Buddy Matthews comments on a potential return to WWE.
In the summer of 2024, a number of reports surfaced on Buddy Matthews re-signing with AEW. This news came just two and a half years after Matthews first debuted for the company, leaving many fans to believe that he will be with the promotion for years to come.
Still, there is always buzz surrounding a possible WWE return for the Hounds Of Hell star, mainly due to the fact that his wife, Rhea Ripley, is a big star for the company.
While speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Matthews spoke about a potential return to WWE.
“I think that’s the big question. So I would love to do something with her. I think that story and our chemistry, just the way we are, would be good television. That’s definitely something, an itch I’d like to scratch. But the good thing about her in WWE and me and AEW and us both being in the business is that I would never want, and I don’t think I’d ever get there, I’d never want to be jealous, or get jealous of her in her position. She’s a megastar, she’s John Cena of women right now, and if I’m lowered, let’s just say I’m doing enhancement matches or whatever. I don’t want to be like, well, you’re doing that, you get this special treatment, and I get this and then kind of resent her for the position. Like I said, I don’t think it would ever happen, but I wouldn’t even want that to be an option. Then also, if something happens at work, I want her to be able to vent to me without me going, ‘Yeah, no, but this is how you play that game.’ I can kind of be that in the other in the back seat, go, Yeah, I understand what you’re talking about, you know you deserve whatever, or you know you should do it like this, or whatever, or just let her rant, and I can do the same to her. I can say I did this and did this. We can talk about the positives. We talk about the negatives. What upsets us and all, and it’s just like we’re on the same team. It would never become a competition.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Matthews spoke about the Hounds Of Hell. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for the quote(s).
