It’s been a few months since fans last heard about Carito’s status with WWE after it was reported he had signed with the company.
Earlier this year at Backlash, Carlito took part in the San Juan Street Fight between Damian Priest and Bad Bunny as he helped the LWO and Savio Vega even the odds against Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio, who had interfered.
In June, Carlito pulled out of his independent bookings and Devon Nicholson claimed Carlito told him that he had signed with WWE to make a return.
Carlito was reportedly slated to start full-time with WWE in early July with plans for him to return at the SmackDown show from MSG, but plans were nixed as a Bloodline segment ran long, and they had to cut Carlito’s segment.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Carlito is still waiting to return.
Meltzer: “He signed.”
Bryan Alvarez: “He is signed.”
Meltzer: “Yeah, He signed at the start of July.”
Bryan Alvarez: “Well, he said that, but is he actually signed?”
Meltzer: “He pulled off all his Indies, so he must have signed, and they were ready to start. He had a start date. He went. He was there. They couldn’t figure out what to do with him. And they still haven’t figured out what to do with him.”
Bryan Alvarez: “It’s September 5th.”
Meltzer: “Well, I mean, we’ll see that they’ve done that with there’s a million guys they did that with. Look how long Harry Smith was there. Remember when he was signed?”
Bryan Alvarez: “I guess he was signed for a while.”
Meltzer: “He was signed. He was there for months and months and never did anything with him.”
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