Bully Ray said Matt Cardona has never stepped foot in a ring with a truly "extreme" wrestler, but The Deathmatch King reminded him that he's an ECW original.
In an interview with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, Ray, a WWE Hall of Famer who first rose to fame with ECW, commented on Cardona's torn bicep, which forced him to pull out of the NWA Alwayz Ready pay-per-view in June. He shared his belief that Cardona isn't really hardcore, despite his claims that he's the kind of the deathmatch. Ray called GCW the worst ECW knockoff he's ever seen.
"It’s a double-edged sword there. Yeah, Cardona got hurt, and he couldn’t perform on a pay-per-view that was named after him. Personally, I think Cardona is ducking me because he talks a lot of shit on social media about how he’s this ‘hardcore’ guy just because he wrestled in garbage bag GCW, which is one of the worst ECW rip-offs I’ve ever seen in my life, and all of a sudden he’s this hardcore guy. You’ve never seen Cardona in the ring with a true hardcore guy, a true extreme guy. ‘Masters’ of the art of extreme. Who have you seen him with? Nick Gage? Oh my god, please. Please. Awful, awful," Ray said.
Cardona took note of Ray's comments and retweeted a clip of them with an image of his days as Zack Ryder in WWE EW, noting that he's an "ECW Original."
Come on @bullyray5150…everyone knows I’m an ECW ORIGINAL! https://t.co/pCmFnB9x93 pic.twitter.com/gqjCVscLgr
— Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) August 22, 2022
Cardona has been sidelined since the end of May, but he will return to the ring at NWA 74. Bully Ray will also compete at the show, he will face Mike Knox in a Tables Match. More information is available here.
Update: Ray retweeted Cardona's post and said that he wouldn't have lasted a day in ECW in 1994 or 1995. Cardona fired back by stating that Ray wouldn't last a day in a promotion in 2022.
Lol ok Bully. You wouldn’t last a day in any promotion in 2022. https://t.co/5vD14hF4qa
— Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) August 22, 2022
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