“Indy God” Matt Cardona is ready to return to the main stage of professional wrestling.
TNA Wrestling‘s Matt Cardona recently spoke with Steven Muehlhausen on Walkway To Fight Club. Cardona was asked what his goals are at this stage of his career and what he has left to prove. Cardona feels like he needs to sign a contract with a top company. Despite that, he doesn’t want to be just another member of the roster.
“That’s a great question. What is left to prove on the independents? I’ve done it all,” Matt Cardona said. “Besides just reinventing myself and becoming bigger than I was in WWE, I’ve done everything there is to do on the indies and then some. So what is next? I feel like I need to sign a contract somewhere, but at the same time, I don’t want to sign a contract just to sign a contract. I don’t want to be on a roster just to be a guy on a roster. Been there, done that.
“Listen, if WWE or AEW called and there was a good offer with some intent to use me a certain way, of course, I’d have that conversation. But I’m not gonna BS, I haven’t gotten an offer from either of those companies. So until then, I just gotta keep raising my stock and elevating myself, and trying to change the game on the independent level. I’ve said it many times, I’m not trying to pass the torch to anybody, I’m trying to light a new one for myself, and I feel like I have.
Matt Cardona isn’t getting any younger
Cardona says he’d elevate someone else if needed, but he’s also not getting any younger. He believes he’s in the prime of his career and he’s challenging himself to find what’s next.
Cardona says his latest video isn’t a “new” version of him, it’s just the next chapter and a fresh coat of paint. He doesn’t know how long this next chapter will last. However, he’s ready for any opportunity that comes his way.
“But at the end of the day, I don’t want my career to end just wrestling in these smaller venues or these high school gyms or these ballrooms. I want to end it at big stadiums, WrestleMania or Arthur Ashe. I want to end it where I feel like I have to end it, in the big leagues on a big stage.”
Matt Cardona refuses to be fueled by negativity
Cardona wasn’t signed after his AEW Collision match with Adam Copeland. He also admitted no company had made him an offer.
“Listen, I’ll be completely honest. I don’t know what the f*ck is going on [laughs]. I’ve done everything there is to do,” Matt Cardona said. “I am legit shocked I have not gotten an offer from any company, and that’s not me being egotistical. That’s me being realistic. I’ve done all there is [to do]. What else can I possibly do?
“But I can’t let this run be fueled by bitterness or negativity. It was never, ‘Oh, I gotta prove people wrong.’ It was, ‘I’ve gotta prove my fans right,’ and I feel like I have done that. But I think the second you get bitter, the second you get angry is where you lose yourself, and I’m not gonna let this run be fueled by negativity. I’m gonna let it be fueled by trying to prove myself right, and I feel like I have. But there’s more to prove.” [H/T: Fightful]
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