Zelina Vega doesn't believe that Carlito was ever invested in the LWO.
On the April 26 episode of SmackDown, Carlito was revealed as the person that attacked Dragon Lee and prevented him from competing at WrestleMania XL. Just days later, Carlito was drafted to Monday Night Raw alongside the LWO faction, with Rey Mysterio later saying that he pulled some strings to make that happen.
While speaking on a recent episode of WWE's The Bump, Vega was asked about Carlito recently forming a bit of a friendship with the Judgment Day on Raw.
“Two, three bums talking amongst themselves? That’s what I saw, that’s what I heard, and I’m not really worried about it. When it comes down to it, Carlito’s a bum. Listen, when he came into the LWO, I was like, ‘Okay, cool, stoked for you, whatever.’ But now it’s like, I should have went with my first vibe on you, and it wasn’t good from jump street. So I don’t know. But I try to listen. When you listen to Rey, he’s the mastermind and he’s the leader, so we gotta go by what he says. I’m happy about doing that. But at the same time, people take advantage of his kindness, and they look at it as weakness. I don’t like that.Reaction to seeing Carlito’s betrayal/him attacking Dragon Lee“It was disgusting. It just looked Iike a bunch of bums all at once. What a bum. You’re scurrying away, you’re a coward, you’re a bum. That’s disgusting to me."
Vega went on to say that she doesn't believe Carlito was ever invested in the LWO, noting that he was only in the group for himself.
“No, actually. I don’t think so. I think it’s mostly because he was just doing it for himself. Realistically, he wanted to jump on the bandwagon. He knew that we were the ones who were popping. He knew that if he wanted to get a ride on the gravy train, the LWO was just going and going and winning and winning, he wanted to join that. He wanted a piece of the pie. I don’t think that Carlito’s a bad guy, necessarily, but I think that he’s just all about him, and he’s just doing things because he felt like doing it in the moment. I think it was just chaos. I think it was just like, ‘You know what? I’m gonna do this because I felt like it.’ Not because he had any reason, but just because he felt like it. That is who Carlito is. He’s impulsive. He does things for the glory of him."
Elsewhere in the interview, Vega chatted about her match against Rhea Ripley at WWE Backlash 2023. Learn more here.
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