GCW owner Brett Lauderdale recently appeared on the “Business of the Business” podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including how Matt Cardona has inspired a lot of people with what he has done on the Indie scene since his WWE departure back in 2020.
Lauderdale said, “Freddie Prinze [Jr.]…in terms of him being inspired by Matt Cardona, a lot of people were inspired by Matt Cardona, people from the WWE bubble that might not have understood what the indies were or might not have understood what was out there. Matt definitely inspired a lot of people and continues to. But yeah, that initial GCW run, that was, pardon the pun, that was a game-changer in so many ways. I think that the influence it had in the short term and the long term, I think we’re gonna continue to feel the ramifications of his success. I think it just made everybody look differently at the indies.”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
