WWE star Carlito has discussed being re-signed by WWE and the circumstances that led to his return to the promotion after being away for over a decade.
The Judgment Day star appeared for the primary time in WWE after over 10 years on the 2021 Royal Rumble, and two years later in his home country of Puerto Rico, he received an enormous ovation when he interfered within the match between Bad Bunny and Damian Priest at Backlash 2023. In a recent interview on “Insight,” he claimed that the Backlash appearance paved the best way for a everlasting return.
“I used to be, and I wasn’t [surprised about the reaction at Backlash], simply because they’d want — , they’d been wanting to see me with WWE, back with them, for years. That was something they at all times wanted, and it was like an ideal storm, what I mean? Being in Puerto Rico, a giant pay-per-view in Puerto Rico — well, actually, the world’s biggest star, Bad Bunny, everybody was just form of hoping that I might show up,” he said.
Carlito revealed that negotiations with WWE a couple of possible return began after his surprise appearance at Backlash 2023, with him joking that the promotion was now not mad at him.
“I assume the warmth that I had is gone. They don’t seem to be mad at me anymore, I guess,” joked Carlito. “I feel it just … the lines of communication opened up, I assume, after Backlash. Then we began talking forwards and backwards, and it form of went from there.”
He also added that Bad Bunny — who performed on the 2021 Royal Rumble — played an element in his return because the musician reportedly advocated for Carlito to look on the 2021 Royal Rumble and his match at Backlash in 2023. Following his return, the previous US Champion was an element of LWO before turning heel and later joining Judgment Day, which he continues to be an element of.
