Green is currently signed with Impact Wrestling and has appeared extensively on the independent wrestling circuit as well as for the NWA, Ring of Honor, World Wonder Ring Stardom and WWE.
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Matthew Brett Cardona (born May 14, 1985, Merrick, New York, United States) is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Zack Ryder from 2005 to 2020. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is the current Impact Digital Media Champion in his first reign, and the National Wrestling Alliance, where he is the current NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He also holds several championships in various independent promotions, and his self-promoted Internet Championship, with which he is in his second reign.
Zack debuted in professional wrestling in 2004, teaming with Curt Hawkins on the independent circuit. Both men were signed by WWE the following year, making their main roster debuts in 2007. After the team split in 2009, he made appearances on WWE’s ECW brand until 2010. In 2011, he launched a YouTube web series in which he proclaimed himself WWE’s “Internet Champion”, this, along with his creative use of social media, helped him establish a substantial cult following. Over the course of his time with WWE, Ryder held the Intercontinental, United States, and Raw Tag Team Championships. Zack was released by WWE in April 2020 and had a brief stint in All Elite Wrestling in July of that year under his real name. He has been a free agent since the completion of his AEW contract in September and has been making appearances with Impact Wrestling since making his debut at their Hard To Kill event in January 2021.
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Zack Ryder signed with WWE in 2005 and made his debut on SmackDown in a match against Matt Morgan. He signed a development contract with WWE in Deep South Wrestling. He then took on the name Brett Majors while Myers took on the name Bryan Majors. By October 2005, they had won the DSW Tag Team Championship after beating the Untouchables, which consisted of Dice Domino, and Deuce Shade. They eventually lost the titles to Urban Assault which consisted of Eric Perez and Sonny Siaki. In 2007, they moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling and won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. As their career progressed, the duo also earned a chance to fight for the WWE Tag Team Championship. At the Great American Bash, they eventually managed to win the titles which made them the youngest team to do so. The team had to eventually separate, after the 2009 supplemental draft.
Ryder began dating Canadian professional wrestler Chelsea Green in January 2017, and they were engaged on April 4, 2019. They got married on December 31, 2021, in Las Vegas. Green is currently signed with Impact Wrestling and has appeared extensively on the independent wrestling circuit in North America and Asia, as well as for the NWA, Ring of Honor, World Wonder Ring Stardom, WWE, and her first appearance in Impact Wrestling, where she performed under the ring name Laurel Van Ness and got to hold the Impact Knockouts Championship.
