Matt Cardona Explains His Return to WWE | Notsam Wrestling Interview
Notsam Wrestling
Sam Roberts
4.5 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Sam Roberts talks to Matt Cardona about his return to WWE, debuting on Smackdown, what he is and isn't allowed to do, how he made his decision, and more
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| 0:00.0 | This is not Sam wrestling. |
| 0:07.1 | Introducing your host from New York. |
| 0:11.0 | Here is Sam Roberts. |
| 0:14.8 | Oh yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:16.5 | Welcome, welcome, welcome. |
| 0:19.8 | Not Sam wrestling. |
| 0:22.5 | One of the big moments, I think, this week, or I guess it was technically last week, but, you know, going into this week, was the return officially of Matt Cardona onto the Smackdown roster. |
| 0:35.8 | He did it. |
| 0:36.3 | He made it happen. |
| 0:37.4 | Matt Cardona is back. So, what was the process like? |
| 0:43.3 | What does this deal with WWE entail? What does this all mean? Well, Matt Cardona is a part of Not Sam Wrestling Live every Tuesday there on Pro Wrestling Nation 24-7 and this week he and I got into it |
| 0:58.2 | breaking down everything you know that is part of this new WWE deal why he did it and |
| 1:04.0 | and what those expectations are this is my conversation on the Brosky breakdown this week |
| 1:09.0 | with I don't know if he's still the complete, but I know he isn't finished. W. W.W.E. Superstar. It feels good to say. Matt Cardona. Well, welcome back. It's not Sam Wrestling Live. It's Tuesday. It's the Broski Breakdown. I feel like we're going to have to change this entire intro. |
| 1:28.7 | We got to change that intro, bro. |
| 1:30.3 | I mean, everything about this intro has got to go. |
| 1:34.3 | This is not reflective of the man who joins us right now. |
| 1:39.6 | I mean, I am the Indy God then now forever. |
| 1:42.4 | That's a good point. |
| 1:43.8 | Yeah, I mean, it's not like anybody has taken that from you. There was a different Indy God. You're still, you still did it. I left the Indy God hat in the proverbial ring. Right. And I just left it there. Right. Who's going to pick it up? That's a good question. |
| 2:01.6 | Is it going to be Richard Holliday? |
| 2:02.9 | Is it going to be Merrick Miami? |
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