Matt Riviera

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Riviera
Date Of Birth	May 18, 1983(1983-05-18)
Age	41
Birthplace	Russellville
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

Matt Riviera Biography

Matt Riviera is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on May 18, 1983 in Russellville, United States. Matt Riviera was born in Russellville, Arkansas on May 18, 1983. Matt discovered professional wrestling when he was 12 years old, after watching Dick Slater perform. He was attracted to the combination of physicality, comedy and theatrics in professional wrestling and soon became a passionate fan. Riviera was told that he was too old to legally be training to become a professional wrestler at age

15. He began to do everything possible to get into the business of wrestling, including creating programs. Writing articles and photographing were some of the activities. After meeting Bill Ash, his mentor and wrestler promoter, he began his first venture into professional wrestling promotion at age 17. Global Pro Wrestling was his first name for promoting professional wrestling events. He realized that the physical demands of being a professional wrestler were too much for him when he began training to become one. Three times he quit wrestling school. Riviera remained with wrestling until he was 21. He trained for six months and attended four months of wrestling school. Matt Riviera graduated from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas with a degree in broadcast journalism.

Matt Riviera is passionate about acting, as well as professional wrestling. In 2009’s thriller Blood Forest, Riviera got his first movie role. Riviera was a second in command in the film. Riviera played a part in Step Away from the Stone, a drama that was released in 2010. He made his most recent movie appearance in Happy Hour, a 2011 thriller.

In 2009, Matt Riviera further solidified his status as one of Arkansas’ premier athletes when he won the Pro Wrestling Arkansas Heavyweight Championship. He would also go on to win the PWA Tag Team Championship the same year, with his partner Johnny Morton.

It was after VH1 producers saw Matt Riviera’s acting in Happy Hour, as well as his in-ring career that they invited him to become a participant on a new reality show, Megan Wants a Millionaire. The show’s premise was that reality show contestant, Megan Hauserman would eliminate contestants, one by one until she chose the winner, whom she would marry. Matt Riviera was on the show as his net worth was 5.5 million dollars. The show would only go on to air three episodes due to controversy surrounding one of the contestants. Riviera would appear in all three aired episodes. In 2013, he would appear on the Bravo TV network show Millionaire Matchmaker, Season 6 appearing in the episode titled, The Dancer and the Wrestler.

Matt Riviera, a professional wrestler who was competing for Arkansas Wrestling Entertainment in 2005, won the AWE International Heavyweight Championship. This title was won by Riviera after he defeated Frank Thornton in a tournament.

Matt Riviera Net Worth

Matt Riviera is one of the richest Actor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Riviera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Matthew Riviera, an American professional wrestler, is currently a podcast host for the National Wrestling Alliance. He was born May 18, 1983 and is one half of The Iron Empire’s NWA World Tag Team Champions. He has fought for various promotions in the NWA as well as independent ones. He has also promoted wrestling events. He has appeared in films and television shows, as well as the wrestling industry. Matt Riviera is currently on the Cauliflower Alley Club’s Board of Directors.

Matt Riviera was a professional wrestler for the Arkansas Association of Wrestling in 2001. He teamed up with Running Wolf to face Frank Thornton (Big) and Wes Jones (Minor). Matt would continue to wrestle in various promotions across Arkansas, and expand to other states and promotions. He was also involved in promotion of wrestling events and started college. After a name change, Riviera promoted Global Pro Wrestling. It became Traditional Championship Wrestling. Traditional Championship Wrestling secured a national cable agreement with Cox Sports Television in 2013. This would have allowed viewers all across the country to watch Riviera and other TCW celebrities perform weekly. Matt left TCW in 2014 to concentrate on his in-ring career.

TCW is the promotion where Matt Riviera has wrestled, as well as promoted. Started as Global Pro Wrestling, it was renamed as Traditional Championship Wrestling in 2009. As a promoter, Riviera took a local wrestling show and expanded it to an hour long show that was available to watch throughout the United States. As a wrestler, Riviera has won the TCW Heavyweight Championship as well as multiple tag team championships with various partners such as Jeff Jett, as Reckage & Romance; with Tim Storm as the Natural State Connection; with Greg Anthony as The Empire; and with Jerry Lawler. However, as TCW folded, Riviera began to focus more on his in-ring career and less on promoting.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Matt Riviera height 6 ft 2 in Matt weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Matt Riviera Dating?

According to our records, Matt Riviera is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Matt Riviera’s is not dating anyone.

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On February 14, 2018, Matt Riviera made his hip hop music debut, releasing the song and music video for “Best Meat’s in the Rump (Juicy)”, a collaboration with DJ Mr. Mixx of controversial rap group, 2 Live Crew, & pro wrestling manager, Boyd Bradford. The song was released for iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and multiple other music streaming services. The song features shout outs to WWE women wrestlers Ronda Rousey, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, and Nia Jax.

Facts & Trivia

Matt Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Matt Riviera celebrates birthday on May 18 of every year.