Matt Cardona Surprised WWE Still Hasn’t Brought Him Back Yet

Matt Cardona made a name for himself as Zack Ryder in WWE but he was eventually released in 2020. While Cardona has clearly seen lots of success in the independent circuit, Cardona has now admitted he’s surprised he hasn’t returned to WWE yet.

While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Matt Cardona said he’s honestly surprised he hasn’t gone back to WWE yet. He feels like something might be missing, but he doesn’t know what. After big events like WrestleMania and WrestleCon, tons of fans ask him, “When are you coming back?” He says it’s not his decision and even at the hotel during WrestleMania weekend, people from WWE and other wrestlers kept asking the same thing.

Cardona explained that he’s reached out to WWE a few times over the years, especially when he’s doing something cool or big. But so far, no one has offered him anything. Everyone has been polite and professional, but there hasn’t been any interest from WWE. Even then, he says he’ll keep working hard no matter what.

“Honestly? Yeah. But obviously I’m missing something, I don’t know what it is. Listen, people say to me all the time, especially since we just had WrestleMania, WrestleCon. Thousands of people, probably every other fan, if not every fan. ‘When are you coming back?’ Well, it’s not up to me. Or at the WrestleMania Hotel. Thanks, Chelsea for letting me stay in a hotel room for free. Saved me some money. Great hotel. Great Steakhouse, too.

But so many people from the office or other wrestling, ‘Hey, man, when are you coming back?’ It’s like, I don’t know. I’ve reached out many times. I should say many, a few times, every couple months when something cool happens or I have something to say, hey, look what I’m doing. There’s been no offer. Everything’s very nice, professional, but there’s no offer. And you know what, it is what it is, I’m gonna keep working my ass off.”

Cardona also said that when he got released, his goal wasn’t to do whatever it takes to return. It was to prove to himself and his fans that he could succeed. He’s been saying that for five years now. He doesn’t want to prove people wrong, he just wants to prove himself right. Even though he’s tired of saying it, he still believes it. However, at this point, he wonders what more he has to do to get a chance to come back.

“I’ve said this a million times. When I got released, it wasn’t like, what can I do to get back to WWE? It was what can I do to prove myself right? And, oh my God, even saying that again and again and again, for five years, I’ve been saying that I don’t want to prove people wrong, I want to prove myself right and my fans right. It makes me sick to say because I feel like I’ve said it so many times, but it’s the truth. I feel like I have. But man, like, what else do we need to do to get back there?”

Chelsea Green made it clear she would love to see Matt Cardona back in WWE. Therefore, we will have to wait and see whether The Indy God will make his way back to WWE someday, as fans definitely want it to happen.

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