Former WWE star Zack Ryder aka Matt Cardona who is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and a former WWE United States Champion recently talked about the The Z! True Long Island Story and claimed it changed the world of wrestling business.
Zack Ryder 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 from him in WWE.
Zack Ryder Discusses The Storyline That Changed The Wrestling Business
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 organise 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.
Recently he won the prestigious NWA World Heavyweight Championship after the defeated the previous champion Trevor Murdoch. He is also signed with Impact Wrestling. He also held GCW World Championship last year which he dropped to Jon Moxley in the last September.
Zack Ryder aka Matt Cardona who is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and a former WWE United States Champion recently spoke to the NotSam podcast where he talked about the The Z! True Long Island Story and claimed it changed the world of wrestling business. He said;
“It changed the business. Tell me that Z! True Long Island Story didn’t change the business. Tell me to my face that it didn’t change the business. All these kids vlogging. The BTE show that started AEW. Really, I’m responsible for AEW.
“I’ll say it right now, without Z! True Long Island Story there would be no BTE and there would be no E…ah, let’s do that again. This is live pal. We’re live pal. Without Z! True Long Island Story there would be no BTE and there would be no AEW.
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