Chris Jericho has high praise for Matt Cardona as an upcoming opponent.
At Final Battle, Chris Jericho is set to defend the Ring of Honor World Championship against Matt Cardona. After their first confrontation on ROH TV, Jericho made a surprise appearance to confront Cardona in GCW, helping EFFY pick up a win against the former Zack Ryder.
Speaking during a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, Jericho spoke with excitement about his upcoming title defense, praising Ring of Honor as a success and reflecting on the build to the show.
“Just the fact that we are doing this is special. The fact that it’s in Hammerstein, with the vibe that is expected. I don’t think anybody expected Matt Cardona to answer this challenge. He’s not an AEW regular. We haven’t seen him a whole lot. Chris Jericho, being the Ring of Honor Champion, two years I did it as the Ocho and here we are again as the Nueve.
There is a lot going on with Ring of Honor. There is a lot of potential television deals to be talked about and discussed. ‘Ring of Honor has such a wrestling style.’ Wrestling style is selling out venues with a good story and two good characters that people want to see get in the ring. That’s what we’ve done. I’m very happy with this build we’ve created the last three weeks. I don’t think it could have gone better.
I know ticket sales have pretty much doubled after this match was announced. We’re going to sell out, if we haven’t already. It’s going to special just by the fact that we’re there. I’m excited about it.”
Chris Jericho Talks Matt Cardona Reinventing Himself
Continuing, Jericho praised Cardona for reinventing himself and knowing how to maximize his impact in the ring without flashy daredevil moves.
“Matt Cardona has done a good job of reinventing himself and recreating himself, and dare I say, he reminds me a lot of Bret Hart. Everything he does is very solid. It looks great. It’s very meat and potatoes in the best way.
Matt is not the type of guy who is going to do a moonsault off the top of the balcony, and neither am I. We’ll leave that to the guys who do that. I expect we’re going to beat the shit out of each other with a raucous crowd who are sick of Jericho proclaiming to be the King of New York and coming to Hell’s Kitchen in the Bronx via the Staten Island Ferry.”
h/t Fightful