he never got a proper television write-off before disappearing from programming.
While speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Carlito revealed that he still had two weeks remaining on his WWE contract when the company stopped using him on television. Looking back, he admitted he wishes WWE would have at least given him some kind of on-screen exit before his run quietly came to an end.
“I still had two weeks left. I just wish they would have written me off somehow. That’s the only thing that I didn’t like.”
Carlito explained that he had no problem continuing to work professionally through the end of his deal and would have gladly participated in any angle needed to close out his run.
“I’m a professional, bro. Not being in WWE is not the end of the world. So I was like, I’ll gladly come in, and you didn’t want my services, just write me off and that’s okay. I’ll go ride off into the sunset.”
The comments paint Carlito’s departure less as bitterness over leaving WWE and more as disappointment over never receiving any real conclusion on television after returning to the company for his latest run.
During the same interview, Carlito also revealed that WWE originally wanted him to sign a three-year contract when he returned, but he chose a shorter two-year deal because he did not think the comeback would go as well as it ultimately did. Carlito is now officially a free agent and has already stated publicly that he is open to opportunities outside WWE following the end of his deal.
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