Riddle believes that everyone should ride a camel if they get the chance to do so.
“The Original Bro” received this opportunity at WWE Crown Jewel on October 21; he memorably rode a camel to the ring ahead of his WWE RAW Tag Team Championship match.
In an interview with Alistair McGeorge of Metro.co.uk, Riddle made it clear that he “loved” this entrance.
“The camel was a good time,” said Riddle. “I highly recommend, if you haven’t ridden a camel, get yourself a camel, get yourself the opportunity to ride one. Especially if you get the opportunity to ride one in Saudi, embrace the culture there and everything else – and the fans loved it. I’ll be honest – I loved it.”
Seeing “The Original Bro” ride a camel was unexpected, but fans might be even more surprised to learn that his tag team partner Randy Orton wanted to join the fun. But WWE Chairman Vince McMahon nixed the idea because camel riding is not something “The Viper” would do.
‘You know who wasn’t happy about [me riding a camel], because they didn’t get to ride a camel either? Randy,” said Riddle. “Randy wanted to ride a camel and Vince wouldn’t him.
“He goes, ‘Randy, that’s not your character, riding a camel.’ He’s like, ‘What does that mean man?! My character doesn’t ride a camel?!'”
Riddle subsequently offered a sound piece of advice to his partner in light of this disappointing outcome.
“I’m like, “Randy, I’m sorry bro, sometimes you’re just not the dude that rides camels,” said Riddle.
But “The Original Bro” turned out to be the “dude” who does get to ride camels, and in the interview, he explained how he found out about the opportunity. He then emphasized that he enjoyed the whole experience
“I get a call and they’re like, “We need you at the show early to rehearse and stuff,'” said Riddle. “I’m like, “Rehearse what?” They go, ‘Rehearse riding a camel.’
“I was like, ‘A real camel!’ They’re like, ‘Yeah!’ So, that’s what happened – it was great, I enjoyed it. The camel was great too.”
The sight of Riddle riding a camel to the ring remains one of the most remarkable moments from this year’s star-studded WWE Crown Jewel show, and it will be interesting to see what “The Original Bro” does next.
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