Ever since the premiere of All Elite Wrestling as an alternative place of employment besides WWE, we have seen numerous former WWE Superstars sign with AEW following their departure.
Matt Cardona, formerly known as Zack Ryder during his time with WWE, was released from the company back in April along with many other WWE Superstars and Backstage Staff. Cardona recently debuted with All Elite Wrestling, but so far has only wrestled one match – a tag team contest that saw him and Cody Rhodes defeat Alex Reynolds and John Silver of The Dark Order.
It was previously reported that Cardona’s current deal with AEW is a short term one, that will see him make five appearances for the company. Cardona recently spoke to Wrestling Inc., where he confirmed that he is currently working on a short-term deal with AEW, but went on to say that his plan is to be there long term.
“It’s no surprise I’m good friends with Cody, and it’s no surprise that he has a little stroke in the company. So it’s kind of like a perfect fit. You see online that I haven’t signed a long-term thing, and that’s true, but I’m not there to just get a new t-shirt on ShopAEW.com. I want to win championships. I want to be on Dynamite every week. I want to be on the PPVs. So right now, we haven’t come to a long-term agreement, but that’s certainly my plan to be there long term.
“It’s just something that we got on a week-by-week thing for now, and hopefully, soon, we have something more long-term. And that’s really it. So right now, I don’t think there’s a rush. I don’t plan on going anywhere right now. I’m living my life, especially now, day-by-day, week-by-week. So we’ll see what happens, but I’m super excited for the future. I got two shirts on ShopAEW.com. What is with Cody, which is pretty ridiculous, when they sent me the shirt, I LOL’d. I thought it was a joke, and it was actually on the site. This is great. I need one.”
You can listen to the entire interview with Matt Cardona below.
We will let you know if we hear anything about Matt Cardona’s next AEW appearance or if there is any update on his contract status with the company.
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