Carlito’s WWE Return Was Held Up Due to Miscommunication on Both Ends

Carlito was one of better known WWE Superstars during his time in the company, where he won championship gold a few times. Carlito first returned to WWE during the Royal Rumble back in 2021 after 11 years and then made a couple more appearances at Backlash and Fastlane this year. Carlito has now stated that miscommunication from both sides led to his delayed WWE return.

Carlito was fired by WWE back in 2010 and fans never thought he would come back ever again. While he did prove fans wrong, it took more than a decade for Carlito to make his return a reality.

While speaking on The Ringer Wrestling Show’s Cheap Heat podcast, Carlito talked about his time away from the company over the years. Carlito stated that he believes miscommunication from both sides led to his delayed WWE return, as he felt he had heat with WWE, while WWE thought they had heat with him.

”I just had this feeling that I would be back (in WWE) somehow. I don’t know how. The reason I think it took so long, I think there was miscommunication between both sides. I thought I had heat with them, they thought they had heat with me and there was just days we didn’t communicate. Sometimes, time goes by and you see things a different way and like I said, I always had love for WWE, I always wanted to be in WWE. It’s just, I needed a break. I didn’t need a 13-year break, but, because even when they would talk to me, they were kind of hesitant. They thought I was anti-WWE, you know what I mean?”

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“I’m like, no, it’s not that. I don’t do the go backstage and say hi to everyone… It looks like you’re looking for a job so I don’t do that, you know what I mean? My résumé is out there… I don’t wanna be anywhere where they don’t want me. So I was like, my résumé’s out there. If you want me, I’m here but, so I think they took that kind of just as he wants nothing to do with us so, I’m glad that we were finally able to sit down and air everything (out) and show there’s love on both sides I think.”

During this week’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown, Bobby Lashley attacked Carlito during a backstage segment. Only time will tell whether Carlito’s feud with Lashley will help propel him to the upper mid card soon enough.

What’s your view on what Carlito said? Are you glad he is finally back in WWE for good? Let us know in the comments below!