NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Trevor Murdoch will face his toughest test yet when he defends the gold against Matt Cardona at NWA PowerrrTrip.
Cardona’s resume speaks for itself; in the last year alone, he has defeated Nick Gage to win the GCW World Championship, regained the Internet Championship, and added the IMPACT Digital Media Championship to his list of accolades. “The Deathmatch King” made his NWA debut at Hard Times 2, and he’s been feuding with Murdoch ever since.
During a recent appearance on “Battleground Podcast“, Murdoch discussed his upcoming clash with Cardona. When asked whether he was concerned about Cardona’s pattern of winning gold wherever he goes, the champion admitted that he’d be foolish if he underestimated the challenger. But Murdoch made it clear that he’s going to do everything he can to stop Cardona from taking the gold.
“I would be an idiot if I wasn’t slightly concerned,” said Murdoch. “Matt’s, no matter what you say and how much he talks, Matt’s a hell of a wrestler, and he knows how to take advantage of opportunities. And Matt wants to be World Heavyweight Champion, so I need to be prepared for virtually anything. I’ve worked my ass off to get where I’m at, and I’m certainly not gonna let some guy come in and do his best to bury the company, the whole idea of the company, and certainly bury me, and then let him walk out as champion.
“So I don’t know if Matt Cardona knows it or not, but he’s got the biggest fight of his life coming this Saturday.”
The NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion then referenced his history with Cardona, which dates back to the latter’s early days in WWE. Murdoch shared his side of the story by stating that he offered to put the young star over, but he didn’t get the chance to do so. He pointed out the way Cardona evidently feels slighted by this incident and noted that if his rival wants to use it as a motivation for success, a “Thank you” would be in order.
“The thing with me and Matt is, he’s always been chasing me,” said Murdoch. “I’ve always been one step ahead of him. The first time I met Matt was in WWE, and to be honest with you, we didn’t have many tag teams, we knew they were bringing them up. They had, you know, they were young guys, and they had a lot of fire and aggression, and a little bit of ego. And we were gonna be World Tag Team Champions, we were actually in a program with the Hardys. So we had an opportunity to wrestle those guys in a dark match, and we had volunteered to put them over. They just didn’t like the way we were doing it.
“And you know, I had forgotten about it, you know what I mean, but apparently Matt’s kinda held this for a long time and actually brought it up in an interview as a motivation for his success. And I mean, a ‘Thank you’ would be okay, boys, that’s all. Whatever it takes to get you out of catering, buddy, that’s all I’m saying.”
Murdoch ultimately expressed his confidence heading into the bout and emphasized that Cardona shouldn’t underestimate him, either.
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