Carlito made his surprise return to WWE during Saturday’s Backlash pay-per-view, working alongside Savio Vega and the LWO to help Bad Bunny beat Damian Priest in a San Juan Street Fight. The former United States, Intercontinental and tag team champion was met with a thunderous ovation upon his return and looked excellent as he broke out his Backstabber finisher and spit an apple in Dominik Mysterio’s face. And while he was originally released in 2010 due to a WWE Wellness Policy violation, Colon has popped up in WWE a handful of times since then while continuing to work on the independent scene, primarily in Puerto Rico.
But could Saturday’s appearance lead to him finally returning to WWE full-time? Fans immediately started pushing for it on social media, as you can see in the list below.
The roof just blew off for the return of CARLITO in Puerto Rico at #WWEBacklash!!!
Now that … THAT’s cool! ?? pic.twitter.com/WPBQ5DzbHl
Colon himself was asked about the possibility in an interview with Metro days before the show — “Yeah, I’m open to whatever, any good offer from anywhere, it doesn’t matter. Thing is, nobody calls me so I don’t sit by the phone either. If something comes up, great, if not I keep doing what I’m doing.”
Across WWE socials, Carlito’s return in well under 12 hours has pulled in over 8,200,000 views.
The people know what they want.
Sign @Litocolon279 back, @WWE! pic.twitter.com/Of2jdc7ueC
Still thinking about this reaction for Carlito last night. Like Jesus rose from the dead. pic.twitter.com/4MrT7AbeUU
Carlito came back!!!! Sign him to RAW!! Let’s go pic.twitter.com/KxfXPB5ImO
Fans leaving the wwe fan shop with Carlito merchandise #WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/AHOMNil5Cl
Carlito had legit one of the biggest pops ever last night.
I hope he gets re-signed. ?? pic.twitter.com/KAQb3wxY80
I need Carlito vs. Shelton Benjamin on RAW on Monday. Just for the vibes. https://t.co/PpGpx0YMw0
