We’re a few days removed from NXT Vengeance Day – the latest show from WWE’s developmental brand, and their first time on the road in nearly a year. From top to bottom, fans got to see the determination and skill from rising stars, and one name that fans of the WWE main roster know well in Apollo Crews. He would meet Carmelo Hayes in a Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls match, which ended 2-0 for Hayes, which might have been a mistake.
Carmelo Hayes Felt The Match Needed A Fall In Favour Of Apollo Crews
While appearing on Busted Open Radio – Carmelo Hayes would reflect upon the match with Crews from Saturday evening – and gave his thoughts on how it could have been better.
“The experience was great. Maybe I’m a perfectionist in my work, but I feel like there were things I could’ve done better. Just the connection I felt with the crowd, there were certain things I could have done different or I could have done better. That was my takeaway, but I’m glad it was received well. There was a lot of pressure going into it because Shawn Michaels had said, ‘you’re gonna steal the show.’ The expectations were already high and I’m glad we met his expectations.
I feel we could have put the stipulation of the match over better. An issue, in my mind, is that a lot of people are so programmed to see one fall, one fall, and then go to a third. I don’t think people were expecting I was going to to get the two falls. As I’m listening to the crowd, I’m thinking, ‘they’re about ready for an Apollo fall at this point.’ I felt like there were those down moments where they weren’t coming because they were like, ‘when is Apollo going to get his falls so we can really get cooking here.’ That’s just from a professional standpoint as far as being in there and being involved. I was happy with it. Apollo and I worked hard, we definitely worked hard. I thought all of our stuff was good, but I’m ready to get back out, do it again, and go up that.”
Hayes would end the show by putting himself next in line for NXT Champion Bron Breakker.
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