In some news that will certainly continue the expectation that Matt Riddle is on his way to the WWE (check out the latest here), EVOLVE Wrestling was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania yesterday for an event that saw Riddle defending his EVOLVE Championship against Shane Strickland.

Strickland, who just recently lost the MLW World Title to Low-Ki, didn’t go long with a championship as he defeated Matt Riddle to become the new EVOLVE Champion and end Riddle’s near four month reign. Of course, there’s been loads of talk that Riddle could be showing up over SummerSlam weekend, likely at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on August 18th at the Barclays Center. Riddle has been removed from a number of events, including those taking place during the same weekend and now that he is no longer holding the EVOLVE Title, it’s just another sign that points to his WWE arrival.

Recently, Riddle spoke about his future on the X-Pac 12360 podcast:

“I am in a really good position right now, I work with Evolve on a regular basis and they have a great relationship with WWE and other companies as well. Zack Saber Jr. worked with us, New Japan…I’ve been fortunate enough to travel the world and wrestle guys from New Japan, Ring of Honor, especially Progress and still wrestling WWE guys. I’m in a really good spot. The last couple of years you {Sean Waltman} helped me out a lot too but you know how granted they took issues with my past… I was kinda stuck but from what I’ve gathered, what I’ve heard from everybody, everybody is at the point where they all want me and they’re all willing to work with me. I think they’re all big fans of Matt Riddle. And I think it’s my time to make the right decision, do it and let’s see what happens.”

You can check out the full episode here.

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