Matt Cardona Reveals Convention Confrontation With Greg ‘The Hammer’ Valentine

Matt Cardona and Greg Valentine nearly came to blows during the recent WrestleCon event due to comments made by the former Zack Ryder.

Outside of the ring, Cardona is known for being a fan of wrestling action figures, with arguably the jewel of his collection being the prototype of the unreleased Valentine figure that was supposed to be part of Hasbro’s second wave of WWF toys in 1991.

Cardona has explained in the past that he paid thousands of dollars for the figure because of its status as a collectible, not because he’s a fan of Valentine.

Speaking on “Busted Open Radio,” Cardona revealed that Valentine misinterpreted his comments about the figure, leading to a confrontation. He said,

“He came up to me, he’s waving his f**king fist at me with his [WWE] Hall of Fame ring. Like ‘I HEARD YOU’RE NOT A FAN OF ME!’ … So I couldn’t backpedal because I said it on multiple occasions that I’m not a fan of his.

“Not that I dislike Greg Valentine, I just didn’t grow up wanting to be the third member of Rhythm and Blues [with Valentine and the Honky Tonk Man], you know what I’m saying? We smoothed it over, we took a picture.”

Cardona later added that “at one point, I thought for sure he was gonna swing at me.”

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