which I'm guessing the UFC doesn't do, it doesn't come close to 152k a year.
Dana twisting numbers again,he is so full of shit
Some have guaranteed money not included in their contact.
@@maximummomo8210 someome fighting on PRELIMS wouldnt have guaranteed money in their contract.
I would imagine you forgetting about the downside Guarantee in the contacts. Yes UFC/MMA would have those.
The most hilarious part is now he's making more then what Dana said in the video
$162k a year? He's now making $400k a year with millions more coming from merchandise.
PVZ signed a 4 fight deal with BKFC for 1 million + USD. Plus she got 50k bonus in her last BKFC fight. Not a bad deal...!
Lol dudes not John cena calm down.
I don’t think you understand how wwe salaries work. Unless your John cena or AJ styles or randy Orton you ain’t coming anywhere near a million salary.
@@ggamesgarner8027 he’s making $400000 a year plus his merchandise sells lol
Lmao millions more from merchandise? Get a grip you clown he’s not making that much.
So now I’m currently here after Matt Riddle debuted on Smackdown
Wrestling isn't what it used to be, washed up wannabe stars who are only in it for the money. Wrestling hit its peak in the early 2000's
@@jasonmontgomery9221 man ur comment is. Joke
@@jasonmontgomery9221 still makes more money then he did in the UFC or what Dana said he'd make
@@DemonKingHiei naw my comment is truth lmao
@@trollfacemafiagaming6036 yeah true but I'm also still right 😂
Look whose laughing now, Riddle is in WWE. You make fun of it all you want but he's making that good money now.
He is a jobber who will never be great.
Debuting on raw tonight
Nxt just got a tv deal and he's most certainly not a jobber.
The jobber still gets paid more. >.>
He beats his wife
This aged appropriately, Dana got his revenge
MAtthew riddle is in EVOLVE regulators MOUNT UP!
...BRO
Bro..
BRO
Bro
Bros
Anyone wanna bet that Dana white had an influence in getting Matt Riddle released from WWE?
Good.
Dana technically worked for him again.
nope, Vince doesn't like Dana and Matt signed with WWE many years ago he was release from WWE most likely because of budget cut,they released Dolph Ziggler who has been in WWE for over 15 years too.
Dana White was right about Matt Riddle. Released from the WWE.
if marijuana is illegal so should be alcohol. It has nothing to do with performance. and lets be honest here, when you say marijuana is a drug, put a "*" after the word drug.
Marijuana is a drug, it's an addictive substance and if it wasn't then Riddle could have gone 3/12 months a year without it in order to pass a drug test. Not to mention if it wasn't a drug, he wouldn't be such a fiend that his dependency on the substance causes him to lash out against his family.
Nope.
silentc22 he said he smoked because he doesn’t do drugs you know pills. And he never did anything to hurt his family he’s sayin pills have effects that make you lash out. Your reason for it being a drug you sound dumb
It increases pain tolerance so obviously it should be banned
@@hib6076 Not to a degree where it would give you a significant advantage. Alcohol really increases pain tolerance, should that be banned?
now riddle is a star on monday night raw and makes reportedly around $400,000 a year. nice speech dana
He’s definitely going to make more when he gets a new contract.
@@youreokayboah2128 yup, new contract will be even bigger since he is getting the push with being tag teamed with Randy.
$162k is nothing considering taxes then come out of that
Now WWE got rid of him
160.000 a year thats riddle monthly paycheck now
I love how Dana's mood here starting from normal tone then goes to being himself while speaking about riddle 🤣
Man this aged well just as Matt is about to be released by WWE 🤣
He got released now nobody wants him not even tony though I’m sure he will be fine wit the money he made in the wwe
Funny because Matt Riddle became one of the hottest independent wrestlers in the world...
@Walt Clyde you wanna take a bump in that ring and say it's fake, pre determined, scripted those are the words to look for
That awkward moment when you forget how many days are in a year.
Dana meant work 325 days a year. Imaginr working 365 days a year.
Imagine working 25/8 366 days per year
Saying that "you only have to go to work 3 times a year" - is totally ridiculous, and shows how far removed he is from the athletes. Even a mediocre mma fighter is forced to train 6-7 days a week in order to be able to compete in those 3 fights a year, so it's a lot misleading that he propagates the idea that being a fighter in the UFC only requires you to 'go to work 3 times a year'.
With a multitude of corporate sponsorships, PPV, TV, gate revenue, and especially FoxSports being involved, Dana and Zuffa are raking in a phenomenal amount of royalties vastly inproportionate to what they pay the fighters. No matter that Matt's communication skills are sophmoric, Zuffa is raping these guys who are forced to train and prepare like no other sport in the world. The amount of effort required to even be on half of the level of a Matt Riddle is seriously unrecognized, and it's a shame that he and most top level mma fighters, with their short-lived careers and serious injury risks, are not compensated more comparatively with the amount of revenue they actually generate for Zuffa.
i think he means actual work for the ufc, meaning the actual fights, thats what there paid for, there not getting paid to train
He doesn't get paid to train. In most other jobs you have to go to school get good grades, go to university, get a degree and all this other stuff. You don't need to do any of this in mma, just a few months of training before every fight.
Alex Mallinson
The point is that Dana is insuating that they are paid enormous sums of money just to "go to work 3 times a year".
To say that in mma, it's an easy deal because you are not required to have 4 years of schooling, is absolutely assinine. I will guarantee you, the average UFC fighter puts in more hours of work and preparation in 1 year, than a college student has to in all 4 years of his 'training' (i.e., schooling).
And in other jobs, when you do go to school and get that degree, you usually are compensated with a salary commensurate with the effort that it took to get that job. Furthermore, in a normal job, you are not putting your entire career at risk everytime you step into the office. Most regular jobs also have a longevity of more than 5 years.
The only reason Zuffa and Dana rake in the cash from sponsors like Zuffa, Fox, Fuel, FX, Pay Per View, Xyience, Rockstar, Budlight, SEC, Dodge, MetroPCS, US Marines, EA, Tapout, UbiSoft, MusclePharm, and Harley Davidson is because they have fighters who do train 7 days a week. How successful would the UFC be if they had fighters who literally only went to their 3 fights a year and didn't train for it?
The training improves the product that the UFC sells and provides Zuffa with the ability to make the revenue that they do.
lastuvthe But even if he doesn't fight 3 times a year he gets paid. You do jobs like this because you love it. The majority of the fighters aren't complaining...
lastuvthe Dana meant that he would have only been drug tested 3 times at most a year when he showed up to "work" Obviously he knows they train fulltime, stop letting your jealousy/hatred for DW twist his words
"apologies for sound from dana, guess he was recording from inside an oil drum"
my my how the turn tables
Game, set, match. Game over. End of game.
Dana got his revenge
10 years later to the day and he's about to be fired from WWE
This is even funnier in 2022 😂😂🤣
And now he’s in the WWE so I guess he gonna make that 100,000 soon
@Walt Clyde Hes making more than that lol a developmental Contract Starts with 250k in The WWE lol what are you stupid even a jobber in the WWE makes more than what Riddle was making in the UFC.
@Walt Clyde yes he is making that much more money now specially after altercation with BROCK LESNAR and GOLDBERG at backstage
And then the company who owns UFC buys WWE …Riddle gets cut and they say “he got too many chances” sound familiar??… if anyone wanna know .. this is my opinion on why Riddle was cut from WWE shortly after the takeover was complete.. Dana white pulled some strings the too many chances is too coincidental
He got suspended months ago for the same thing Dana was talking about. This was BEFORE we even heard the idea of merging. It was right after Randy Orton was injured
He always looks as high as a friken kite on Television
Best bit is Chael ending with "..that's something you don't see here, we always give both sides of the story" after closing interview showing ONE SIDE, Dans's side only. Yes you get both sides, the official UFC PR position and the CEO's slanderous rant side.
And now he’s been released from WWE
And wwe and ufc are together under tko too
Can you pass a dam drug test Dana White??
Is he fighting? No didn't think so
bearone7777 lol probably not
@@taipan185 *Cough Cough* Jon Jones
I’ve only got one word to say about the irony of this video... Brooooooo
Dana saying he won't make over 100k a year anywhere else.
Vince mcmahon: are you sure about that?
Ufc treats their fighters like shit that's common knowledge at this point.
This has aged mutliple different times with multiple different flavors, but regardless it always ages well.
Facts
Bro sounds like Peter Griffin and Andrew Tate at the same time
Matt Riddle really showed him
what by working for a dying company yeah ok
@@celticluna1691 Dying??? Lol 😹, WWE is not dying by any means!! It's still an international success!! It's an easy guess that WWE would still be around even after companies like AEW and even UFC goes out of business at the current scene!
@@celticluna1691 🤓
2:38 lmao, I think he found the job, lol. He is a millionaire from WWE and he doesnt have to be punched and kicked until he drools on himself. Riddle made the best decision of his life by leaving the UFC and joining wwe
This thing is aging real bad 🤣
Oh it's aged pretty well
And in 2020 he agreed to a $1.2 million dollar a year deal with the WWE😂
@Emir Bojanovic still, a enormous amount of Money, 33k every month
Fast forward 2019 ... what was that you were saying Dana 👀
And now Matt Riddle is in the WWE
lower standards.
@@cubbie9499 how?
@@cubbie9499 We all know it's fake, but comparing Pro Wrestling to MMA is like comparing movies to MMA. Both MMA and Pro Wrestling are entertaining for different reasons, and I love watching both.
Somebody here after Riddle release from wwe?
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Matt riddle would sell out a ufc ppv now. Hahaha
Imagine Riddle vs Covington😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That would be BIIIIIG NUMBERS
@@Ticketman99 I'd do like 200k tops but then would get starched by Colby then go back to prelims
@@baltimorefan5642 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Considering that Matt was basically "White Kamaru"(heavy hands but mainly a wrestler)when he was in UFC...who knows?
@@baltimorefan5642 he doesn't need to fight Colby or kamaru for a money fight he is earning way much more in WWE than UFC could ever provide him specially after his altercation with BROCK LESNAR and GOLDBERG at backstage
Welcome to 2020 where marijuana is legal and everyone is smoking it and also Riddle is a star in NXT
“Thank you chael”
You could see how much he didn’t want to say that lmao
Looks like riddle proved you wrong Dana
Oh man this aged so well.
Can anyone find that interview Dana mentioned at the end?
There’s so much ironic about this whole clip
This is funny to watch in light of whats happened with Jones.. I suppose you could argue that it's different with Jones as he's the number one P4P fighter and LHW champion but thats still a double standard.
exsctly , ass-backwards
difference is jones was tested out of competition for street drugs (he can actually sue the NSAC) this fool couldn't stay clean for fight night
***** Out of competition is considered more than 12 hours before a fight. The same rules apply to everyone no matter how stupid it is. only idiots can't stay clean 12 hours before their fight.They defamed him by testing for a drug they shouldn't have at that time. People don't get charged for cocaine in their system dummy, the charge is possession.
lonewolf9202
to be fair weed stays in your system for 30+ days and hard drugs and alcohol only stays for 3 days(our bodies reject poison). Increasing the amount of thc metabolites allowed helped but it still seems as though some Athletic commissions that aren't as lenient as Nevada could have a fighter who used a month prior to in competition testing and still test positive and get fined and whatever else. They need to monitor the metabolite levels from in and out of competition testing to see whether the levels have increased or decreased determining if they used after their out of competition testing. I don't know the logistics of how the testing is so maybe this wouldn't work.
Now the Bro is making more than a main event UFC fighter
Riddle makes 400,000 a year and 50,000 per Saudi Arabia show. lol Riddle is doing fine.
Matt Riddle made the right choice going over to WWE which is unusual for most
which is run by 70+ yr old man who can't leave his stars alone
@@celticluna1691 yes but look at Matts life then vs now... he's living a life alot of us dream of living
@@danielirl9252 what working for a company where he not even considered a employee just a independent contractor
Matt Riddle now top 10 WWE star getting paid to act like a stoner. Jokes on Dana
I mean....wheres the lie?
This aged so badly.
so did Dana
Absolutely nobody:
Matt Riddle in SmackDown: HAHAHAHHAHHAHA BRO
Riddle just signed recently for 400k a year + a 50k bonus for Saudi shows with the WWE. Dana robs his fighters.
Chael looks like he is about to cry at the last second 😂
Matt Riddle is getting fired again by Dana White 😅😅😅
$162.000 a year is not that much considering you have to pay your trainers
Bruh… no one gonna talk about how he said “325 days a year”……. Zzzzzzz
chael was probably juiced up in the in interview
2:40 aged pretty poorly lol
I agree with Dana This is why I do not watch wwe no more.
Yeah and he still can’t pass drug tests today
😂
Late comment but what interview does he say that?
Dana White on suicide watch
2:03 Chael Soonen Interviewing DANA SHOUTING HE COULDNT PASS A DRUG TEST LMAO