In a recent interview with The Business of the Business podcast, Game Changer Wrestling owner Brett Lauderdale discussed several topics, including Matt Cardona’s decision to work with the promotion following his WWE release and how GCW will feel his influence for years.

“A lot of people were inspired by Matt Cardona, people from the WWE bubble you know that might not have understood what the indies were, or might not have understood what was out there, you know and Matt definitely inspired a lot of people and continues to, but yeah, that initial GCW run, I mean that was again, pardon the pun, that was a game changer in so many ways.

I think that the influence he had in the short-term and the long-term, I think we’re going to continue to feel the ramifications of his success, and it’s you know, again I think it just made everybody look differently at the indies.”

The full interview is available at this link.