In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Carlito addressed his departure from WWE in June 2025.
The former United States Champion confirmed his contract with the company expired, with no conversation had about a renewal:
They could have renewed it, but I never went to them. They never came to me. So we never spoke or anything. I just was ready for whatever. I kind of shot myself in the foot because I signed the shorter deal and the usual. So I guess I bet against myself.
I signed for two years. They wanted me for three, and I signed for two because I didn’t think it was gonna go as good as it did. So, as I said, I bet against myself, and I would have got an extra year, and then my contract would expire. But ended up losing a year. But that’s all right.
Carlito, who was part of the Judgment Day faction Liv Morgan, Dominik Mysterio, and Raquel Rodriguez at the time, noted that he wanted to have a more proper sendoff for his character before leaving the company:
I still had two weeks left. I just wish they would have written me off somehow. That’s my only, that’s the only thing that I didn’t like. I’m a professional bro, not being in WWE is not the end of the world. So I was like, I’ll gladly come in, and you didn’t want my services, just write me off and I’ll ride off into the sunset.
His departure ended a run that began when Carlito returned to WWE for the 2021 men’s Royal Rumble.