10 Ex-WWE Superstars With Unfinished Business
5. Carlito
What Happened: After an immense initial run that saw him defeat John Cena for the US title on his debut and go on to establish himself as one of WWE's finest midcard talents (and one half of the underrated Colons tag team), Carlito did a very uncool thing by getting himself Future Endeavoured due to a violation of the WWE's Wellness Program.
Rumours that he had refused to go to rehab to deal with an addiction to painkillers didn't help matters, but, after five years working the independant circuit, rumours have recently arisen that Carlito is talking to WWE about a potential return. Now that would be cool.
How To Book It: Now, how's this for impact: backstage at Raw, John Cena runs into Cesaro, who promises that he's gonna have one more crack at that US title...in the Open Challenge tonight! However, as Cena's waiting in the ring, Cesaro is found unconscious backstage...covered in apple chunks?!
Cue the shocking return of Carlito, who, in a nod to his 2004 debut, cheats to beat Cena and take the title! Carlito then manages to retain the title in the rematch, before a disgrunted Cesaro shows up to get some sweet revenge in a feud that would be capable of some world class matches (and, finally, putting the title on Cesaro for a long and prestigious reign).