Matt Cardona appears to be like again on the debut of the new-look Zack Ryder.
On the Could 19, 2009, episode of WWE ECW, Matt Cardona, then often called Zack Ryder, debuted a brand new look, as he had a unique theme track and his one-legged tights. This marked the primary time he used “Woo Woo Woo” as a part of his bundle.
Cardona took to social media to reply to a tweet concerning the anniversary of this repackaging. He famous that he needed to survive, and he needed to stand out. Cardona famous that he wished to make folks discover him, and they’d know his identify finally. From there, the remainder is historical past.
As Zack Ryder, Matt Cardona went on to win the WWE Intercontinental and United States Championship. He additionally gained the RAW Tag Crew Championship. He was launched in a wave of cuts in 2020, and he has since reinvented himself on the impartial scene. Cardona has additionally labored for AEW, TNA, and NWA.
Matt Cardona Holds Himself Accountable For WWE Run
Matt Cardona beforehand acknowledged that he takes the blame for a way his WWE run turned out. Talking on Swerve Strickland’s Swerve City podcast, the previous WWE Celebrity opened up about his time in WWE.
“After I look again, I wish to take accountability for myself. And I’ll put all of the state of affairs… All of the blame of that state of affairs on myself. I by no means need to be somebody who, ‘They held me down.’ Or, ‘They buried’… I by no means wished to be that man. After I look again, might I’ve gone to Vince McMahon and mentioned, ‘Hey Vince, like I’m one of many high merch sellers, I’m busting my ass, I’m over as f***. Why is that this taking place?’ I might have. However I didn’t.
“So I blame myself for not questioning why am I right here and I’m going decrease and decrease and decrease and decrease down the cardboard whereas I’m nonetheless working my ass off. So I blame myself. I don’t need to blame the corporate, I don’t need to say I used to be buried, I don’t need to do any of that s***. As a result of then like simply bitter and damaging and f*** effectively sucks,” Matt Cardona mentioned.
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