Carly Colón
Carlito Colón in a 2012 event
Ring name(s)	Carlito[1] Carly Colón Carlito Colón Carlito Caribbean Cool[2] Carlitos[2] Carlos Colón, Jr.[2]
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Billed weight	230 lb (100 kg)[3]
Born	(1979-02-21) February 21, 1979 (age 33)[4] Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico[2]
Resides	Houston, Texas
Billed from	The Caribbean[3]
Trained by	Carlos Colón, Sr.[2] Issac Rosario[1]
Debut	November 1999[5]

Carlos Edwin "Carly" Colón, Jr.^[4] (born on February 21, 1979)^[1][4] is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler better known internationally by his ring name Carlito. He is best known for his work in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), but was released from his contract on May 21, 2010. In his native Puerto Rico, he is known as both Carly Colón and Carlito. Colón occasionally still performs in the World Wrestling Council (WWC). He is a 13-time WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion.^[6]

In 2003, Colón signed a developmental contract with WWE. He worked in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for sixteen months, mostly wrestling in tag team matches while making appearances in WWC. On October 7, 2004, Colón made his debut performing on the main event of SmackDown! as Carlito Caribbean Cool. Colón is a former United States Champion and Intercontinental Champion and has been part of both the Raw and SmackDown brands. He is the only wrestler to win a championship on two separate debuts in WWE and the second Puerto Rican to become Intercontinental Champion after Pedro Morales. At WrestleMania XXV, Colón and his brother, Eddie Colón, became the only tag team to unify the WWE Tag Team Championship and World Tag Team Championship.

Biography[link]

Colón is son of retired wrestler Carlos Colón, Sr. and the of four siblings, including Eddie Colón and Stacy Colón, both of whom have performed with Colón in the World Wrestling Council.^[7][8] A second sister, Melissa did not enter the wrestling business.^[9] Other members of Colón's family have also been involved in the World Wrestling Council; his uncle José Colón and cousin Orlando Colón have been involved in several angles within the company. He was educated and graduated from the Jesuit-run Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (1991–1997).

Colón's decision to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment was a controversial one among the Puerto Rican wrestling community. He was criticized by the locals, labeled as someone who had "sold out" his Puerto Rican wrestling traditions over for the "flash and flair" of the American company. Colón spoke of this in an interview with The Sun in which he stated "I did not care about what they thought. I've always dreamed of working for the WWE when I was young, and I took that chance when it came".^[10]

Colón is also a Canadian citizen since new citizenship laws came into effect in Canada on April 18, 2009, which automatically gave citizenship (retroactive to date of birth) to all individuals born outside of Canada in the first generation born abroad to a Canadian parent (Colón was born in the first generation abroad – Puerto Rico – to a Canadian mother).^[11][12]

Professional wrestling career[link]

World Wrestling Council (1999–2003)[link]

In November 1999, Colón began working in the World Wrestling Council as a cameraman, then known by his actual nickname "Carly", being subtly introduced to the television programming.^[13] Soon after his first appearance, the promotion's main heel or villanous wrestler, Ray González, took an interest in him after learning his identity. After weeks of being pestered, Colón responded by punching González, which resulted in a beat down by the dominant heel stable, La Familia del Milenio.^[13] At Aniversario 1999, Colón interupted a match between González and Colón, Sr., aiding his father by interrupting while wielding a shovel, which became his trademark weapon early in his career.^[13] The feud between Colón Sr. and González continued, with him interferring on his father's behalf. The final match of this feud concluded in the same manner that the first Aniversario encounter.^[13] Soon after, vignettes depicting him training with Isaac Rosario began airing in WWC's show, Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre. Colón made his in-ring debut in January 2000 by defeating Félix Tapia, a jobber and member of La Familia.^[14] He was immediately booked in a major push, defeating almost the entirety of the heel locker room during the following two weeks. Despite being active for less than three months, he earned the support of the WWC fanbase.^[14] On January 29, 2000, Colón defeated Gonzáles to become the youngest wrestler to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. Following his victory, he was engulfed by fans and carried to the locker room by the Ejercíto de la Justicia, the main fan-favorite stable in the promotion.^[14] González countered by creating a coallition of wrestlers that had feuded with Colón Sr. in the past, led by Hercules Ayala and Ramón Álvarez. On February 19, 2000, Colón dropped the Universal Heavyweight Championship to González, following intervention from Álvarez.^[14] He then entered a feud with both Álvarez and Ayala, from which he emerged victorious. On July 16, 2000, Colón defeated González to recover the championship in the main event of Aniversario, the promotion's anniversary event.^[14] This was followed with a feud with Curt Henning, brought in by La Familia, who won the title by pinning him on September 30, 2000.^[14] Both met in a rematch the following event, with the championship being held-up following a time limit draw. On November 25, 2000, Colón recorvered the belt by defeating Henning in a no-disqualification contest without time limit.^[14] On December 3, 2000, Colón wrestled "The Botswana Beast" Benjamin Peacock to a double count out. In his next match, he defeated Horace Hogan.

González turned on Henning and brought in Jerry Flynn to recapture the title.^[14] Colón won their first encounters, but Flynn won the Universal Heavyweight Championship on February 17, 2001. He resumed his feud with González, before migrating to another angle against La Familia's main tag team, Thunder and Lightning, compossed of Reynaldo "Thunder" Rodríguez and Alex "Lightning" Cruz.^[14] Teaming with his father and bother, Eddie Colón, he earned a victory over them. Thunder and Lightning went on to turn on González, who then pursued a partnership with Colón, looking for him in several locations. At Aniversario 2001: Septiembre Negro, he teamed with González to defeat Thunder and Lightning. However, the partnership was short lived, with González turning on Colón and regaining control of La Familia. On November 13, 2001, Colón participated in the television tapings of the X Wrestling Federation. In his only appearance for the promotion, he defeated David Sierra. On December 1, 2001, Colón defeated González to win the Universal Heavyweight Championship, restarting the formula of bringing foreign wrestlers to challenge him.^[14] His next feud was against Vampiro, winning the first encounters between them, but losing the title in a no-disqualification contest. A rematch ended in a double disqualification, with the belt being held-up after both assaulted the designated referee.^[14] To close this rivalry, Colón defeated Vampiro to regain the Universal Heavyweight Championship. On March 16, 2002, Colón teamed with his bother to defeat Thunder and Lightning and win the WWC World Tag Team Championship, dropping the titles back the following day. He subsequently formed an alliance with Konnan, winning the again on March 26, 2002, holding them for nearly three months, eventually losing the back to Thunder and Lightning. Konnan eventually turned on Colón, attacking his sister, Stacy Colón, with a guitar.^[14] He then dropped the title to Konnan, recovering it back on November 23, 2002. To open 2003, Colón lost the belt to José "Chicky Starr", winning it back the following month.^[14] On March 15, 2003, he lost the championship to Sabu, before recovering it two weeks later.^[14] On June 2, 2003, Colón signed a developmental a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, being assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling.^[5] Following this, he cut a promo vacating the Universal Heavyweight Championship, with the next titleholder being decided in a tournament following his departure.^[14] 

World Wrestling Entertainment (2003–2010)[link]

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2003–2004)[link]

In OVW, Colón's character was managed by Kenny Bolin and he frequently teamed with Mike Mondo.^[5] His first performance on WWE's main roster was in a dark match that took place before the December 15, 2003 Raw tapings.^[15] While working in OVW, Colón continued to appear in various World Wrestling Council events. In April 2004, Colón was scheduled to wrestle under his Ohio Valley gimmick against Abyss in a special event for WWC, but WWE did not grant Colón permission to perform at the event as a result of Abyss' contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.^[16]

Colón's work in OVW was a key plot point in WWC's main storyline of the year. The angle began with Colón Sr. bring told rumors that his son was performing as a heel in Kentucky, which he initially dismissed due to the Colón family being booked as faces for decades. After the rumors continued, Eddie Colón traveled to the United States to meet with his brother.^[17] Upon arriving to the hotel where Carly Colón was staying, he asked to contact him, but the clerck refused to attend him after receiving the response that "Mr. Colón says that he has no brother" and receiving no response upon knocking on the room door.^[17] Eddie Colón was expelled from the hotel and tried to attend his bother's training, but he received the same response and was denied access, buying a ticket for a OVW show held that night.^[17] After the event's start, Carly Colón was shown arriving late and being scolded by Jim Cornette.^[17] This skit reflected real conflicts between both. Cornette has stated that during Colón's stay in OVW he considered him a very talented performer, capable of doing "great stuff" but only did it when he "was on" due to being used to "wrestle royalty" and being "the boss' son". Cornette went on to explain the limited role, saying that: "I didn't feature Carlito, because he tought that he was more advanced than the rest of the guys and was cruising... But that wasn't what I wanted to see". Colón shrugs this off by saying that "they could have done more" with him in OVW and that the reason no to do it was because "Jim Cornette [doesn't] like" him.^[18] After noticing the hostile fan reaction and witnessing Carly's heel tactics from the public, Eddie Colón sneaked and waited by the locker rooms and confronted him, which resulted in a faceoff that concluded with the heel locker jumping him.^[17] Upon learning this, Colón Sr. travelled to Kentucky and interupted a OVW scrimage, which resulted in Carly Colón asking for his expulsion from the building.^[17] This served as setup for a feud between brothers, which saw Carly Colón return to Puerto Rico and mock the fans by stating that they would be "buying PPVs to see me" and using the recent Puerto Rico national basketball team's 19-point victory over the United States national basketball team to claim that they were "conformists" for celebrating a single win. The first match between brothers headlined Aniversario on August 21, 2004. Carly Colón won the match by faking a knee injury and then shoving his sister into Eddie Colón when she entered the ring to help, using the distraction to score the pinfall.^[19]

SmackDown; United States Champion (2004–2005)[link]

Carlito & Kurt Angle facing off against Shawn Michaels & Ric Flair at a WWE house show.

On October 7, 2004, Colón made his debut on SmackDown! as "Carlito Caribbean Cool" (though later shortened to simply "Carlito"), whose gimmick was an apple toting big mouth who would spit apple "in the face of people who were not cool".^[3] Carlito defeated John Cena for the United States Championship in his first match on the main roster.^[3] Carlito was then involved in a storyline where his bodyguard Jesús stabbed Cena in a nightclub.^[20] Carlito held the United States Championship for forty-two days, losing it back to Cena after suffering a legitimate injury. Carlito made his pay-per-view debut at the 2004 Survivor Series, where he represented Team Angle in an eight man tag team match against Team Guerrero, but did not actually participate in the event after being chased out of the building by Cena.

While Carlito was recovering from an injury, he was involved in a comical angle with SmackDown!'s general manager, Theodore Long. The storyline consisted of Carlito being forced to do demeaning chores around the arena, such as selling hot dogs, removing snow from parking lots with a shovel and mopping floors. As a result of these actions, Carlito created a petition in support of Long’s destitution, but was unsuccessful. On March 26, 2005, Colón performed for the first time in six months as Carlito, in a match against his younger brother Eddie Colón during an event in Caguas, Puerto Rico arriving to the stadium in a helicopter and under a massive standing ovation of the thousands of fans gather that night. Carlito made his WrestleMania debut in a non-wrestling role at WrestleMania 21, in which he interrupted an edition of Rowdy Roddy Piper's Piper's Pit, with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest. This event led to an angle in the World Wrestling Council, where Piper and Carlito were booked to wrestle a match on Friday Madness, a special event presented by the company, which Piper won. Following WrestleMania, Carlito created an interview segment entitled Carlito’s Cabana.^[3] Carlito then entered a feud with The Big Show after a spot where Show refused an offer to work in an enforcer role for Carlito. This feud involved Carlito tricking Show into eating a poisoned apple, and Matt Morgan becoming Carlito's enforcer. This feud ended with Carlito defeating Show at Judgment Day.^[21]

Raw; Intercontinental Champion (2005–2008)[link]

Carlito was drafted to the Raw brand in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery, where he defeated Shelton Benjamin for the Intercontinental Championship in his debut match for the brand.^[22] He then lost the Intercontinental title to Ric Flair at Unforgiven.^[23] Towards the end of 2005, Carlito was involved in a brand rivalry which led to him discontinuing Carlito's Cabana. The angle concluded with Carlito wrestling for Team Raw against Team SmackDown! in a ten man tag team match at the Survivor Series.^[24]

In late 2005, Carlito was added to angles involving the WWE Championship. After defeating Shelton Benjamin in a qualifying match, Carlito was added to the main event at New Year's Revolution in early 2006,^[25] the Elimination Chamber match. He was one of the final two wrestlers remaining, after eliminating Kane, Chris Masters and Shawn Michaels. He then lost the match to John Cena.^[26]

Carlito appeared in another World Wrestling Council show that took place on March 15, 2006 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He defeated Tyson Tomko, and he hosted an edition of Carlito's Cabana with Victor Jovica and Carlos Colón.

Carlito and Torrie Wilson were an on-screen couple in 2006 and 2007

Following New Year's Revolution, Carlito and Chris Masters joined forces as a tag team. Together they competed against Big Show and Kane for the World Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 22. Carlito and Masters lost when Masters accidentally attacked Carlito.^[27] Following the match, Carlito confronted Masters, igniting a feud between them. Carlito then turned face when he attacked Chris Masters after his "Masterlock Challenge" the next night on Raw. This storyline came to a conclusion at Backlash, where Carlito defeated Masters via an illegal assist from the ropes.^[28]

At Vengeance, Carlito fought in a Triple Threat match against Shelton Benjamin and Johnny Nitro for Benjamin's Intercontinental title. Nitro won the match after pulling Carlito outside of the ring and pinning him.^[29] Following Vengeance, Carlito began an on-screen relationship with Trish Stratus, turning face as a result. He also engaged in a short feud with Johnny Nitro and Melina, which ended after Carlito and Stratus defeated Nitro and Melina in a mixed tag team match at Saturday Night's Main Event.^[30] Carlito next feuded with Randy Orton, following a spot where Orton attempted to attack Stratus during a backstage segment. The two wrestlers were booked for a match at Unforgiven and a rematch on Raw; Orton won both matches. The feud concluded in a match at WWE’s annual Tribute to the Troops event, where Carlito won by pinfall.^[31] The angle involving Carlito's relationship with Trish Stratus lasted until Stratus' retirement from wrestling following Unforgiven.

In the final months of 2006, Carlito competed in several matches involving the Intercontinental Championship. His involvement in this angle ended at Cyber Sunday 2006, after being elected by the fans to face Jeff Hardy for the championship. Carlito, however, lost the match.^[32] During this time period Carlito's gimmick underwent a slight change and was sold as a "ladies man", eventually getting involved in another fictional relationship with Torrie Wilson. During this time, Colón was present at "Lockout", a special event presented by the World Wrestling Council that took place on December 16, 2006. At this event, he defeated Jon Heidenreich to become Universal Heavyweight Champion, but was stripped of the championship minutes later. Carlito participated in the 2007 Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated by The Great Khali. Following the Royal Rumble, Carlito started a feud with Ric Flair, in which Flair insulted Carlito for leaving a show early by claiming that he had no heart, no passion and was undeserving of his spot on the roster.^[33] After Carlito challenged and lost to Flair in a match, they were booked as a tag team, with Flair serving as a mentor to Carlito.^[34] The team was involved in a Money in the Bank qualifying match which was declared a "no contest" after The Great Khali interfered. This led to a triple threat match the following week which included and was won by Randy Orton.^[35]

Prior to the WrestleMania 23, Colón expressed dissatisfaction with WWE management in an interview for not having plans to book him to appear at the pay-per-view and criticized their methods for selecting performers to push, making reference to backstage politics.^[36] Carlito, however, did participate in a dark match at WrestleMania, winning in a tag team match with Flair as his partner against the team of Chavo Guerrero and Gregory Helms. The team also lost a number one contender's match for the World Tag Team Championship against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. Carlito turned on Flair after the loss, which turned him heel again.^[37] Their feud ended with a match at Judgment Day, where Carlito lost to Flair by submission.^[38] Colón appeared in the World Wrestling Council's Aniversario 2007 event where he faced Razor Ramon. As a way to promote the match, Ramon claimed that hiss character was an imitation of him, dubbing Carlito Mini Razor.^[39] Colón defeated Ramon with his Back Stabber finisher, in a match that included interference by the then-Universal Heavyweight Champion Apollo.^[40]

Following his feud with Flair he was involved in angles with The Sandman and Triple H. He then lost to Triple H at Unforgiven 2007 in a no disqualification match where the no disqualification rule only applied to Carlito.^[41] In late 2007, Colón requested his release from the WWE as he was unhappy with the direction of his character. Following a meeting with Vince McMahon, however, he was convinced to stay.^[42] On December 10, 2007, he was featured in a ladder match at the Raw 15th Anniversary against Jeff Hardy for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, which Hardy won.^[43] Carlito defeated Cody Rhodes to qualify for the money in the bank ladder match at Wrestlemania 24. He failed to win at the event. Carlito then formed a tag team with Santino Marella. The team was placed in several matches involving the World Tag Team Championship, twice being named the number one contenders; however, they lost the relevant championship matches.

The Colóns; Unified Tag Team Champions and departure (2008–2010)[link]

The Colóns as the Unified Tag Team Champions

As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Carlito was drafted back to the SmackDown brand.^[44] After the draft, he asked for a vacation, using this time to attend his father's official retirement ceremonies at Aniversario 2008, where he also wrestled against Ray Gonzalez.^[9][45]

On September 12, he re-debuted on the brand turning face, forming a tag team with his brother, Primo. They defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder in the match to gain their first victory as a team. Two weeks later, both teams competed in a title match, with The Colóns winning to become tag team champions. Subsequently, Carlito and Primo entered a feud with World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz. At WrestleMania XXV, The Colóns defeated Miz and Morrison in a tag team unification match, becoming the first team to simultaneously hold both sets of the company's Tag Team Championships since their creation.^[46]

On April 15, 2009, both Carlito and Primo were drafted back to the Raw brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft. At The Bash, the duo dropped the Unified Tag Team Titles to Edge and Chris Jericho in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match also involving Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes. Carlito and Primo invoked their rematch clause the next night on Raw, but were unsuccessful.

On the July 6 episode of Raw, following their loss to Edge and Jericho, Carlito turned heel by attacking Primo. At Night of Champions, Carlito challenged for the United States Championship in a Six-Pack Challenge, which also invovled Primo, but neither of them were able to win the title. On the August 3 episode of Raw, Carlito defeated Primo to end their feud. On the August 13 episode of WWE Superstars, Carlito teamed with Rosa Mendes to defeat Kofi Kingston and Mickie James. Mendes would then become Carlito's manager until she was traded to the ECW brand in September.

After a two month hiatus, on the November 30 episode of Raw, Carlito returned to confront John Cena, after Cena challenged Sheamus to come out to the ring, telling him everyone on the roster were tired of him and that Sheamus was there representative of what the roster believed and then tried to spit apple in Cena's face, which led to him getting hit with Cena's finisher, the Attitude Adjustment. The following week, Carlito was defeated by Cena.

In February 2010, Carlito was announced as one of the eight WWE Pros for the first season of WWE NXT. On the February 22 episode of Raw, Carlito was defeated by Christian in a Money in the Bank Qualifying match. The next night on WWE NXT, Carlito teamed with his NXT Rookie Michael Tarver in a losing effort against Christian and his NXT Rookie Heath Slater. On the May 2 episode of WWE Superstars, during his match with Primo, Carlito would stop the match and told Primo they shouldn't fight when the crowd cheers for two brothers to fight each other. Primo would agree and reunite with his brother, turning heel in the process. On the May 10 episode of Raw, Carlito and Primo attacked R-Truth for Ted DiBiase, who paid them afterwards. On May 21, Colón was released due to a violation of the WWE Wellness Program and refusal to attend a rehabilitation facility for a reported addiction to pain killers.

Return to World Wrestling Council and independent circuit (2010–present)[link]

Following his release, Colón began accepting dates to work for independent promotions. The first promotion to include him in its roster was World Wrestling Today.^[47] On July 11, 2010, Colón was booked in a match called "The Three Faces of Fear" at WWC's Aniversario 2010 which also involved Booker T.^[48] The concept of this contest was that he would face three unknown adversaries successively.^[48] Colón also performed on a second date of this event, working under a "tweener" concept, representing a morally ambiguous team without clear allegiance. On August 7, 2010, he made his debut in Lucha Libre USA's live shows, wrestling as "Carlitos".^[49] He returned to WWC on September 25, 2010 at the "Septiembre Negro" event, where he defeated "El Triple Mega Campeón" Ricky Banderas. On November 27, 2010, Colón defeated Shelton Benjamin to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship at the Crossfire event. He made his first title defense against Banderas at WWC's last show of the year—Lockout. On December 2010, Carlito participated in Inoki Genome Federation in Japan, where he was pinned by Japanese superstar Kendo Kashin. On January 8, 2011, Colón lost the Universal Heavyweight Championship to Banderas, following interference from Shane Sewell.^[50] In February 2011, NWA Southwest in Texas booked Carlito in a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against its current holder Adam Pearce. On March 4, 2011, Colón, billed as Carlito Caribbean Cool, made his debut for the Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), defeating Decnnis, Jack Evans and Ozz in a four–way match to advance to the Rey de Reyes tournament finals at the Rey de Reyes pay-per-view.^[51] In the finals of the tournament, Carlito was defeated by Extreme Tiger.^[52] On June 4, 2011, Carlito returned to WWC and defeated Steve Corino to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship for the thirteenth time. On July 17, 2011 at Aniversario 2011 Carlito made his first defense of the title against Abyss. In this event, Savio Vega cut a promo pursuing a feud as part of the first interpromotional angle between WWC and the International Wrestling Association. However, this cooperation was stalled due to differences between the administration of both promotions, remaining fruitless for the rest of the year. 

On October 28, 2011 Carlito returned to WWC to join his brother Primo to face Gilbert and his cousin Orlando Colon (Epico), next day he defends the WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion against Chris Masters. On October 31, 2011 Carlito was booked by a Mexican promotion in the event Halloween Lucha Tour in Matamoros, Tamaulipas in which made tag with Chavo Guerrero and Rikishi Phatu to face Mil Mascaras, Dos Caras and Cassandro. They repeat the fight next two days in different places replacing Cassandro with El Hijo de Canek. On November 11, 2011 Carlito defeated Chris Masters in Puerto Rico with a backstabber. At WWC's Euphoria 2012, he wrestled in a rematch against Banderas, which was left inconclusive when a video depicting Vega was shown in the titantron, draining the time limit. Colón appeared on the World Wrestling Fan Xperience (WWFX) Champions Showcase Tour in Manila, Philippines on February 4, 2012, where he wrestled under the name Carlitos.^[53] Colón dropped the Universal Heavyweight Championship to Gilbert at Noche de Campeones 2012, failing to win it back in a rematch held at Camino a la Gloria.^[54] In this event, he also aided Ray González, which resulted in both receiving an invitation to join La Nueva Familia, a recreation of La Familia del Milenio, proposed by Félix "Barrabás" López. González refused this approach, claiming that it was returning to the past. On May 12, 2012, Colón also declined the invitation by spitting an apple in López's face, who countered by ordering Thunder and Lightning to ambush both him and González during a number one contendership match.^[55] Colón is the wrestler with the highest profile to be confirmed for the Latin American Wrestling Federation's Torneo Unificación de Ligas, a tournament to crown the first LWF Heavyweight Champion, which is also the first major professional wrestling tour held in Colombia in years.^[56][57]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves
  • Backstabber^[3] / Backcracker^[2] (Double knee backbreaker)^[2]
  • Figure four leglock^[2] – OVW; used as a regular move in WWE
  • Inverted facelock spun out into a DDT^[1] – 2005–2006
  • Overdrive^[2] – 2004

• Signature moves
  • Backflip off the top rope over a standing opponent, sometimes while springboarding^[58]
  • Dropkick,^[59] sometimes from the top rope^[60] or while springboarding^[61]
  • Fireman's carry flapjack^[62]
  • Flowing DDT^[2]
  • Hurricanrana^[63]
  • Japanese arm drag^[58]
  • Jumping armbreaker^[64]
  • Lifting reverse STO^[65]
  • Monkey flip^[66]
  • Running knee lift followed by a running clothesline^[59]
  • Snap swinging neckbreaker^[1]
  • Springboard back elbow^[59]
  • Springboard moonsault,^[59] sometimes while performing a double jump^[67]
  • Springboard senton bomb,^[68] sometimes while performing a double springboard^[69][70]
  • Standing or a sitout spinebuster^[71]
  • Spitting apple pieces into an opponent's face^[72] – WWE

• Managers
  • Trish Stratus^[73]
  • Torrie Wilson^[73]
  • The Bella Twins^[73]
  • Brie Bella^[73]
  • Rosa Mendes^[73]

• Nicknames
  • "The Caribbean Bad Apple"^[1]

• Entrance themes
  • "Cool" by Jim Johnston^[74] (WWE)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Carlito as WWE Intercontinental Champion.

• !Bang! / Funking Conservatory
  • FC Television Championship (1 time)^[75]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #27 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2006^[76]

• Pro Championship Wrestling
  • PCW International Championship (1 time)

• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (13 times)^[6]
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Eddie Colón (1) and Konnan (1)^[77]

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Primo^[78]
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)^[79]
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Primo^[80]
  • WWE United States Championship (1 time)^[81]

• Puerto Rico Wrestling
  • Tag Team of the Year (2008)-With Primo^[82]

See also[link]

	Professional wrestling portal
	Biography portal
	Puerto Rico portal

• Los Boricuas
• Los Conquistadores
• Primo and Epico
• José Miguel Pérez
• José Estrada, Sr.
• Ivelisse Vélez

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carly Colón

• Carly Colón (Carlito) at Online World of Wrestling
• Carly Colón at the Internet Movie Database
• Tha O Show Episode 178 Carlito Interview

Jay Lethal
Ring name(s)	Hydro[1] Jamar Cunningham[1] Jay Lethal[1] J.R. Lethal[2] RPM[3]
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[4]
Billed weight	225 lb (102 kg)[4]
Born	(1985-04-29) April 29, 1985 (age 27) Elizabeth, New Jersey[5]
Resides	Tampa, Florida[6]
Billed from	Elizabeth, New Jersey[4]
Trained by	Mikey Whipwreck[1] JAPW school[1] Dan Maff[1]
Debut	December 7, 2001[7]

Jamar "Jay" Shipman^[5] (born April 29, 1985) better known by his ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH). He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he was a six-time X Division Champion and a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Consequences Creed.

Early life[link]

Jamar Shipman was born to Ronald and Shirley Shipman on April 29, 1985 in Elizabeth, New Jersey and is the middle child of three brothers and two sisters.^[6] On July 7, 2001, at age sixteen, Shipman entered a contest held by Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) which entitled the winner to six months free training in the JAPW professional wrestling school.^[6] Shipman won, and spent half a year training, at the end of which the JAPW school closed down.^[6] Shipman then began training under Extreme Championship Wrestling alum Mikey Whipwreck and Dan Maff.^[1]