5 Future opponents for Brock Lesnar in WWE

#2 Matt Riddle

Matt Riddle has openly spoken about his desire to "retire" Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar and Matt Riddle do have history, sort of. Matt Riddle has been very vocal in the past about calling out the likes of Brock Lesnar and Goldberg for their work ethic and matches on Social Media.

The Original Bro has stated several times that he would like to have a match with Brock Lesnar and "retire" The Beast Incarnate. While many chalked this up to the King Of Bros being outspoken on Social Media, it has created an interest to see a match between the former UFC stars.

However, these comments by Riddle have not gone well with many people in WWE, including Brock Lesnar himself.

Heading into the 2020 Royal Rumble pay per view, it was announced Brock Lesnar, who was the WWE Champion at the time, would be an entrant in the Men's Royal Rumble Match.

In addition to this, Brock Lesnar's advocate, Paul Heyman, stated that he would enter as the No. 1 entrant. When it was rumored that Matt Riddle could be a participant in the match, many fans were thrilled at the prospect of finally seeing some form of interaction between The Original Bro and Brock Lesnar.

However, the fans were left disappointed at the end of the day. While Riddle did enter the Rumble match, Brock Lesnar was already eliminated by Drew McIntyre. Reports then surfaced of some sort of altercation between Lesnar and Riddle earlier in the day where The Beast incarnate made his feelings known to The Original Bro.

Matt Riddle would explain the incident to TalkSPORT's Alex McCarthy:

“Then, of course, [Paul] Heyman and his security guard – I won’t mention his name [laughs] – him and his security guard come up to me and basically told me I had no chance in hell – it was very Vince McMahon like [laughs] – no chance in hell that I was going to get that match with him and I’d have better luck doing something else.

“And I’ll be honest, at first, I was just like awww [disappointed], I got this far and you’re literally holding me like this [tightly]. Like, he’s holding me like we’re friends but we’re not. And then he [Lesnar] tells me “it’s never going to happen.”

While Brock Lesnar has told Matt Riddle "it's never going to happen" as far as the match is concerned in WWE, the phrase "never say never" comes to mind here. Even though there may be heat between Brock Lesnar and Matt Riddle, if the money and timing are right, WWE could always pull the trigger on a match between these two.