Matt Cardona Appears At NWA Hard Times 2

The Deathmatch King has the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title in his sights.

by Andrew Pollard
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With Billy Corgan's National Wrestling Alliance putting on its Hard Times 2 PPV last night, one of the biggest talking points coming out of this show is that Matt Cardona is seemingly on a collision course with NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Trevor Murdoch.

At Hard Times 2, the main event saw Murdoch successfully retain the company's biggest prize against Mike Knox. Post-match, Cardona arrived to 'congratulate' the NWA Worlds Champ.

That congratulations allowed for Knox to hit a low blow on Murdoch, with Mick Foley then calling for assistance in the shape of Da Pope. Cardona and Knox would lay waste to Pope before then delivering a two-on-one beatdown to Murdoch. As the PPV went off the air, the one-time Zack Ryder gazed at the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title to suggest we'll be getting Cardona vs. Murdoch down the line.

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Following the show, Cardona was interviewed by Josh Shernoff for FITE TV, where he talked up his friendship with Mike Knox dating back to 2006, take a shot at Mick Foley, and stated how all he wanted to do was to find out if the iconic Ten Pounds of Gold weight ten pounds of gold.

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Since being released by WWE in April 2020, the Long Islander has made quite the splash as he's competed for, amongst others, AEW, IMPACT Wrestling and GCW - even at one point dethroning Nick Gage to become the GCW World Champion and self-proclaimed Deathmatch King.

Now, it looks as if Matt Cardona will be getting to mix it up in the NWA for at least a little while.

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