SmackDown's Matt Riddle has admitted he thinks Brock Lesnar really hates him.

Riddle, who recently got called up to the main roster following a spell at NXT, was pretty public about his desire to retire Lesnar, long before a call-up was even on the table.  The big guy apparently didn't take it very well and it's been reported that Lesnar's dislike for Riddle was behind his moving to SmackDown instead of Raw.

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Riddle was a guest on Corey Graves' After the Bell this week and admits he probably went about challenging Brock the wrong way.

“I’ll be honest with you. The guys has it all. I think he’s taken my comments as like, literal disrespect. I think he really hates me," he said. "Which, hey, ok. I get it. I rubbed you the wrong way. I told everybody that I get it, I’ll stay away. I won’t call people out anymore. I won’t call these people out anymore. I’m not going to go away. I’m going to make myself valuable enough to where the money is on the table. I know I can do that."

Having realized his mistake, Riddle remains adamant over retiring The Beast Incarnate. The Undertaker is in his crosshairs as well.

"When I first started wrestling, when I sold the house and everything, people would ask me what is my goal for wrestling," he explained. "I would say that I like to set goals that are almost unattainable because in the process of trying to get to that goal, you’re probably going to be great in the process. So they asked, what’s your goal?

"I want to retire the Undertaker and I want to retire Brock Lesner. Brock, nothing but the utmost respect and I think my words were taken as disrespectful which is fine, but at the end of the day, I just know what I have to do. I need to make myself valuable enough to get in the ring with him and I hope I can do it.”

At Least He Knows What He Has To Do

Riddle admitted that he needs to work to get to a certain level before he can be considered for a fight with Brock, which is the right idea. He's certainly talented enough to go on to have an iconic WWE career.

Whether or not that path leads him to a feud with Lesnar is left to be seen.

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Source: After the Bell (H/T Wrestlingnews.co)