Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
In what can only be described as an interesting turn of events, Carlito (real name Carlos Colon Jr.) was released from WWE not for failing a drug test but rather for showing up to the TV tapings on May 17 in Toronto in no condition to perform as we noted earlier here on the website.
He was described as being in denial that there was any kind of an issue and was ordered by the company to attend rehab. He refused initially, was given by the end of the week to change his mind and was then fired when he still had no interest in attending.
Carlito’s father Carlos Colon was doing damage control on behalf of his family and son this week for a newspaper in Puerto Rico stating that Carlito was addicted to painkillers and not recreational or performance enhancing drugs.
WWE NXT Notes: Elio LeFleur & Eli Knight Taken Out By Mystery Attacker, Zaria vs. Sol Ruca, NXT Women’s Title, NXT N.A. Title, and NXT Title Fatal Four-way Matches Set for NXT Stand & Deliver 2026, Candice LeRae & Gargano Surprise Appears, Los Americanos Advances in NXT Tag Titles #1 Contender Tourn., 3/31 Show Card
Bear Bronson on His Signing with TNA & Being Contacted by WWE for Potential Deal
Paul Heyman on His Praise of Jordynne Grace, Potential of Having a “Paul Heyman Girl” in WWE, & WWE’s ECW Relaunch in 2006 Being “Abhorrent, Miserable Experience”
