Matt Cardona. qui connaît un grand succès sur la scène indy depuis son départ de la WWE en 2020, a lutté brièvement à la AEW cette année-là. Mais il se dit heureux de ne pas avoir signé de contrat à long terme avec Tony Khan.
En entrevue pour The Wrestling Classic, Cardona soutient être reconnaissant à l’endroit de Cody Rhodes pour lui avoir ouvert la porte à la AEW. Il croit qu’avec le temps, il aurait été confiné aux émissions Dark. Cardona ajoute ne plus vouloir être traité comme à la WWE et avoir le contrôle de son destin.
“Cody, right away put me in contact with his agent. You know, gave me some great advice. But, like in the wrestling business, if a producer or agent is giving you feedback on a match, sometimes that advice doesn’t work for you. And I realized I didn’t need an agent. II wanted to be that guy in the trenches. I wanted to be that guy doing the numbers and negotiating. Cody [Rhodes] set me up for sure, got me that AEW cup of coffee run. I am grateful for that. Didn’t work out at the time, I’ll admit I was bummed out. I was like, ‘Oh sh** now what.’ Looking back, a blessing in disguise. If I had signed with AEW then, I’d be on f***ing Dark right now. No offense to those guys, but that’s not what I want. I was already that guy in WWE. I want to be in control of my own destiny.”


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