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Matt Cardona Debunks AEW Contract Rumor

Posted By: Ben Kerin on Jul 11, 2024

Matt Cardona Debunks AEW Contract Rumor

Matt Cardona recently sat down with Kenny McIntosh from Inside The Ropes for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling. During the discussion, Cardona expressed his gratitude to AEW for making his dream match against Adam Copeland possible:

ā€œThat was my dream match for shoot, even before I got in the business. Edge or Adam Copeland, one of my favourites of all time, that was my dream match. When I was in WWE, Zack Ryder was one of his Edgeheads, I thought for sure, ā€œOh my God, itā€™s gonna be Edge vs. Hawkins vs. Ryder eventually.ā€ Never happens. I became the Woo Woo Woo guy. I guess itā€™s still on the table, Zack Ryder vs. Edge, and he retires. So this dream match is never happening. He goes back to WWE. I get fired. Sā€”t, this dream match is definitely never happening.

But once he goes to AEW, itā€™s still on the table because AEW, with the forbidden door, anybody can come in and out. A few months ago he was doing his Cope Open and I shot him a text. I shot my shot. I donā€™t know if this has been said publicly. But I said, basically, Iā€™m paraphrasing here, something like, ā€œGotta shoot my shot here. You got the Cope Open, this is my dream match. I would really appreciate it if youā€™d consider me as a challenger.ā€ He was really cool about it and said they were finishing up the Cope Open but if it ever happened again heā€™d keep me in mind.ā€

ā€œI wrote it off in my mind. Well, a couple of months went by, and all of a sudden he brings it back, and he brings it back with me. He called me on a Wednesday and said, ā€œHey, can you be at Collision on Saturday?ā€ Iā€™m like, well I gotta cancel the convention but yeah, somehow, someway, Iā€™ll be there. So I went to the convention for one day, and I made it. I got there and I had the dream match. What a special night for me on so many levels. Itā€™s a match I never watched back because it just felt so special in that moment.

I wouldnā€™t want to watch it back and start critiquing things I did to ruin the night. But getting the ā€œHoly sā€”tā€ chants on my entrance, it was like what Iā€™ve been doing is working and itā€™s a night I desperately needed. To see all the social media responses, I think it did good numbers on the show. And to have Adam afterwards put it over to me and on social mediaā€¦ What a great, great night. Iā€™m so fortunate, so glad I was able to get that night. But Iā€™ll tell you what, Iā€™d love a rematch. Iā€™d love to beat Adam Copeland.ā€

Regarding the rumor about why he didnā€™t join AEW:

Following his WWE release in 2020, Matt Cardona competed in two matches for AEW, including one at the All Out PPV. While Cardona was never informed of the reason why he never received a contract, he has addressed a ridiculous rumor about him wanting ā€œSting moneyā€:

ā€œIā€™m not sure [why I didnā€™t receive a contract]. I thought I delivered on the shows. My merch was the number one shirt of the week. At the time I was devastated that I did not get offered a contract, I absolutely was, because there was nowhere else to go and build my name. Iā€™m sure I could have found an independent that was running with social distancing but thatā€™s not what I wanted to do. So I wanted to wait until the world opened back up. When AEW didnā€™t work out for me at the time, I was absolutely devastated. Looking back, it was a blessing in disguise, but it wasnā€™t until the world opened up the following year that I was just dipping my toe in the independent scene, so to speak.

That actually was a rumor. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever said this publicly, but that was actually a rumor about why I didnā€™t get hired in AEW. Apparentlyā€”first of all, this is not trueā€”Iā€™m not sure if this was said but this definitely didnā€™t come out of my goddamn mouth: I heard one of the reasons I wasnā€™t signed to AEW was because I was asking for ā€œSting moneyā€. Thatā€™s the rumor Iā€™ve heard, which is such a ridiculous thing that I have to laugh about it. Weā€™ve never even talked about it.ā€

Source: itrwrestling.com
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