IMPACT star said they both they and the company originally passed on each other (Patreon)

Matt Cardona spoke with Wrestling Perspective Podcast for a talk that will go live Friday evening. Check out their Twitch at https://m.twitch.tv/wrestlingperspectivepod. Please credit them when aggregating.

Matt Cardona said that he was expecting a crazy reaction during his Nick Gage feud. He got some death threats, and noted that some fans threw pizza cutters at him. He didn't expect to bleed nearly as much as what happened in the match.

- Cardona remembered getting the internet title made and Triple H called him a mark for himself and said that ten years ago, the locker room would have kicked his ass. Cardona replied with "well, the locker room loves me." Triple H responded with saying that's why the houses are half empty, but Cardona wasn't sure exactly what HHH was blaming.

- Cardona noted that he originally passed on Impact Wrestling last year, then they passed on him at the start of 2021, before they called him back to make him an offer.

- Cardona says when he was pitching himself to be in the WrestleMania Ladder Match, him telling Road Dogg "I've never heard my music play at WrestleMania" helped get him into it.

- Vince McMahon was initially mad in the headset not knowing who Cardona's dad was after he won the ladder match, but was fine with it when he was clued in. Cardona said there was a lot of "boo boo faces" in the room when he was told he'd won the title.