Matt Cardona Pitched Former WWE Star Winning Andre The Giant Battle Royal At WrestleMania 35

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Matt Cardona has revealed he pitched for a former WWE star to win the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35.

The careers of Matt Cardona and Brian Myers have been connected and are forever intertwined. Since their days at the New York Wrestling Connection academy, the two men have formed an unbreakable bond that led to them signing with WWE.

In 2019, Myers and Cardona as Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder defeated The Revival (FTR) to win the Raw Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 35.

However, it seems that there was another plan pitched that would have not seen the duo become WWE Tag Team Champions for the second time.

Speaking with Metro’s Alistair McGeorge, Matt Cardona recalled his pitch to have Curt Hawkins end his losing streak by winning the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35. He said:

“WrestleMania was about to be in New York and New Jersey, one hometown,”

“We had pitched that we would be the two final guys in the Andre The Giant Battle Royal and I would sacrifice myself.”

“Brian would clothesline me out, and he would get his big moment at WrestleMania, break the streak, win the trophy. Vince – he didn’t like it, which is fine.”

Believing that they only won the titles at Mania because they were direct in approaching Vince McMahon, Cardona recalled:

“Two weeks later, we win the tag team titles at WrestleMania! I believe because we went into his office and he’s like, “Oh these guys, they live here!”

“I don’t know that for a fact, because we were just getting the Andre The Giant Battle Royale, and all of a sudden we’re in this tag team title match.”

“We had no program with The Revival at the time, they were doing something for months with Bobby Roode and Chad Gable.”

“Then all of a sudden, we’re in this match and we win the belts! I think that’s because we went and talked to Vince. You never know what’s gonna happen.”

Braun Strowman went on to win the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35.

Meanwhile, Matt Cardona and Brian Myers will look to add the IMPACT Tag Team Championships to their list of accomplishments.

They will face The Motor City Machine Guns, Bullet Club’s Ace Austin and Chris Bey and former champions Heath and Rhino in a four way match at Hard To Kill on January 13.

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