In late 2022, Matt Cardona was trying to get the trademark rights to his old WWE ring name, Zack Ryder.
However, Cardona announced on Twitter last month that while he tried to secure the name, it got denied.
Cardona explained what happened while appearing on Jason Powell’s Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast. He said,
“They did let it lapse. I applied for it knowing there’s a chance they could fight it and they have so that’s it, I’m letting it go. It would’ve been cool to do a cinematic Matt Cardona versus Zack Ryder match. It’s not gonna happen. I’m not gonna fight — because at the end of the day, it’s their intellectual property. They would win if we ever went to court over it so I tried, they fought it so that’s it, I’m backing down.
“‘Zack Ryder’ is dead in my opinion. It’s all Matt Cardona but I did want to have it (Zack Ryder name) just to do that Matt Cardona versus Zack Ryder cinematic match for it since I have my own toy company, Major Bendies. It would have been cool to make a Zack Ryder versus Matt Cardona two-pack, stuff like that. More so matches than participating in matches as Zack Ryder. It’s over, it’s dead, it was great. I’m grateful for that time but it’s done.”
