Former Intercontinental Champion Attended AEW Dynamite As A Fan

This former IC Champ, US Champ and Tag Team Champ lapped up Dynamite this week.

by Andrew Pollard
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Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Carlito was in attendance for this week's episode of AEW Dynamite, watching on from the crowd as a fan.

Taking to his Instagram Story, Carlito proclaimed, "For the 1st time in years I was able to watch as just as fan. Great crowd tonight in H-town" - complete with a shot of the Dynamite stage from his vantage point.

This week's Dynamite took place from the Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas, with the crowd white-hot all night for what was a pretty darn great show from top to bottom.

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As for Carlito, the hugely charismatic star briefly returned to WWE earlier this year after departing the company back in 2010. That return saw the one-time United States Champion and two-time Tag Team Champ compete in the men's Royal Rumble match, then wrestle a tag bout on the following night's Raw.

Despite initial reports that Carlito was returning to WWE in a full-time capacity, the star's return was a fleeting one rather than a full return to the fold. Carlito has remained active since that two-show stop off in WWE, competing as recently as this past Saturday, where he defeated MLW's Jordan Oliver at Hybrid Off to the Races.

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At 42 years of age and in the best shape of his career, Carlito still has plenty left to offer the wrestling business on a mainstream level should he so choose.

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