Matt Cardona surprised he hasn’t returned to WWE yet

Matt Cardona is surprised that his success outside of WWE hasn’t brought him back to the company yet. It’s been more than five years now since the former Zack Ryder was released from his WWE contract. Since then, he’s developed a new identity as an indie star through his work in promotions like GCW. Cardona feels like this has been the most successful time of his career, but he’s surprised that his journey hasn’t led him back to WWE. “Honestly? Yeah,” Cardona said on Insight with Chris Van Vliet when asked if he’s surprised WWE hasn’t re-signed him yet. “But, obviously, you know, I’m missing something, I don’t know what it is. Listen, people say to me all the time, especially like we just had WrestleMania, WrestleCon, thousands of people at WrestleCon, probably every other fan, if not every fan: ‘When are you coming back?’ Well, it’s not up to me. Or at the WrestleMania hotel… so many people from the office or other wrestling, ‘Hey, man, when are you coming back?’ It’s like, I don’t know. I’ve reached out ma