Carmelo Hayes has broken his silence after losing the WWE United States Championship on the Friday, March 27 episode of SmackDown.
On what was his ninth United States Title defense on WWE TV, and 15th overall including live events, Carmelo Hayes lost his championship to Sami Zayn after Trick Williams inadvertently struck Hayes as he was aiming for Zayn.
Aside from posting a GIF immediately after his loss, Hayes has been quiet on social media, but today (Wednesday, April 1) the former champion took to Twitter to publicly address the loss.
Hayes wrote:
98 Days
9 Defenses
9 Match of the nights
5 Countries Numbers Don’t Lie and Melo Don’t Miss All Star run, Follow that.
US A Champion Of The World
Sami Zayn & Trick Williams’ Reaction To WWE United States Title Change
Following Carmelo Hayes’ WWE United States Title loss, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis confirmed that Zayn would be defending his newly acquired gold at WrestleMania 42 against Trick Williams.
In reaction to earning his way onto the WrestleMania 42 card, Zayn thanked his fans following a “tough” spell in his career.
Posting on Twitter, Zayn wrote:
Big thank you to my fans. These past few months especially have been tumultuous, and you’ve had my back when times were tough.
Now we are heading to Wrestlemania together, and I am walking in as a champion.
Lots of love -SZ
While Zayn hasn’t addressed Hayes, Trick Williams was asked about his former tag team partner’s US Title loss just shy of WrestleMania 42 during an interview with Hot 97.
Speaking out of character, Williams said that Hayes “deserves” his moment after his “great” run with the US Title:
“Me and Melo, we go way back of course and I would love to see him get his moment, and he deserves that.
“And you never know he probably still will. He carried that US Title great, so he deserves that moment, I’m sure he’s gonna get his moment.”
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Will Carmelo Hayes Get What He “Deserves” At WrestleMania 42?
At the time of writing there has been no announcements regarding Hayes potentially being added into Sami Zayn and Trick Williams’ United States Championship Match at WrestleMania 42.
However, considering that Hayes only lost the gold due to interference from Trick Williams, it seems as if there is a decent chance that WWE could do just that on this Friday’s SmackDown.
Fans have been vocal in their support for Melo since his loss, with former WWE star Bishop Dyer (Baron Corbin) joining in by voicing his displeasure with the company’s decision to have the 31-year-old drop his gold.
As Dyer noted on social media, Hayes, along with Ilja Dragunov, has been instrumental in restoring the prestige of the United States Championship by putting on show-stealing matches on a week-to-week basis.
Fans understandably expected WWE would allow Hayes to do that once more at WrestleMania, but as of right now Hayes is set to sit out of a second-straight WrestleMania.
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