During a recent episode of the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast, former WWE superstar Matt Riddle shared his thoughts on the Vince McMahon sex trafficking lawsuit. Riddle expressed his lack of surprise regarding the allegations against McMahon, emphasizing his own disconnection from backstage politics and his focus on performing in the ring. He remarked, “Well, people say that (they were surprised), and granted I had no idea of anything going on. I don’t even politic my own matches. I show up and do my job. Honestly, if you watch any of his work from in-ring performances, the things he said and did, logic would tell you alone. Especially, me, personally, all the good wrestlers that play good characters, that’s them. It might be turned up by ten or 100, but that’s them."

Riddle continued by reflecting on McMahon's extensive career and public persona, stating, "When I see Vince do all the things he’s done from the 80s, 90s, early 2000s, I was not surprised. Some of it, a little, but yeah, the guy is a billionaire that owns a company. He’s done it all, seen it all, and wants to do more and see more. I don’t know, I’m not a billionaire. I wasn’t the dude (alleged in the lawsuit). Brock [Lesnar] was the dude he was talking to. It wasn’t me. I really have no comment, other than that. I’m not surprised. I hear people say they’re surprised. I’m not surprised. The guy was a maniac.”