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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:
āThat 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, āOh my God, itās gonna be Edge vs. Hawkins vs. Ryder eventually.ā Never happens. I became the Woo Woo Woo guy. I guess itās 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. Sāt, this dream match is definitely never happening.
But once he goes to AEW, itās 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 donāt know if this has been said publicly. But I said, basically, Iām paraphrasing here, something like, āGotta shoot my shot here. You got the Cope Open, this is my dream match. I would really appreciate it if youād 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 heād keep me in mind.ā
āI 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, āHey, can you be at Collision on Saturday?ā Iām like, well I gotta cancel the convention but yeah, somehow, someway, Iāll 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. Itās a match I never watched back because it just felt so special in that moment.
I wouldnāt want to watch it back and start critiquing things I did to ruin the night. But getting the āHoly sātā chants on my entrance, it was like what Iāve been doing is working and itās 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. Iām so fortunate, so glad I was able to get that night. But Iāll tell you what, Iād love a rematch. Iād love to beat Adam Copeland.ā
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 āSting moneyā:
āIām not sure [why I didnāt 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. Iām sure I could have found an independent that was running with social distancing but thatās not what I wanted to do. So I wanted to wait until the world opened back up. When AEW didnāt work out for me at the time, I was absolutely devastated. Looking back, it was a blessing in disguise, but it wasnāt 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 donāt think Iāve ever said this publicly, but that was actually a rumor about why I didnāt get hired in AEW. Apparentlyāfirst of all, this is not trueāIām not sure if this was said but this definitely didnāt come out of my goddamn mouth: I heard one of the reasons I wasnāt signed to AEW was because I was asking for āSting moneyā. Thatās the rumor Iāve heard, which is such a ridiculous thing that I have to laugh about it. Weāve never even talked about it.ā
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