Magnus, solidifying the latter's heel turn. This would be Morgan's final appearance as he was granted his release request on July 24 by GFW, which was now Impact Wrestling renamed following its merger with Jarrett's promotion on April 20. Morgan says he had only agreed to return because Impact was close to his home, only taped on the weekends and did not tour, and therefore would not interfere with his other 9 to 5 career. This changed when GFW started taping its shows on weekdays and planning to travel, and so Morgan wanted out of the promotion. Return to the independent circuit and second retirement (2019) On March 16, 2019, Morgan returned to the independent circuit were he wrestled his final match of his career, teaming with Deon James as they would defeat Braydon Knight and Chico Adams with Eric Christopher as their manager in a tag team match. Return to Impact Wrestling (2022) On the June 9, 2022, episode of Impact!, Morgan made a one night return and was interviewed by Gia Miller to talk about his career with the company until being interrupted by Vincent. Political career In 2017, Morgan ran for public office, defeating incumbent Mark Weller as District 4 City Commissioner of Longwood, Florida. He changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican the same month he filed to run for office in the majority Republican county. He served as mayor of Longwood from May 7, 2019 until September 2020. Morgan ran for Seminole County Commission in 2020 and lost to incumbent Bob Dallari, who received 60.1% of the vote to Morgan's 39.9%. He serves as District 4 City Commissioner of Longwood, Florida after his defeat. Matt Morgan was linked to former tax collector of Seminole County Joel Greenberg, via payments that Greenberg's office made to Morgan's company, Blueprint Enterprises, for consulting jobs. However, auditors wrote that they could find "no evidence of work product" by Morgan's company. These payments, from October 30, 2019 to July 6, 2020, totaled $40,500, which began 3 weeks after Morgan was released from a $36,803.94 tax lien; he had formed his LLC two days before the release. Seminole County commissioners agreed to hire a law firm to attempt to recoup public money misspent by Joel Greenberg. Personal life Morgan announced on a 2008 episode of TNA Impact! during the TNA Webography segment where TNA Superstars give an insight into their