Carlito made a surprise appearance for the first time since the WWE Royal Rumble in 2021 when he appeared at Backlash earlier this month in Puerto Rico as part of the San Juan Street Fight between Damian Priest and Bad Bunny.
There was outside interference from Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio so Rey Mysterio, Carlito, Savio Vega, and members of the LWO ran down to make the babyface save. Carlito got a warm welcome from fans who were in attendance that night.
While speaking on Busted Open Radio, Carlito noted that it was great to make the return, and he guesses he’s a big deal in Puerto Rico in regards to the reaction he got.
It was great man, it was good and it was something that they wanted for a long time, you know what I mean? And it was cool that the secret didn’t get out. I was surprised. I kept on thinking at some point, somebody’s gonna leak some of it. No, nothing ever came out of it so they really did not expect it at all that night.”
Carlito continued, “I braided my hair and I put a beanie on and then I wore a hoodie. Then I got in the night before like really late and I just went straight to my room and then the next day, I just kind of put the hoodie on — but it didn’t really work because people started recognizing me anyway but I don’t know, the word didn’t get out. Because I remember for the (Royal) Rumble, I don’t know, like days out, people were already stooging off that I was gonna come out. So I was afraid it was gonna be the same thing this time but, damn, I didn’t really see it anywhere. “
Savio Vega previously noted that he drove to the venue for the show.
Coming out of the show, there has been speculation that there might be more in his future with WWE. He stated in an interview after Backlash that he is open to any good offer.
H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription
