Apparently the reason for Matt Riddle getting his first name chopped off is due to WWE didn't want people Googling his name and have the details of his sexual abuse accusations and lawsuit pop up easily.
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Originally Posted by Observer Newsletter
The company made the decision to drop Matt Riddle’s first name, and now he’s just “Riddle.” The story was that they wanted to not have people google “Matt Riddle” and come up with the details of the lawsuit against him and WWE.
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