
Matt Cardona recently appeared on an episode of the Swerve City podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including how if Tony Khan or Triple H called him, he would most definitely have a conversation with them.
Cardona said, โI was talking with Chelsea [Chelsea Green], and Iโm going to name drop John Cena. John was asking Chelsea, โwhat is the difference between this run and the last run?โ Chelsea said, โNow, I can turn it off. I can go and do Raw and when Iโm home, Iโm home.โ As opposed to last time, when she was in NXT, the PC was with her brain. A couple of days later, Iโm pitching some spot for an Indie show, and she said, โYou used to be able to turn it off.โ โYeah, youโre right.โ In WWE, there are only three things I can control. Now, I can control everything. My brain is always going. These past three years, I donโt care how you define success, accolades, money, happiness. In my opinion, which is the only one that matters, Iโve been the most successful in my career. If Tony Khan or Triple H called me today, of course I would have the conversation. Iโd be lying if I said, โI never want to wrestle on pay-per-view again,โ or wrestle Madison Square Garden again or walk into Target or WalMart and see my action figure on the shelf. Iโd be lying.โ
Cardona also talked about how he wants to prove he can be successful without AEW or WWE.
โAt the same time, I donโt want to go to AEW or WWE just to be a guy on the roster. Nothing against that, but Iโve been there and done that. Back in the day, when I started the YouTube show, as it got further along and I realized what I was trying to do, I kind of wanted to prove that you bet on yourself, you can get yourself over, you can get yourself noticed. Now, I want to prove, AEW and WWE, number one and two, itโs debatable which is one and two, Iโm not saying theyโre not, but I want to prove you can be a successful pro wrestler without them. At the same time, Iโm not saying if Tony Khan called, I wouldnโt pick up. Of course not. Tony! Whatโs up man!? You need me for Collision? Or if Triple H called or Vince [Vince McMahon] called. Right now, my goal is not to get back there. My goal is, how big can I make this? I donโt know. I hate to say the sky is the limit, but it kind of is. I didnโt have handcuffs on me before, but if I did, theyโre off. I can take this and whether it be with my podcast or a wrestling figure company, how high can I go? Weโll see. Thatโs the challenge and thatโs the fun part.โ
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)