At WrestleMania 35, Brian Myers broke his record 269-match losing streak by teaming with Zack Ryder (Matt Cardona) and dethroning The Revival (FTR) to win the RAW Tag Team Championships.
On The Sessions with Renee Young podcast, Brian Myers discussed several topics including his first meeting with his long-time tag partner, their mutual love of wrestling action figures, and viewing each other as competition. Myers said,
“We’re both at this wrestling school a couple months in, staring at each other like: this guy’s my competition. We’re the exact same. We both had the same mindset. People were saying, you guys look alike, you should be a team! That’s not what we wanted to do.
“We were very stand-offish with each other. You know Matt… he’s pretty rude, naturally (laughs). He’s not exactly a people person. It’s close [to resting b*tch face]. He can be very firm with his responses.
“It really was wrestling figures that broke the ice between us to make us these great friends. Back then, 2003, you’re not gonna go to wrestling school and tell these guys you collect wrestling figures. It was like… beyond something you wouldn’t do.
“We eventually get signed and we’re in the WWE locker room with Undertaker and Bob Holly. You think we’re gonna tell them we collect wrestling figures? We’d be beaten to death (laughs). That really was the thing that broke the ice and cemented our friendship for years and years.”
Although Myers works for Impact Wrestling, Cardona has teased returning to WWE at the upcoming Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.
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