Matt Cardona recently appeared as a guest on Busted Open Radio for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During his appearance on the popular pro wrestling program, the longtime veteran spoke about pitching to do The Sandman's iconic ring entrance at the GCW event at Hammerstein, as well as how GCW is its' own thing but it is keeping the spirit of ECW alive.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On how he pitched to do Sandman’s entrance at the upcoming Hammerstein event: “I thought about doing the Sandman entrance, the iconic entrance from Hammerstein. I don’t know with all the rules now that someone can walk through the crowd these days. Trust me, I thought about it, I pitched it. I pitched it big time. That’s going to be another interesting thing about this show; GCW is known for the deathmatch and blood and guts, if know anything about the New York Athletic Commission, some of that stuff is not going to fly.”
On how GCW is unique on its own, but is keeping the spirit of ECW alive: “Just like ECW, where some outsiders are probably like, ‘Oh, it’s just hardcore, blood, guts,’ we know that if you’re a real fan, it is way more than that with so many different styles. GCW is the same thing. When I first heard about GCW, I was like, ‘this deathmatch shit, I don’t want to do that.’ Then, when I went to the shows and was there, I realized it was just a small part of it, the deathmatch stuff. Some of the stuff these guys can do, the athleticism, then you have me, I’m just doing old school wrestling. I don’t even have to wrestle. I just talk and they hate me. There are so many different styles and something for everybody. That’s why I think a lot of people compare it to ECW because there is the bloody stuff, but there is so much more, especially the passion.”
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com. H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.
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