Carmelo Hayes Is The NXT Wrestler In The United States Title Tournament

Carmelo Hayes is the NXT wrestler in the United States Title Tournament – Cageside Seats

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By Geno Mrosko
on December 10, 2023 9:00 p.m

When Logan Paul announced an eight-man tournament to find the next top contender for his United States Championship, he revealed a list of participants that included a mystery man from NXT. We later learned that the mystery man will face Grayson Waller on the first round of next week's episode of Friday Night SmackDown.

Now we know who this NXT wrestler is, as evidenced by the following announcement from Shawn Michaels:

“When it was announced that an NXT Superstar would be competing in the United States Title Tournament on SmackDown, there was a line outside my office door. The man at the top of this line and the man who will represent NXT is Carmelo Hayes.”

Hayes is fresh off a victory over Lexis King last night at the Deadline premium live event in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He ended the night one behind his old pal Trick Williams, who had earned a shot at Ilja Dragunov and the NXT Championship. The story seems to be building toward Hayes turning against Trick Willy, but we can worry about that another time.

For now, he'll make his way to the main roster for a big match on SmackDown this week. We'll have to wait and see if it becomes more than that, but he's certainly up for it.

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