Matt Riddle Says The ‘420 Bro’ Won’t Go To Japan, ‘Regardless Of What People Think, I’ve Never Been Arrested’

Matt Riddle comments on going to Japan. 

At NJPW New Year Dash, Matt Riddle appeared on the video screen to challenge NJPW World TV Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi. Riddle is set to head to Japan at some point, but he will leave his extracurricular activities at home.

Speaking on Signed by Superstars, Riddle was asked if the “420 Bro” might face the Bullet Club. 

“I’ve read a lot of things. The 420 Bro probably won’t make it to Japan,” he said.

When the host says that Riddle doesn’t want to go to jail, Riddle commented, “Regardless of what people think, I’ve never been arrested. I’ve never been arrested, I don’t have a criminal record. I want to keep it that way. Regardless of what people think, I’m going to keep it that way. That’s what we’re going to do. 420 Bro stays in America.”

Riddle had been off WWE television after he accused an officer at JFK airport of sexual harassment in an Instagram post that he deleted on September 10. According to reports, Port Authority officers got a call for a disorderly person who was deplaning, and they met him in the terminal. Riddle was reportedly the disorderly person in question. An internal investigation was launched at that time. Riddle also reportedly failed a WWE drug test and went to rehab in December 2022. In the summer of 2020, Riddle was accused of sexually assaulting female independent wrestler Candy Cartwright. Riddle denied the allegation. A lawsuit was filed in October 2020 by Cartwright, but dropped in July 2021.

He was released by WWE on September 22. He returned to the ring at MLW Kings of Colosseum to defeat Jacob Fatu. 

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