Matt Cardona Still Hoping For WWE Return To Finish Career With Wife Chelsea Green

-- Although it's been almost five years since he appeared for WWE, Matt Cardona still has hopes of returning to the promotion one day. Speaking to Ariel Helwani earlier this week, Cardona (who went by Zack Ryder in WWE and is married to Chelsea Green) stated that he feels he has earned the opportunity to work for the company again:

"I don’t I think I deserve anything but I think I have earned the opportunity to go back. I don’t think it’s cocky to say that if my music hit at the Royal Rumble, whether it be Zack Ryder or Matt Cardona, the place would explode, the roof would come off the place, social media would explode, I would move merch, I know that."

"I would love to be in WWE with Chelsea. Whether we’re on camera or not, I think we’re better together. I want to be there not just because she’s there, but because I belong there. I know I belong there."

-- Cardona shared that while communication between him and WWE has been "cordial", the promotion hasn't extended him an offer but he would like to finish his career there. He also shot down rumors reported by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter who indicated in his publication that Cardona was offered a contract by AEW by saying that that never happened even though he enjoyed his time there and would be open to working for AEW.