10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Carlito
1. Alleged Racial Abuse At The Hands Of Vince McMahon
In 'Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry', another uncomfortable story from Carlito's early breakthrough in OVW is recounted. It's important to note that the anecdote is told from one point of view (that of former WWE writer Dan Madigan), and therefore can't be taken entirely as fact - however, it certainly makes for shocking read, if even just a snippet of it is true.
Madigan states:
'I remember when I was working with Carlito when he just started. Vince wanted to talk to him to get to know him, and I was asked to attend the meeting to help work out a character. So were there, Carlitos talking to him, just a normal conversation; Carlito comes from a normal background, has money. He speaks well. Vince interrupts Carlito mid-sentence and says to him, Hey, can you spic it up some? Yknow spic it up when you talk? I look at Vince, this billionaire who just asked some Puerto Rican employee to spic it up right to his face, and I just look at Carlito and say, Yeah, spic it up like it was a joke'.
Yeah, come on Carlito, just 'spic it up' will you? Incredible.