https://cvvtix.com - Get your tickets for INSIGHT LIVE in LA and NYC with VIP Meet & Greet! Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) is a professional wrestler previously signed to WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss his post-WWE career 5 years on from the release, why a return has not happened yet, his matches in AEW and ROH against Adam Copeland and Chris Jericho respectively and why they never led to more, advice for released wrestlers, whether he is interested in returning as Zack Ryder, being married to Chelsea Green and more! MIRACLE MADE: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://trymiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for free with the code CVV at https://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 01:08 Matt Cardona's Top 5 movies 03:35 Chris Jericho being able to constantly evolve his character 04:30 WWE fans being unfamiliar with his work as Matt Cardona 05:42 His dad jumped the guardrail at WrestleMania 35! 06:41 What does he think was missing from his WWE run that he has now? 07:22 William Regal teaching him how to reintroduce himself to an audience 08:53 What does it mean to be “The Complete” Matt Cardona 10:26 His 40th birthday! 11:28 Advice for recently released WWE Superstars 12:56 Being able to suffer the ego hit of going back to the Indies 14:14 Why hasn’t he been signed by WWE yet? 16:36 Does he make more money now than he did when he was in WWE? 17:44 Being incredibly proud of his wife Chelsea Green 19:47 Did he almost buy the Women’s US Title? 22:36 How does he think about which bookings he takes 24:15 What does he wish he was told about indie wrestling when he got into it 26:28 Treating his Independent wrestling career as a business 28:17 What has been his biggest merchandise flop? 29:01 Did his work as the internet champion get him heat in WWE? 30:56 Did he expect to get signed by WWE when Chelsea Green returned? 31:31 Getting to wrestle Edge in AEW on Collision 33:55 Wrestling Chris Jericho at Final Battle for Ring of Honor 35:21 What did he learn from Edge when he worked with him in WWE 37:09 What’s the smallest crowd he’s wrestled in front of since being released 38:12 How he’s embraced the grind since working the independent scene 40:17 Being on WWE merchandise during the peak of his run 43:09 Getting to live his dream life he envisioned as a kid 44:52 What has changed about going viral and getting noticed today 48:30 The importance of staying consistent 49:48 Matt Cardona asked John Cena to wrestle him in GCW 51:47 What does Tommy Invincible have to do to get to the next level? 53:05 The possibility of having one more deathmatch with Nick Gage 55:27 Doing the thing for work that he would do for free 58:19 Does he think about how much longer he wants to wrestle? 01:00:13 How he tore his pec after a clothesline 01:03:07 The need to stretch more as you get older 01:04:19 GCW being the leading independent wrestling promotion 01:05:26 Selling everything he can on Whatnot 01:09:42 Getting The Dudley Boyz to agree to sign a WWE Legends deal 01:12:50 His Jurassic Park Inspired entrance at GCW 01:14:54 3 things Matt Cardona is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #BlueWireVideo