Leon Slater On Chemistry With Carmelo Hayes: ‘That’s Probably The Most Comfortable I Ever Felt In A WWE Ring. I Felt Like I Was With My People’

Leon Slater discusses wrestling Carmelo Hayes on WWE SmackDown.

On the 1/16 edition of WWE SmackDown, Leon Slater answered Carmelo Hayes’ open challenge for the United States title. While Slater couldn’t put an end to Hayes’ title reign, he had an impressive showing against him.

Speaking to SunSport for a recent interview, Slater discussed this match.

“I’ll be honest, that’s probably the most comfortable I ever felt in a WWE ring because I felt like I was with my people, you know what I’m saying, like I remember. There was one point where Carmelo [Hayes] was punching me in the face or something, like, I was getting battered, but I remember hearing, ‘he’s one of our own, he’s one of our own.’ Then I was like, ‘OK, right, we’re really at home. We’ve got the chants going and everything!’ Me and Melo hit it off, man. I feel like our chemistry [in the] ring was on a different level. I’m glad we got to deliver that night in Wembley.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Slater discussed being part of John Cena’s final wrestling show. Fans can check his comments here.