Former WWE star Zack Ryder aka Matt Cardona who is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and a former WWE United States Champion recently revealed that he would be lying if he said that he did not want a WrestleMania moment.
Matt Cardona started his professional wrestling career back in 2004 on the independent circuit. In only one year time he was hired by WWE for his excellent performance. Everyone had high hopes for him in WWE.
Matt Cardona Wanted To Return To WWE and Have A WrestleMania Moment
During his first period in WWE, he was mostly known for his time as the famous stable of the time, La Familia led by Edge. His Tag Team partnership with Curt Hawkins was really loved by the fans.
After he started having his singles career, WWE mostly seen him as a jobber. But he started running a channel on the YouTube where he constantly asked fans to request WWE to push him. Fans love this unique idea of him and they started to organize online campaigns where they asked WWE to push him.
Ultimately WWE listened to the fans, and gave him WWE Intercontinental championship at WrestleMania 32. Even though the push did not last long, as he dropped the title to the Miz the very next night on Monday Night RAW. After he was released by WWE in 2020, he had a small time in the AEW and currently he works in various wrestling promotions.
Zack Ryder aka Matt Cardona who is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion recently spoke to The Wrestling Classic where he revealed that he would be lying if he said that he did not want a WrestleMania moment. He said;
“I would be lying if I said I never wanted to wrestle at Madison Square Garden again, Or I never wanted to have a WrestleMania moment again, or I never wanted to walk into Walmart and see my fucking Mattel Elite [action figure] on the shelves, of course. Yeah, of course, I do, but, I’m gonna find my path back there.
“Chelsea Green’s back there now and when she got that offer, it wasn’t even discussed. She was a crucial part of my act on the indies, a crucial part. She had to go back. She did not have a cup of coffee there. She had the little Keurig pod put into the machine.
“You didn’t press brew, right? She had to go back and she’s absolutely killing it now. I am so proud of her to see her on Monday Night Raw. They bring her to SmackDown. Maybe she’ll have a WrestleMania match. I am so so proud of her, but it’s not my time to go back yet.”
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