Matt Cardona comments on what led to his WWE comeback in 2026

While appearing on Cody Rhodes’ podcast, Matt Cardona commented on what led to his WWE comeback in 2026…

“So I’m working for TNA but not technically like under contract. And TNA does the invasion of NXT, and they asked to have me. And I know I’m not under contract, but I’m like, I’m going to sneak in. Sure, I’ll do it.”

“I do that, leads to a match. And Chelsea [Green] was doing, I guess, media for [Royal] Rumble in Saudi. And [WWE Presiden] Nick Khan was there. She said to Nick something like, ‘Did you see my husband wrestle on NXT?’ Nick said something like, ‘I’ve always wanted to meet your husband, talk to your husband, give him my number.’ She gave me Nick Khan’s number, you know I’m texting immediately. And then Nick called me right there, said, ‘What do you want?’ I said, ‘I want to come back.’ And the ball kind of got rolling from there.” (quote courtesy of F4WOnline.com)