Matt Cardona, aka, Zack Ryder, returned to the WWE main roster last year during John Cena’s retirement tour, before becoming a permanent addition to it. “The whole Matt Cardona run couldn’t have happened without Zack Ryder. I’m just assuming it’s as Zack Ryder so I get all this new Zack Ryder gear made blah blah blah blah. Then a week or so before my debut I hear through the grapevine you’re gonna be Matt Cardona. But I am very proud that they thought there was more value in Matt Cardona than Zack Ryder.