Matt Cardona Debuts on SmackDown! | Randy Wants Cody's Title

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Dave LaGreca & Bully Ray talk the debut of the one and only MATT CARDONA on SmackDown! Plus, the guys get into the very interesting backstage interaction between Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Busted Open podcast.
0:02.5	This is Dave LaGreca.
0:04.6	On today's episode, myself and Bully Ray talk about the return of not Zach Ryder, but
0:10.8	Matt Cardona to the WWE, now a part of the Smackdown roster.
0:16.5	We break it all down right now on the Busted Open podcast.
0:20.2	This is the Busted Open podcast. This is the busted open podcast.
0:24.7	We got to see Zach Ryder in John Cena's tournament for his final match.
0:31.9	But it was Matt Cardona who we saw on Friday night Smackdown.
0:36.4	It's funny.
0:37.5	They had the Zach Ryder Jumbotron for like three seconds
0:41.2	that went into Always Ready, Matt Cardona.
0:45.0	So we're getting Matt Cardona, who is now a new part of WWE Smackdown, Bully.
0:55.0	And I have one reason why
0:57.7	I'm very happy to see Matt Cardona in
1:04.7	WWE and not Zach Ryder.
1:08.0	So let's see if you know the answer, Dave, I'm very happy to see Matt Cardona debut and no longer
1:17.9	Zach Ryder. Why? Because we've been there, done that with Zach Ryder, and there was a ceiling for
1:24.2	Zach Ryder. I don't think there's a ceiling for Matt Cardona. Okay, fair enough. My exact answer is this. Matt Cardona is married to Chelsea Green.
1:33.9	Not Zach Ryder. And I'll be damned if there is not an amazing story right there in front of them
1:41.8	with Ethan Page, Chelsea Green, and Matt Cardona.
1:46.7	And that's why, and that's why I think you saw Chelsea Green drop that United States
1:51.3	Championship on Smackdown and giving it back to Julia because I think they're going to start
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