TSC Evaluation #86: Carlito

[cenoflg]

 

[mrken12]

I thought he seemed interesting but he's a boring version of Scott Hall

The funny thing is that Hall wasn't even Latino.

Lot of untapped potential with Carlito. He had a (no pun intended) cool look, interesting gimmick, he could talk well. Wasn’t the most memorable worker but he could go. He’s just one of many, many midcard dudes from that era that never went anywhere for one reason (poor attitude, no motivation, etc.) or another. Whether or not the reports about his poor attitude and laziness were true or came from his own doing or unhappiness with the company is up for debate. After about 2007 though his relevance as a character on WWE tv was over, and the next few years were basically just coast and collect a check aka Dolph Ziggler status. I stanned dude briefly but his resume is too short to really say a whole lot about. He’s got a few solid matches (triple threat with Shelton & Nitro, vs. Orton, etc.) and a few solid feuds with names like Cena and Flair, but not a whole lot to his name. Call it a 6 for Carlito

Carlito, Mr. Kennedy, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin all were thought to be future stars. Sadly it didn't turn out the way we expected.

 

[Da_Eggman]

What a waste

 

[Mr. Negative]

I never even seen this cat wrestle. All I've seen (even watching live) was wack Razor Ramon jr. promos and him spitting apples on folks for whatever reason.


Somebody point me in the direction of some decent matches.

 

[Bart simpson]

The funny thing is that Hall wasn't even Latino.

Neither was Al Pacino


That use of the Drake smiley is just brilliant in this context

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I never even seen this cat wrestle. All I've seen (even watching live) was wack Razor Ramon jr. promos and him spitting apples on folks for whatever reason.


Somebody point me in the direction of some decent matches.

Off the top of my head I can only think of maybe an IC title match with Shelton, that's about it. I mostly remember him as a pretty average wrestler with a good character that could talk. Pretty much all I can think of.

The funny thing is that Hall wasn't even Latino.


Carlito, Mr. Kennedy, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin all were thought to be future stars. Sadly it didn't turn out the way we expected.

That really sucks too. Carlito eventually became lazy, Kennedy was injury prone, hit with a PED suspension, then killed off by that silly Orton " botch", and Shelton couldn't really talk, but he started botching here and there and they started incorporating that into this "pressure is getting to him" type storyline (so fukking stupid to draw attention to people's mistakes, why would you do that?). MVP was the only one out of those 4 that didn't do himself in. He basically had everything you wanted in a young hot heel at the time, and they chose to extinguish him with a losing streak gimmick (that amounted to nothing) and then got drafted to Raw. The fans liked him as a heel, and he did hold the IC title, but you could tell his time as a high level guy in the WWE's eyes was wrapping up.

 

[Superkick Party]

I once saw Carlito described as a guy who wrestles in slow motion and I've always found it hilarious

 

[Heelish]

Shelton couldn't really talk, but he started botching here and there and they started incorporating that into this "pressure is getting to him" type storyline (so fukking stupid to draw attention to people's mistakes, why would you do that?).

They did the same thing to Billy Kidman and his Shooting Botch Press

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

4.

Nothing special in the ring, didn't look like a star. Some people seemed to think he was going to be huge, for some reason.

Most memorable moment is Flair shytting on him. Can't think of a single match

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Also thought it was weird when during his initial face run, he started incorporating an aerial based offense, and didn't look right at all doing itthe slowest springboard moonsaults I've ever seen in my life He was about the same size as peak Kurt Angle, but not nearly as athletic. I winched every time he would do aerial moves

 

[CM_Burns]

6. Decent worker, not that great a promo, but good midcard character/look.

The Hornswoggle wall segment was GOAT, I wish we had more dumb sh1t like that in todays midcard.

 

[R=G]

6. He doesn't totally suck but he is as lazy as Blandy. Got unique mic ability though.

 

[R=G]

Off the top of my head I can only think of maybe an IC title match with Shelton, that's about it. I mostly remember him as a pretty average wrestler with a good character that could talk. Pretty much all I can think of.



That really sucks too. Carlito eventually became lazy, Kennedy was injury prone, hit with a PED suspension, then killed off by that silly Orton " botch", and Shelton couldn't really talk, but he started botching here and there and they started incorporating that into this "pressure is getting to him" type storyline (so fukking stupid to draw attention to people's mistakes, why would you do that?). MVP was the only one out of those 4 that didn't do himself in. He basically had everything you wanted in a young hot heel at the time, and they chose to extinguish him with a losing streak gimmick (that amounted to nothing) and then got drafted to Raw. The fans liked him as a heel, and he did hold the IC title, but you could tell his time as a high level guy in the WWE's eyes was wrapping up.

MVP had everything? He couldn't wrestle for shyt. He didnt look decent until the Benoit matches

 

[Nintendough]

7....His initial Heel Run was pretty good, couldve stuck of they made him a legit threat to Cena but that wasn't going to happen.

 

[mrken12]

6. Decent worker, not that great a promo, but good midcard character/look.

The Hornswoggle wall segment was GOAT, I wish we had more dumb sh1t like that in todays midcard.

Hornswoggle and GOAT should never be in the same sentence.