Earlier this year, Carlito returned to WWE during the 2021Royal Rumble match, and then followed up with a tag match on the following night’s RAW.

At the time there were rumors he was trying out a role as a producer backstage but within days he was gone from the company.

During a recent interview on that Angle podcast, the former Intercontinental Champion revealed he has had no contact from the company since January.

 "It was just the Rumble and I think the day before the Rumble they asked if I can do Raw too and I said, ‘Yeah, sure, whatever you guys need’. That’s all we talked about. It was Raw and the Rumble. I’ve had no communication since the Raw appearance."

The cool man from the Caribbean, Carlito, challenges John Cena for the United States Championship on his debut night - SmackDown, Oct. 7, 2004