Matthew Cardona
Acting • Born 1985-05-14
Biography
Matthew Brett Cardona is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is the current Impact Digital Media Champion in his first reign, and The National Wrestling Alliance, where he is the current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He also holds several championships in various independent promotions, and his self-promoted Internet Championship, with which he is in his second reign. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Zack Ryder from 2005 to 2020. Cardona debuted in professional wrestling in 2004, teaming with Curt Hawkins on the independent circuit. Both men were signed by WWE the following year, making their main roster debuts in 2007. After the team split in 2009, he made appearances on WWE's ECW brand until 2010, following which he was featured sparingly on television. In 2011, he launched a YouTube web series in which he proclaimed himself WWE's "Internet Champion"; this, along with his creative use of social media, helped him establish a substantial cult following. Over the course of his time with WWE, Cardona held the Intercontinental, United States, and Raw Tag Team Championships (the latter with Hawkins on two occasions). Cardona was released by WWE in April 2020, and had a brief stint in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in July of that year under his real name. Cardona has been a free agent since the completion of his AEW contract in September and has been making appearances with Impact Wrestling since making his debut at their Hard To Kill event in January 2021.
Filmography
135 credits
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014
Movie • 2014
CM Punk: Best in the World
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder
Free The Narrative
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
GCW Fight Club
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Hardcore Justice 2021
Movie • 2021
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
GCW Evil Deeds
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
WrestleCade Supershow 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown II
Movie • 2021
GI Broski
GCW Homecoming Weekend 2021 - Night 1
Movie • 2021
GCW Blood on the Hills
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2022
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2011
Movie • 2011
Zack Ryder
The WRLD on GCW
Movie • 2022
Allie Katch
WWE Royal Rumble 2011
Movie • 2011
Zack Ryder
WWE Vengeance 2011
Movie • 2011
Zack Ryder
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2022
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Movie • 2010
Zack Ryder
WWE WrestleMania XXVIII
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder
GCW Welcome To Heartbreak
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
WWE Over The Limit 2012
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder
IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse of Matches
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
WWE Night of Champions 2012
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder
GCW Cage of Survival 2
Movie • 2023
Matt Cardona
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Movie • 2013
Zack Ryder
GCW Homecoming Part I
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2022
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
WWE No Mercy 2016
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder
GCW Into The Light
Movie • 2023
Matt Cardona
GCW Downward Spiral
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
GCW Lifestyle
Movie • 2023
Matt Cardona
WWE Royal Rumble 2015
Movie • 2015
Zack Ryder
GCW: Off The Rails
Movie • 2021
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2016
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder (Preshow)
WWE Money in the Bank 2017
Movie • 2017
Zack Ryder (Preshow)
WWE Battleground 2014
Movie • 2014
Zack Ryder
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
Movie • 2008
Zack Ryder
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Movie • 2010
Zack Ryder
WWE WrestleMania 31
Movie • 2015
Zack Ryder
WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
Movie • 2015
Zack Ryder
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Movie • 2011
Zack Ryder
WWE Extreme Rules 2012
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder (Appearance)
WWE Payback 2013
Movie • 2013
Zack Ryder (Lumberjack)
NWA Crockett Cup 2022: Night 2
Movie • 2022
himself
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
Movie • 2023
Matt Cardona
Jim Crockett Promotions: Ric Flair's Last Match
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
DDT Ultimate Party 2023
Movie • 2023
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 1)
Movie • 2022
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 2)
Movie • 2022
World Series Wrestling: Phoenix Rising (Night 3)
Movie • 2022
IMPACT Wrestling: Over Drive 2022
Movie • 2022
Matt Cardona
WWE Clash of Champions 2017
Movie • 2017
Zack Ryder
NWA Hard Times in New Orleans
Movie • 2022
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 8
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2023
Movie • 2023
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2021
Movie • 2021
WWE Armageddon 2007
Movie • 2007
Zack Ryder (Edgehead #1)
WWE Judgment Day 2008
Movie • 2008
Zack Ryder (Appearance)
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Movie • 2008
Zack Ryder (Appearance)
WWE Night of Champions 2008
Movie • 2008
Zack Ryder (Ringside)
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Movie • 2009
Zack Ryder (Lumberjack)
IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 2021
Movie • 2021
WWE WrestleMania 32
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder
WWE Hell in a Cell 2017
Movie • 2017
Zack Ryder
WWE Fatal 4-Way 2010
Movie • 2010
Zack Ryder (Preshow)
WWE Battleground 2016
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder
GCW: The Coldest Winter 2
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
WWE Backlash 2016
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder
WWE Survivor Series 2019
Movie • 2019
Zack Ryder (Preshow)
WWE WrestleMania 35
Movie • 2019
Zack Ryder (Preshow)
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Movie • 2019
Zack Ryder
WWE Stomping Grounds
Movie • 2019
Zack Ryder (Appearance)
WWE Survivor Series 2016
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
Movie • 2020
Zack Ryder (Preshow)
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
TNA Emergence 2024
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas
Movie • 2016
Zack Ryder
WWE: Best Pay-Per-View Matches of 2016
Movie • 2017
Zack Ryder
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
Movie • 2018
Zack Ryder
WWE Crown Jewel
Movie • 2019
Zack Ryder
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
Movie • 2008
Zack Ryder
WWE Royal Rumble 2012
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder
WWE The Great American Bash 2012: Super Smackdown Live!
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Movie • 2012
Zack Ryder (archive footage)
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Movie • 2008
Zack Ryder
AEW All Out 2020
Movie • 2020
Matt Cardona
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Movie • 2014
Zack Ryder
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2021
Movie • 2021
NXT TakeOver: London
Movie • 2015
Zack Ryder
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 2021
Movie • 2021
Matt Cardona
TNA Victory Road 2024
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
GCW Fight Club 2024 - Night 2
Movie • 2024
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
GCW Dream On
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
Down the Long River
Movie
Karl Reeves
ROH Final Battle 2024
Movie • 2024
Matt Cardona
WWE WrestleMania 35 Kickoff
Movie • 2019
Zack Ryder
TNA Rebellion 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Northern Rising
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
TNA Under Siege 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
The Herro's Journey: A Pro Wrestling Story
Movie
Matthew Cardona
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Resurrection
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
TNA Slammiversary 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
TNA Emergence 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
TNA Victory Road 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
TNA Bound for Glory 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
TNA Final Resolution 2025
Movie • 2025
Matt Cardona
Royal Rumble 2026
Movie • 2026
Matt Cardona
The JBL and Cole Show
TV • 2012
Zack Ryder
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Zack Ryder
Raw
TV • 1993
Zack Ryder
Before the Impact
TV • 2021
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Zack Ryder
The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness
TV • 2016
Zack Ryder
Swerved
TV • 2015
Zack Ryder
WWE ECW
TV • 2006
Zack Ryder
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Ryder (archive footage)
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004
TNA iMPACT!
TV • 2004
Matt Cardona
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Zack
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
zack Ryder
WWE Main Event
TV • 2012
Zack Ryder
Johnny Loves Taya
TV • 2024
Matt Cardona
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TV • 2019
Matt Cardona
Hey! (EW)
TV • 2022
Matt Cardona
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
TV • 2021
Matt Cardona
Wrestlemania Rewind
TV • 2014
Zack Ryder
Raw
TV • 1993
WWE NXT
TV • 2010
Matt Cardona
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
Matt Cardona