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Have More Money Now with John Layfield

Episode 13: Matt Cardona

Have More Money Now with John Layfield

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Business

4.6 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Have More Money Now, John Layfield and Conrad Thompson welcome WWE superstar turned entrepreneurial powerhouse, Matt Cardona. Matt pulls back the curtain on how he transformed his passion for collectibles into a thriving toy company, detailing the mindset, risks, and smart business moves that helped turn it into a multi-million dollar juggernaut. From building a brand outside the traditional wrestling system to leveraging fan engagement and niche markets, Matt shares valuable lessons for anyone looking to create their own success. John and Conrad dig into the strategy behind scaling the business, the importance of betting on yourself, and how Matt continues to evolve as both a performer and an entrepreneur. MORGAN & MORGAN - If you’re ever injured, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is FREE unless they win. For more information go to ForThePeople.Com/JBL or dial #LAW (#529) from your cell phone. BLUECHEW - Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code JBL. Visit http://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information, and we thank BlueChew for sponsoring the podcast. SAVE WITH CONRAD - Stop throwing money away by paying those high interest rates on your credit card. Roll them into one low monthly payment and on top of that, skip your next two house payments. Go to https://www.savewithconrad.com to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Heda, it's your big McDonald's hunger calling.

0:03.0

And it's not just any kind of hunger.

0:05.0

It's the kind that calls for big arch.

0:07.0

Start with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and big arch sauce.

0:10.0

Oh, and don't forget those crispy onions.

0:12.0

Hungry? You are now.

0:15.0

Served from 11 a.m. subject to availability.

0:18.0

Price and participation may vary. Hey, hey, it's Conrad, the mortgage guy, and you're listening to have more now. And of course, we couldn't do it without WWE Hall of Famer and the greatest professional wrestler to ever hold the WWE title, John Bradshaw, Layfield. Mr. Layfield, how are you, sir? Outstanding. And after that introduction, I'm even better. Well, we're going to be in a good mood today. We've got a very special guest.

1:11.5

We're going to talk about a bootstrapping entrepreneur who took a passion and a hobby he had as a kid and he turned it into a multi-million dollar business and he did it without raising any money. He's having a blast doing it and you're going to learn how he did it. So stay tuned for that. But before we jump into that, and I know we're going to be visiting with our buddy

1:29.2

James to talk a lot of real estate, there's a lot of major news this week.

1:34.4

And I wanted to run through some of this.

1:36.2

We've got a headline that United Airlines is going to be dropping their merger pursuit.

1:41.3

They've been trying to merge.

1:42.7

And apparently not everybody was in on this idea.

1:45.9

United and American no longer going to happen. Were you bullish on this happening? And now that

1:51.8

it's not happening, what do you think happens to each stock if you had to guess? I didn't think

1:55.8

it would happen. You know, you got a problem with competition with monopolies and they have so many

2:00.2

people and there's so

2:00.9

many places in the same it's these mergers rarely go through between big companies like this

2:06.2

airline companies especially because we were so worried about competition i didn't think it would

2:10.1

happen uh i'm i'm bullish on airline stocks they are going to have problems uh for several months

2:16.5

because of fuel prices. I mean,

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