Chelsea Green reveals why WWE pairing with Matt Cardona was ‘inevitable’
Chelsea Green says it was inevitable that she and Matt Cardona would end up on screen together.
On the August 14, 2026 edition of SmackDown, Cardona came to the ring to defend Green from Gunther, who had interrupted a segment between Green and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis. It led to Cardona and Gunther having a match on the show that was won by Gunther.
During a recent interview with ETalk, Green said the segment was “just really fun.”
Green said:
“Matt and I have been together for 10 years. We have had so many instances in our careers where we’ve almost crossed paths, where we’ve almost worked together. We’ve almost been on the same show. And it was an amazing moment to be able to have him brought back to WWE, have us be able to work together on screen on SmackDown, but then also have backstage footage from Unreal. That was really cool as well.
“I mean, I think that right now in wrestling, we love to blur the lines and we bring in current events. We bring in real-life situations. So, for Matt and I to end up on screen together was, in my opinion, inevitable.
“You cannot avoid the fact that we are together. We are both in WWE. We are very public people with our personal lives. Everyone has watched us build our house and adopt our animals and kind of grow this life together. So I think it was really beautiful for the fans to be able to see that on screen on SmackDown. He came to my aid and it was just really fun.
“I got to watch in the ring as a fan as well. You know, everybody was watching him come save me, but I also got to watch that, which was really fun.”
Green was also on the August 21 edition of SmackDown. She came out to defend Tiffany Stratton from a two-on-one attack by Lash Legend and Nia Jax after Legend had defeated Stratton in singles action. Cardona was also on the show. He wrestled Kit Wilson at the Main Event tapings held before SmackDown started.
Green’s full interview with ETalk is available below. The video is queued to her comments about her segment with Cardona on the August 14 SmackDown.
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