Matthew Cardona (born May 14, 1985) better known 由 his ring name Zack Ryder, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to 美国职业摔跤 working on its Raw brand. Upon making his debut in WWE, Ryder formed a tag team with Curt Hawkins where they would go on to capture the 美国职业摔跤 Tag Team Championship.

New York Wrestling Connection (2004-2006)Main article: Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
Cardona debuted with New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC) in 2004, using the name Brett Matthews. 由 2005 he began regularly teaming with Bryan Myers and the duo of Myers and Matthews went on to defeat the NYWC...

As noted earlier this week, 美国职业摔跤 Superstar Zack Ryder recently spoke with CarrollCountyTimes.com. Here are some highlights:
Changing his own position in WWE: "Earlier this year, probably January 或者 so, I looked myself in the mirror and 说 this career is not where I want it to be. I had nothing to lose; I was on a path to get released. What were they going to do? 火, 消防 me? Not put me on TV? I wasn't on TV anyway. My life was going to change one way 或者 the other. I knew I was either going to get fired 或者 get noticed. I got noticed."

Facing Dolph Ziggler at TLC: "If I won the United States Championship...