One of AEW’s most high profile arrivals in the last few weeks has been Matt Cardona, the man formally known as Zack Ryder in WWE. He appeared on two episodes of Dynamite but has also confirmed that he’s not signed to a longer deal with the promotion. Despite that, Cardona has high hopes, as seen in his recent conversation with Wrestling Inc.
Below are a few choice quotes from the interviews as provided by WrestlingInc.com
On how his AEW appearances came together and what his future with AEW looks like:
It’s no surprise I’m good friends with Cody, and it’s no surprise that he has a little stroke in the company. So it’s kind of like a perfect fit. You see online that I haven’t signed a long-term thing, and that’s true, but I’m not there to just get a new t-shirt on ShopAEW.com. I want to win championships. I want to be on Dynamite every week. I want to be on the PPVs. So right now, we haven’t come to a long-term agreement, but that’s certainly my plan to be there long term.
It’s just something that we got on a week-by-week thing for now, and hopefully, soon, we have something more long-term. And that’s really it. So right now, I don’t think there’s a rush. I don’t plan on going anywhere right now. I’m living my life, especially now, day-by-day, week-by-week. So we’ll see what happens, but I’m super excited for the future. I got two shirts on ShopAEW.com. What is with Cody, which is pretty ridiculous, when they sent me the shirt, I LOL’d. I thought it was a joke, and it was actually on the site. This is great. I need one.
On a potential match with then AEW TNT Champion Cody:
I mean that could happen. He has that open challenge going on, or maybe, we team up. We go for those tag team titles. Who knows? I’m only 35 years old. I’m here. I hate when people say, ‘the next chapter of my career,’ like this is a new book. This is a whole new book, and I’m just super excited to write it.
The full video also goes into the possibility of Cardona working at The Nightmare Family and his talks with Cody after initially leaving WWE.
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