Former WWE Star Addresses Backstage Return At Raw

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Former WWE star Matt Cardona has addressed his recent backstage return, amid rumors that he will soon rejoin the company.

Following Triple H taking over creative, reports emerged in late 2022 indicating that WWE was interested in rehiring both Chelsea Green and Matt Cardona.

While Green made her WWE in-ring return in January, Cardona, who has reinvented himself since his WWE exit, hasn’t stepped back into a WWE ring yet.

Cardona did attend Monday’s (July 17) episode of WWE Raw, to watch Sonya Deville and his wife Chelsea Green defeat Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

Green later posted a photo of herself and Cardona backstage, fuelling speculation that Cardona was in the back for more than one reason.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Cardona stated that he didn’t want to hang around backstage for too long because he didn’t want people to think that he was looking for a job.

Reminding fans that his dream was always to be in WWE, Cardona said:

Cardona: “Well look, I am The Indie God, Death Match king, right? But, I’d lying if I said — you know, first of all, it was about her. I didn’t go there (to Raw) for me…”

Green: “But that’s not what we’re asking. We want the tea, you know what I mean?”

Cardona: “Let me get there, let me get there, alright? Let me get there. So, I didn’t wanna be backstage. I didn’t want it to look like I was begging for a job.

“I made sure John Cone snuck me in and snuck me out. So I was watching and I was super proud of her winning the titles but yeah, can I curse here? F**k, I wanna walk out in a sold-out arena.

“It’s great, I’m The Indie God. My dream wasn’t to be a big fish in a small pond, my dream wasn’t to be a pro wrestler. My dream was to be a WWE superstar.

“So of course, listen, my phone’s working. If there’s a 203 number calling, I’ll pick up and we’ll have a conversation but Sam (Roberts), we talked about the three Cs… We’ll see what happens. To quote the great Justin Bieber, never say never.” 

Cardona previously addressed rumors about a potential AEW return which you can read more about right here.

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