Former Judgment Day member Carlito said WWE didn’t believe in Liv Morgan when she first became world champion with the company.
In an interview with the Hitting the Turnbuckle podcast, Carlito recently reflected on Morgan’s first title win, when she cashed in on Ronda Rousey in July 2022. He compared Morgan to a “lucky loser” of sorts.
“Like she kind of won and then and now they you know I feel like the company didn’t believe in her,” Carlito said. “So you know I’m very proud of her that she you know she made them believe in her, you know what I mean?”
Carlito said he was proud of how Morgan made it without being one of WWE’s picks.
“So that’s cool when someone that you know there’s not you’re not one of you’re not a company person eventually the the company adopts you, you know what I mean?” he said. “So I’m I’m very proud of her for doing that cuz she I’m sure she wasn’t one of the chosen ones, but she made them choose her.”
Morgan is set to defend the Women’s World Championship against Becky Lynch at Survivor Series: WarGames on November 28 at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas. Adam Pearce announced the match on Monday’s Raw.
Morgan will defend the same title she won in 2022, because the former SmackDown Women’s Championship is recognized by WWE as part of the current Women’s World title’s lineage. Since that first reign, Morgan has won this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble and won the title three more times. She most recently won it on October 10 at Money in the Bank in New Orleans.