1. Matthew Brett Cardona was born on May 14,1985 and is an American professional wrestler.
37 Facts About Matt Cardona
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Matt Cardona is a freelancer who competes on the independent circuit as well as making in ring appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling and their sister promotion Ring of Honor, as well as Game Changer Wrestling, under his real name, stylized as Matt Cardona.
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Matt Cardona worked for WWE from 2006 to 2020, under the ring name Zack Ryder.
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Matt Cardona has since won various championships including the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, Impact Digital Media Championship, and GCW World Championship.
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Matthew Brett Cardona was born in Merrick, New York, on May 14,1985.
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Matt Cardona debuted with New York Wrestling Connection in 2004, using the name Brett Matthews.
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Matt Cardona began regularly teaming with Brian Myers and the duo of Myers and Matthews went on to defeat the NYWC Tag Team Champions Dickie Rodz and Mason Raige by disqualification, for which titles do not change hands.
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On February 24,2006, Matt Cardona signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.
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Matt Cardona participated in an untelevised 26-man battle royal at WrestleMania XXVI, being the last person eliminated by the winner Yoshi Tatsu.
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Matt Cardona got over without the [WWE] office, without TV time.
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Matt Cardona suffered singles losses to Bo Dallas, Rusev and The Miz, but managed to trade singles wins and losses with Adam Rose, Heath Slater, Stardust and Tyler Breeze.
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Matt Cardona lost the title to The Miz the following night on Raw.
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Matt Cardona returned on the June 13,2017, episode of SmackDown, reuniting with Rawley.
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Matt Cardona made his debut on the July 29,2020 episode of Dynamite, saving Cody from an attack by Alex Reynolds and John Silver of The Dark Order.
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Matt Cardona made his surprise debut on January 16,2021, at Hard To Kill, where he defeated Ace Austin by disqualification.
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The feud ended at Slammiversary, where Matt Cardona teamed up with his real-life fiancee, Chelsea Green to defeat Myers and Tenille Dashwood.
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At Bound for Glory, Matt Cardona competed in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, where he would be the runner-up in the match after being lastly eliminated by Moose.
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At Turning Point, Cardona lost to W Morrissey with the help of Moose.
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At the event, on January 8,2022, Matt Cardona was unsuccessful in capturing the title in a three-way match involving Morrissey.
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On May 14,2023, Matt Cardona confirmed he was officially done with Impact Wrestling.
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Matt Cardona challenged Gage for the title at night one of GCW Homecoming, which took place at the Showboat Hotel, on July 24,2021.
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At the event, Matt Cardona defeated Gage in a deathmatch to win the title, marking his first ever world championship in any promotion.
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At GCW's Welcome to Heartbreak event in Los Angeles, Myers and Matt Cardona reunited alongside Chelsea Green as "The Major Players," losing to X-Pac and Joey Janela in the main event.
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On December 4,2021, at Hard Times 2, Matt Cardona made his debut for NWA attacking NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Trevor Murdoch following his match with Mike Knox.
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On February 11,2023, at Nuff Said, Matt Cardona fought Tyrus for the title in a losing effort.
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On May 21,2023, during the final event of the 2023 King of DDT Tournament, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced that Matt Cardona was going to challenge Tetsuya Endo for the DDT Universal Championship on July 23, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2023.
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At the event, Matt Cardona defeated Endo to win the title.
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In July 2023 at Never Say Never, it was announced that Matt Cardona has signed with Major League Wrestling.
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At Slaughterhouse, Matt Cardona confronted the MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Kane, claiming he should be world champion.
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At the event, Matt Cardona was unsuccessful at winning the MLW World Heavyweight Championship against Kane.
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Matt Cardona would begin a feud with PCO, as he had considered Steph De Lander to be his "property", due to a contract agreement that De Lander had signed for her visa.
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In 2022, Matt Cardona had taken on a "belt collector" gimmick, traveling around to various independent promotions, winning their top championships, and holding them alongside his Impact Digital Media, NWA World's Heavyweight, and self-promoted Internet Championships, holding as many as seven titles representing five different promotions at one point in April 2022, while at the end of September 2023, he held nine different belts.
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Matt Cardona is known for being one of the first wrestlers to become popular thanks to his online presence.
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Matt Cardona made his in-game debut at WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 and appeared in WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011, WWE '12, WWE '13, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, and WWE 2K20.
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On September 26,2022, Matt Cardona joined the cast for two live performances of The Last Match in Jersey City, NJ at White Eagle Hall.
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Matt Cardona began dating Canadian professional wrestler Chelsea Green in January 2017, and they were engaged on April 4,2019.
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Matt Cardona has periodically donned Ghostbusters themed ring gear during matches, and discussed his love of the franchise in the 2016 documentary Ghostheads.