{"id":258342,"date":"2026-08-17T22:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/matt-cardona-shares-message-after-major-smackdown-personal-revelation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T22:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T22:09:40","slug":"matt-cardona-shares-message-after-major-smackdown-personal-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/matt-cardona-shares-message-after-major-smackdown-personal-revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Cardona shares message after major SmackDown personal revelation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5205890\" data-slug-id=\"2823835\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Matt Cardona sent a message following his appearance on WWE SmackDown this past Friday night. Cardona returned to the company earlier this year after spending some time on the independent wrestling scene.<\/p>\n<p>Cardona is married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/laurel-van-ness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Chelsea Green<\/a> in real life, and he showed up on SmackDown to defend her honor. Gunther interrupted Green&#8217;s promo this past Friday night and suggested that her issues as WWE Women&#8217;s Champion didn&#8217;t matter. Matt Cardona rushed to the ring and got in The Ring General&#8217;s face.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Gunther mocked the veteran and suggested that he could insult Green and Cardona would do nothing about it. Cardona attacked the former World Heavyweight Champion, leading to a singles match that Gunther won. <\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Cardona took to social media today to react to being acknowledged as The Hot Mess&#8217; husband, and you can check out his message in the post below. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;.@ImChelseaGreen has been my wife since 2021, but now it\u2019s officially @WWE canon. \ud83d\ude09,&#8221; he wrote. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rhea Ripley won the WWE Women&#8217;s Championship at WrestleMania 42 but is now out of action with a major knee injury. Green captured the title by winning a ladder match at SummerSlam, but suffered a broken orbital on the following episode of SmackDown. Nick Aldis informed the 35-year-old that she had a month to get cleared before she would have to relinquish the title during their promo this past Friday night on the blue brand. <\/p>\n<h2>Former WWE writer reveals he would have booked Matt Cardona differently<\/h2>\n<p>Wrestling legend Road Dogg claimed that he would have booked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/zack-ryder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Matt Cardona<\/a> differently if he were still with the company. <\/p>\n<p>Road Dogg surprisingly departed the promotion earlier this year. The Hall of Famer took to social media to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-former-wwe-writer-admits-booked-matt-cardona-differently-changed-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">send a message to Cardona<\/a> last month and suggested that if he were still a part of the creative team, he would have the former champion competing as Zack Ryder. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If I was booking, they\u2019d know her name and you\u2019d still be Zack Ryder Maybe IC champ,&#8221; he wrote. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>@TheMattCardona If I was booking they\u2019d know her name and you\u2019d still be Zack Ryder Maybe IC champ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what the promotion has planned for Matt Cardona moving forward following his loss to Gunther on SmackDown. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-tagline bottom\" data-tab=\"bottom\">\n<p>Get all the hottest wrestling news FIRST by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=sportskeeda.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\" class=\"bottom_tagline_link\" data-tab=\"bottom\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">Quick Links<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img style=\"background: none;\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img style=\"background: none;\" data-lazy=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>More from Sportskeeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Robert Lentini<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/news-matt-cardona-shares-message-major-smackdown-personal-revelation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Cardona sent a message following his appearance on WWE SmackDown this past Friday night. 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