In April, Matt Cardona suffered a torn pec delivering a clothesline. Despite the injury, Cardona continued to make the towns for independent promotions, and became the General Manager of GCW.
Cardona returned to the ring just over four months after his injury, competing at GCW Homecoming night two.
Speaking to Brandon Walker of Rasslin, Cardona commented on how he's feeling coming off the injury.
"It's complicated because while I was injured, I was the general manager and I was making the shows and booking the matches. Now that I'm back, it's kind of a conflict of interest to be the man with the pencil and the man in the ring. We'll see what happens. I don't know if Brett Lauderdale is going to make me relinquish that GM role. If he does, so be it. I'm back. My dream wasn't to be a general manager, my dream was to be a wrestler and perform at the highest level. Now that I'm back, I feel like I haven't missed a beat. It was just one match, but I felt great in there. I was a little nervous about my pec going into it because the surgeons said 'you'll be out six to eight months.' I said, 'No way. I'm going to be out for four months.' Once I got hurt, I took my Chelsea Green paper calendar, and I circled that date for GCW Homecoming. I said I'm going to work my ass of to get back by this date, and I did. One of the great things about being an independent pro wrestler is that the doctor that cleared me for this match is doctor Matt Cardona. He said, 'Matt, I think you're going to be okay.' Luckily, I was," he said.
Though he was cleared for GCW Homecoming, Cardona stated he wasn't cleared for TNA Emergence and his match against PCO.
Elsewhere during the interview, Cardona commented on potentially leaving the independent scene. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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