Matt Cardona and Steph De Lander want to make independent wrestling great again.
In recent weeks, Cardona has shared a series of videos. "The Indy God" has brought back the Zack Ryder character, went to jail, and been acquitted throughout the series.
In the latest video, Cardona announced himself as the President of Independent Wrestling, and De Lander stated that she was the Vice President. Together, they made it clear that they had some changes they wanted to make.
Matt Cardona: My fellow Americans and Australians, we’d like to take this time to address this great independent wrestling nation. As President…
Steph De Lander: And Vice President...
MC: Of the independent wrestling scene, we have some changes we’d like to make.
SDL: No more hot dogs and handshakes.
MC: No more changing in back alleys.
SDL: No more Spirit or Frontier flights.
Cardona went on to take issue with promotions not providing waters for the wrestlers. He also criticized the way some companies have lackluster transportation for the wrestlers. De Lander and Cardona both highlighted issues with pay as well.
MC: No more BYOW, bring your own water. Give us some water. We need to hydrate. No more sending these little minion jabronis to pick us up from the airport in these cars that are disgusting, and the air conditioner doesn’t work, and there’s fucking crumbs and fast food bags all over the place.
SDL: No more having to chase after my pay after a show.
MC: Yeah, PayPal is friends and family.
SDL: That day.
MC: Only book venues that have showers in the locker rooms. I don’t want to drive back to my hotel sweaty and bloody and disgusting. It’s disgusting.
SDL: No more two-star hotels.
MC: None of that two and a half bullshit. Three stars.
SDL: Four stars.
MC: Five stars.
SDL: That’s right. Five stars.
The Internet Champions shared more changes, including getting rid of marathon shows and ending the pattern of fans hugging women at the merch table.
MC: No more trying to fifty-fifty split my meet-and-greet. I keep all the fucking money.
SDL: No more girls having to get changed in the boys’ bathroom.
MC: No more of these fucking marathon shows that go until after midnight, okay. Seven matches, eight tops, no fucking intermission.
SDL: No more fans trying to hug me at the merch table.
MC: Don’t try to linger, either. Either buy something or get the fuck out of my face.
SDL: Pay us or fuck off.
After Cardona and De Lander flipped off the camera, Cardona told promoters not to email him the call time, as he would arrive on time for the show. He then paid tribute to the classic DX segment where Shawn Michaels made it clear that he did not sleep with an intern, though he was up all night.
MC: One last thing. This actually is serious. I did not, I repeat, I did not sleep with that young intern. As a matter of fact, I was up all night.
SDL: What the fuck is wrong with you?
MC: I just always wanted to say that. Sorry, Steph.
Cardona recently said Bully Ray has a small hot dog. More information is available here.
Mojo Rawley shared his belief that Matt Cardona's current persona would have been a good fit for the Hype Bros. Click here to see what he had to say.
Check out Cardona's comments about his post-WWE run here.
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