Carmelo Hayes looks back at his recent match with Ricochet.
The crossover between the main roster and NXT has been seamless in recent months, as superstars from both Raw and SmackDown are frequently involved in storylines and/or matches on the white and gold brand. For example, The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) are currently the reigning NXT World Tag Team Champions. Furthermore, Jinder Mahal recently appeared on the January 10 edition of the show and defeated Julius Creed in singles action.
Back at the Worlds Collide premium live event in September 2022, Carmelo Hayes defended the NXT North American Championship in a singles match against Ricochet. In a new interview with Ryan Satin, Hayes talked about the opportunity in length.
"Yeah, it was. That was cool, I’m glad we got to do that. That came on within four days’ notice or something like that. It wasn’t a big drawn-up thing. He showed up to NXT and challenged me, and the PLE was four days later. But yeah, it was a highlight because that was one of the matches, like I have a lot of dream matches. The one with Ricochet, there’s a lot of guys I feel I work well with, and Ricochet is one of them. The fact that we actually got to do it while I’m in NXT was dope because I was like, ‘Oh, I get to do it [here].’ The fact that he came down and we got to do it and show that I can go with Ricochet. But I have mad respect for Ricochet."
Elsewhere in the interview, Hayes talked about potentially winning the NXT Championship. To learn more, click here.
Back in December, Fightful had an exclusive interview with Hayes where he discussed Shawn Michaels, Solo Sikoa, etc. Click here to learn more.
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