Chelsea Green credits ‘pestering’ for Matt Cardona’s WWE return: ‘They caved’
Chelsea Green spoke about her husband Matt Cardona’s WWE return as Zack Ryder during a recent interview, saying that “pestering” factored into it.
Speaking to Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez, Green said that she and her husband only found out at the very last moment about his return.
“We didn’t really know what was happening until the very last moment. You know how WWE is, you know how professional wrestling is,” she said. “It can be in talks for months or it can be in talks for 24 hours. Either way, when they call you, you pick up the phone and then you get on a plane.”
Green mentioned that it was the same for Ethan Page for a recent appearance on WWE SmackDown, where he was given little notice before having to travel to the show.
She continued to say that Cardona has been in contact with WWE “constantly” since his departure in 2019. She says he always makes sure to let Triple H know that he is available for appearances, the Royal Rumble, etc.
Green continued:
“He’s been in contact with WWE constantly. The whole five years he’s been in contact with WWE. He’s always making sure that Triple H knows what he’s doing or that he’s available for a Rumble and things like that.“
She also said that Cardona’s return can be attributed to her pestering WWE, John Cena pestering WWE, and Cardona pestering the company as well, calling it a “perfect storm.”
“I just think it was a perfect storm of this made the most sense because he does have a personal friendship and relationship with John Cena, so why wouldn’t he want to be John Cena’s final opponent? It worked perfectly between me pestering WWE, between John Cena pestering WWE, and Matt pestering WWE, they caved.”
Green’s comments about Cardona’s return come in around the 13-minute and 53-second mark of the interview. It is cued in the below video:
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