Chris Jericho explains why Matt Cardona reminds him of Bret Hart

During a Thursday appearance on Busted Open Radio, Chris Jericho explained why Matt Cardona’s wrestling style reminds him of Bret Hart.

The ROH World Championship will be on the line when Jericho defends against Cardona at Final Battle from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City this Friday night. It’s the first time the two have faced each other since Cardona’s days as Zack Ryder in WWE. Jericho told Busted Open Radio that he’s impressed with how Cardona has reinvented himself on the indies, and he sees a lot of Bret Hart in the way that Cardona is a “meat and potatoes” wrestler.

“Matt Cardona — he’s really done a good job of reinventing himself, of recreating himself,” Jericho said. “And dare I say, he reminds me a lot of Bret Hart. Everything he does is very solid, it looks great, he’s very meat and potatoes in the best possible way. Matt’s not the type of guy that’s going to do a moonsault off the balcony — and neither am I. So we’ll leave that to the guys that do that. And I expect we’re just going to beat the sh*t out of each other with a raucous crowd who are sick of Jericho proclaiming to be the king of New York.”

Jericho said he’s very happy with how the build to this match has gone. Last weekend, there was an angle where Jericho made a surprise appearance for Game Changer Wrestling and attacked Cardona. An update documenting that attack will air on ROH TV tonight ahead of Final Battle.

This is Jericho’s second reign as ROH World Champion. Dave Meltzer reported earlier this week that Cardona has been offered an AEW contract, though it is not known if Cardona has signed or not.

Final Battle is the first of three straight nights of AEW/ROH action at the Hammerstein Ballroom. A live Collision episode is taking place from the venue this Saturday, then there will be a Dynamite taping on Sunday for next Wednesday’s Christmas Day show.