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#3 Riddle's RK-Bro tag team pitch to WWE got laughed at initially

Randy Orton and Riddle's tag team stint has been one of the best parts of WWE RAW lately. However, when the latter originally pitched the idea for RK-Bro to the company, it elicited several laughs backstage.

During his recent appearance on Peter Rosenberg's Cheap Heat podcast, here's what Riddle had to say about the backstage reaction to his RK-Bro pitch:

“I mentioned it about a month or so before it actually happened. I mentioned it to some of the writers and some of the boys in the back. They all proceeded to laugh at me when I said, ‘How cool would RK-Bro be?’ Most of the things I do, I try to talk to the writing team and I try to talk to the camera crew," said Riddle.

Following this reaction, Riddle thought a potential tag team featuring him and Orton would never happen on WWE television. However, things changed a couple of weeks later when both superstars didn't have opponents to face.

"RK-Bro, I brought it up, wishful thinking and it got laughed at. I was like, 'Oh that will never happen.' A couple weeks later, Randy didn’t have an opponent and I didn’t have an opponent, and we made it happen,” said Riddle.

Thanks to how well the RK-Bro pairing resonated with fans, WWE made them the RAW Tag Team Champions at SummerSlam 2021.