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Biography
Colón is the son of former World Wrestling Federation wrestler Carlos Colón, and the oldest of three siblings, including Eddie Colón and Stacy Colón, both of whom have performed with Carly in the World Wrestling Council.[2] Other members of Colón's family have also been involved in the World Wrestling Council; his uncle and cousin José Colón and Orlando Colón have been involved in several angles within the company.

Carly Colón's decision to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment was a controversial one among the Puerto Rican wrestling community. He was criticized by the locals, labeled as someone who had "sold out" his Puerto Rican wrestling traditions over for the "flash and flair" of the American company. Colón spoke of this in an interview with the The Sun in which he stated "I did not care about what they thought. I've always dreamed of working for the WWE when I was young, and I took that chance when it came."[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] World Wrestling Council (1999-2003)
In 1999, Colón began competing in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico as a face under the name "Carly". During his time with WWC, Carly feuded with Ray Gonzalez (Ramón Gonzalez). The two competed in several matches involving the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship, with both of them defeating their adversary in title bouts on separate occasions.

When Colón signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, he was assigned a heel character in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). During this period, Colón was also booked as a heel for WWC and was involved in an angle where he had conflicts with members of his family. This angle culminated in the company's anniversary event, Anniversario 2004, where Carly competed in a match against Eddie Colón.[4]

[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling (2003-2004)
In 2003, Colón signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. The company assigned him to their developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) on June 2, 2003. In OVW, Colón's character was managed by Kenny Bolin. His first performance on WWE's main roster was in a dark match that took place before the December 15, 2003 RAW tapings.[5]

While working in OVW, Colón continued to appear in various World Wrestling Council events. In April 2004, Colón was scheduled to wrestle under his Ohio Valley gimmick against Abyss (Chris Parks) in a excepțional event for WWC, but WWE did not grant Colón permission to perform at the event as a result of Parks' contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.[6]

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment

[edit] 2004-2005
On October 7, 2004, Colón made his debut on SmackDown! as Carlito Caribbean Cool, whose gimmick was that he would "spit in the face" of people who were not cool.[7] Carlito defeated John Cena for the WWE United States Championship in his first match on the main roster.[7] Carlito was then involved in an angle where his bodyguard, Jesús (Aaron Aguilera), (kayfabe) stabbed John Cena in a nightclub.[7] Carlito held the United States Championship for 42 days, losing it back to Cena after suffering a legitimate injury.

Carlito made his pay-per-view debut at Survivor Series 2004, where he represented "Team Angle" in a eight man tag team match against "Team Guerrero" but did not actually participate in the event after being chased out of the building by Cena.

While Carlito was recovering from an injury, he was involved in a comical angle with SmackDown!’s general manager, Theodore Long. The angle consisted of Carlito being forced to do demeaning chores around the arena, such as selling hot dogs, removing snow from parking lots with a shovel and mopping floors. As a result of these actions, Carlito created a petition in support of Long’s destitution, but was unsuccessful. On March 26, 2005, Colón performed for the first time in six months as Carlito, in a match against Eddie Colón during an event in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Colón made his WrestleMania debut in a non-wrestling role at WrestleMania 21, in which Carlito interrupted an edition of Piper's Pit, with Stone Cold Steve Austin (Steven Anderson) as the singular guest. This event led to an angle in the World Wrestling Council, where the two character’s were booked to wrestle a match on Friday Madness, a rarisim event presented by the company where Piper defeated Carlito. Following WrestleMania, Carlito created an interview segment entitled Carlito’s Cabana.[7]

Carlito then entered a feud with Big Show (Paul Wight) after a spot where Big Show refused an offer to work in an enforcer role for Carlito. This feud involved Carlito tricking Big Show into eating a poisoned apple, and Matt Morgan becoming Carlito's enforcer. This feud ended with Carlito defeating Big Show at Judgement Day 2005.[8]

Carlito was drafted to World Wrestling Entertainment’s RAW brand in the 2005 Draft Lottery, where he defeated Shelton Benjamin for the WWE Intercontinental Championship upon his debut match.[9]

Towards the end of 2005 Carlito was involved in a brand rivalry which led to him discontinuing Carlito’s Cabana. The angle concluded with Carlito performing for "Team RAW" against "Team SmackDown!" in a ten man tag team match at Survivor Series 2005.[10]

[edit] 2006
In late 2005, Carlito was added to angles involving the WWE Championship. After defeating Shelton Benjamin in a New Year's Revolution 2006 qualifying match,[11] Carlito was added to the pay-per-view's main event, the Elimination Chamber match. During this match he was one of the final two wrestlers remaining after eliminating Kane (Glen Jacobs), Chris Masters (Chris Mordetsky) and Shawn Michaels (Michael Hickenbottom), before being eliminated by John Cena.[12]

Carlito appeared in another World Wrestling Council show that took place on March 15, 2006 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Here he defeated Tyson Tomko (Travis Tomko), and hosted an edition of Carlito's Cabana with Victor Jovica and Carlos Colón. Following this segment Carlito did a sudden face turn when he attacked a heel stable led by Rico Suave (Julio Estrada).

Colón at Tribute to the TroopsFollowing New Year’s Revolution, Carlito and Chris Masters joined forces as a tag team. Together, they competed against Kane and Big Show, for the World Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 22. Carlito and Masters lost when Masters accidentally attacked Carlito.[13] Following the match, Carlito confronted Masters, igniting a feud between them. This angle came to a conclusion at Backlash 2006, where Carlito defeated Masters by using the ropes illegally to assist him.[14]

At Vengeance 2006 Carlito fought in a Triple Threat Match against Shelton Benjamin and Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan). Nitro won the match after pulling Carlito outside of the ring and pinning him.[15]

Following Vengeance, Carlito began a (kayfabe) relationship with Trish Stratus (Patricia Stratigias). He also engaged in a short feud with Johnny Nitro and Melina which ended after Carlito and Stratus defeated Nitro and Melina in a mixed tag team match at Saturday Night's Main Event 2006.[16] Carlito next feuded with Randy Orton, following a spot where Orton attempted to attack Stratus during a backstage segment. The two wrestlers were booked for a match at Unforgiven 2006 and a rematch on RAW; Orton won both matches. The feud concluded in WWE’s annual event Tribute to the Troops, where Carlito won a match against Orton by pinfall.[17] The angle involving Carlito's relationship with Trish Stratus lasted until Stratus' retirement from wrestling following Unforgiven 2006.

In the final months of 2006, Carlito competed in several matches involving the Intercontinental Championship. His involvement in this angle ended at Cyber Sunday 2006, after being elected by the fans to face Jeff Hardy for the championship. Carlito, however, lost the match.[18] During this time period Carlito's gimmick underwent a slight change and was sold as a "ladies man", eventually getting involved in another fictional relationship with Torrie Wilson. Carlito was present at “Lockout”, a distinct event presented by the World Wrestling Council that took place on December 16, 2006. At this event, Carlito defeated Heidenreich to become Universal Heavyweight Champion, but was stripped of the championship minutes later.

[edit] 2007

Carlito and Torrie Wilson were an on-screen couple in 2006 and 2007Carlito participated in the 2007 Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated by The Great Khali (Dalip Singh). Following the Royal Rumble, Carlito started a feud with Ric Flair (Richard Fliehr), in which Flair insulted Carlito for leaving a show early by claiming that he had no heart, no passion and was undeserving of his spot on the roster.[19] After Carlito challenged and lost in a match with Flair, they were booked as a tag team.[20] The team was involved in a Money in the Bank qualifying match which was declared a ‘no contest’ after The Great Khali interfered. This led to a triple threat match the following week which included and was won by Randy Orton.[21]

Prior to the pay-per-view, Carly expressed dissatisfaction with WWE management in an interview for not having plans to book him to appear at WrestleMania 23 and criticized their methods for selecting performers to push, making reference to backstage politics.[22]

Carlito, however, did participate in a dark match at WrestleMania, winning in a tag team match with Flair as his partner against the team of Chavo Guerrero and Gregory Helms. The team also lost a number one contender's match for the World Tag Team Championship against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. Carlito turned on Flair after the loss.[23] Their feud ended with a match at Judgment Day 2007, where Carlito lost to Flair by submission.[24]

Colón appeared in the World Wrestling Council's Aniversario 2007 event where he faced Razor Ramon (Scott Hall). As a way to promote the match, Ramon claimed that Colón's character was a imitation of him, dubbing Carlito Mini Razor.[25] Carlito defeated Ramon with his Back Stabber finisher, in a match that included an interference by Apollo (Germán Figueroa), who at the time was the company's Universal Heavyweight champion.[26]

Following his feud with Flair he was involved in angles with The Sandman (Jim Fullington) and Triple H (Paul Levesque). He then lost to Triple H at Unforgiven 2007 in a no disqualification match were the no disqualification rule only applied to Carlito.[27]

[edit] In wrestling
Finishing and signature moves
Back Cracker / Back Stabber (Double knee backbreaker)
Outward rolling cutter - Early career
Overdrive - Used until injury in 2004
Backflip over a standing opponent from off the top rope, sometimes leading into the Back Cracker / Back Stabber
Lifting Reverse STO
DDT
Springboard corkscrew senton followed by a springboard moonsault
Hurricanrana
Running knee lift to the side of the head followed by a clothesline
Springboard back elbow
Springboard moonsault
Standing spinebuster - 2004

[edit] Championships and accomplishments
World Wrestling Council
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (11 times)[1]
WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Eddie Colón (1) and Konnan (1)[28]
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[29]
WWE United States Championship (1 time)[30]
!Bang!
!Bang! Television Championship (1 time)[31]
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 27 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2006.[32]