Matt Cardona Reveals When He Began Talking To WWE About Return

Matt Cardona is now back on the WWE roster, and he recently revealed when he began talking with the company about a return. Cardona re-signed wi8th WWE and made his return on last week’s WWE Smackdown with a win over Kit Wilson. The return came after Cardona appeared in the Last Time Is Now Tournament in a one-off as Zack Ryder in November.

Cardona noted on the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast that his talks began in earnest after WrestleCade, and that he signed his contract during Christmas week. You can check out the highlights below:

On When He Started Talking With WWE About Returning:

“I’m not going to get into all the details, but was kind of like — so after the the Smackdown thing with LA Knight, that’s kind of when the ball got rolling, right? Where there was like discussions like, ‘Oh, we’ll be in touch, blah blah blah.’ And Brent, I don’t know if you remember. We were at WrestleCade and I was at dinner after we had the match, and I left and took a phone call. I don’t know if you remember that, but that’s when I got the call like, ‘Hey you know, we’re interested. Let’s let’s start talking.’

“I was like, ‘Oh, boy. All right, here we go.’ So it was a very stressful in a good way, right? Like, not bad stress but still like, ‘Is this going to happen? Is this not going to happen?’ And then finally signed Christmas week.”

On Figuring Out the Particulars:

“So it was very sudden. And then it’s like, ‘Okay, am I ZacK? Am I Matt? So I’m having both sets of gear made and designed.”

“But man, like even that day going to Smackdown. So Smackdown was in Buffalo. I flew into Rochester so no one would see me at the airport, right? And then I was hidden in a room all day. I’m like, ‘Oh, this–‘ It’s like, ‘I just want the the news to be out there.’ You know what I’m saying?”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.