Former WWE star admits to failing multiple drug tests due to cocaine use

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Former WWE star Matt Riddle admitted failing multiple drug tests due to cocaine use prior to leaving the organization. 

Riddle made an appearance on "The MMA Hour," where he was frank with host Ariel Helwani on the situation while with WWE.

"I went to the strip club and did cocaine a couple times," he said. "I failed a drug test for that. … That was for all of them, it was cocaine each time. But it was honestly just random nights."

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Matt "Riddle" Riddle attends the WWE SummerSlam after-party at Delano Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on August 21, 2021. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for WWE SummerSlam After Party)

Riddle added that the first drug test was a random one administered by the WWE. 

"Sometimes you get tested at the end of one month and the beginning of another month," he explained. "So, there was one week where I failed, bang bang, didn’t know I failed the second one, and by the time I failed the first one, I got two right at once. So, I think that’s why they were a little more lenient with me."

After getting notice that he had failed back-to-back tests, Riddle said he told WWE officials he would be better – until he wasn’t. 

"I was like, ‘OK guys, I’m going to show you, no more problems,’" Riddle said. "’Hey, you guys can test me for the next 10 weeks.’ And I did that, I was fine, didn’t fail one test, didn’t do anything."

"When I thought I was in the clear, went out and partied a little bit, they gave me a random test at my house. I failed that, and shortly after that, they had me go to rehab."

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