During this week’s RAW, Carlito made a controversial remark about IYO SKY and Kairi Sane during a backstage segment with General Manager Adam Pearce.
After IYO and Kairi exited the room, Carlito commented, “I gotta learn Chinese.” This drew attention because both IYO and Kairi are Japanese, and IYO has previously faced offensive “go back to China” remarks.
According to Fightful Select, a staff member claimed that the line was not scripted. Reportedly, several people within the company were displeased about the incident.
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WrestleVotes later reported that there’s heat on Carlito for this unscripted line:
“That line was unscripted, that was from Carlito. There was some heat on Carlito for it. I know speaking to people I talked to it did take them by surprise.
So we’ll see what happens out of it. I don’t know how big a deal they’re gonna make it, but probably not a great look for Carlito.”
In an update, the Wrestling Observer is reporting that IYO and Kairi had no problem with what Carlito said. They saw it as something Carlito’s character would say:
“I hate to even say this because people will think I’m defending the company or whatever but I was told by the same person that told me the Carlito line was an adlib that IYO and Kairi did not have a problem with it.
They saw it as him playing an idiot and that was that. That doesn’t necessarily mean Carlito will not be punished for this but that’s the story.”
A report came out recently that Carlito might get a singles push after getting kicked out of The Judgment Day. We’ll see if this incident affects those plans.
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