Matt Cardona On Why Not Signing With AEW Was A "Blessing In Disguise"

[Rollie Forbes]

In a recent interview with Casual Conversations with the Classic (via Fightful), Matt Cardona explained why ultimately not getting signed by AEW was good for his career. Below are some highlights:

Matt Cardona how Cody Rhodes put him in contact with his agent after getting released by WWE: “Cody, right away, put me in contact with his agent, gave me some great advice, but like in the wrestling business, if a producer or an agent is giving you feedback on a match, sometimes that advice doesn’t work for you,” he said. “I realized I don’t want an agent. I don’t need somebody doing my bookings. I want to be in the trenches. I want to be the guy knowing the numbers. I want to be the guy doing the negotiating. I want to be the guy in control. So Cody set me up for sure.”

On why not getting signed by AEW was a blessing in disguise: “I mean that AEW cup of coffee run, I’m grateful for, that didn’t work out at the time. I’ll admit, I was bummed out. Looking back, blessing in disguise. If I would have signed with AEW, then I’d be on f***ing Dark, right? No offense to those guys. That’s not what I want. I was already that guy in WWE, you know? Yeah. I want to be in control of my own destiny, control of my own fate, and I’m busting my fukking ass. Yeah, is the ‘Indie God’ a gimmick? Yeah, but it’s also not.”

 

[King Sun]

and now he wrestles on promotions that are mostly on YouTube but hey I don't care what promo wrestlers sign too as long as they are happy and getting paid to do the shyt

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Working for a competitor but being on Dark=/=Working the indies and Impact

Different strokes, same channel

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Like 99% of the AEW roster works on Dark.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

He’s making more money than he did in WWE, working his own schedule

 

[Rollie Forbes]

He’s making more money than he did in WWE, working his own schedule

He has more time to play with his action figures, too.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Being under the thumb of a larger company and in a bad position can kill your enthusiasm for doing what you love. I definitely understand not wanting to go through that again.

 

[Silkk]

He’s making more money than he did in WWE, working his own schedule

Former NWA World Heavyweight Champion.


Say what you will but about it now but that’s still thee most prestigious championship in wrestling history. Know that guys like Cody & JJ love having that on their career list. Bet you HHH wish he could’ve held it once.

 

[8WON6]

He's someone like Drew Mcintyre that needed to go experience the world and if he ever decides to come back to WWE he'll realize his old self was never going to be shyt beyond a jobber that might scrape up a couple US/IC title wins.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

This dude is a clown. There was a report just a short while back that he basically burned the bridge with AEW because he came in and said he did not want to be associated with Cody. After he said that, Cody threw him back to the bushes

 

[Bonefan32]

He will always be a bum,I will never get the hype

People always wonder why he wasn't pushed more but he is a terrible wrestler,always feels like watching a actor playing a wrestler in a movie,it's not natural at all

Brian Myers>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[prophecypro]

I mean .....theres a good chance that might have happened, or not. He definetly developed himself more on the indies and GCW and he probably could have gotten heat as a sports entertainer heel (though MJF and Jericho have that corner), if he went back to WWE given Triple H's percentage with people he brought back chances are he would be in limbo...but I can also see him being an upper midcarder if he keeps the steam going with what hes doing and then comes to WWE in like a year

 

[Hey_zeus]

I mean...it's Zack Ryder. The ceiling is the floor

 

[Easy-E]

He’s making more money than he did in WWE, working his own schedule

I thought Athena was getting a push when she turnt heel...and I still see her ass on YouTube every week

 

[Trips]

I thought Athena was getting a push when she turnt heel...and I still see her ass on YouTube every week

But she's the ROH Women's Champ.

You could kind of say she has a bigger gripe than Ruby about her former employer but she's not in a certain faction.