00:23the following contest is scheduled for one call
00:26introducing first from boston massachusetts laying in at 212 pounds carmelo hayes the recent
00:36u.s champ former u.s champ who helped really define that fighting spirit in the honor of that
00:42title in the course of the past year and it's good to have him back and wade melo knows exactly
00:47what it's like to be the new guy who everybody's talking about the hot shot once labeled the number
00:53one draft pick who grew out of that phase of untamed arrogance and now is mature and is well
01:00respected yeah no doubt about it i was highly critical of that u.s open challenge that melo
01:06was running it's no surprise to me that post losing that championship prior to wrestlemania
01:13melo i think quite smartly has taken several weeks off to rest recover recuperate get back to 100
01:21percent and now presumably launching assault to get back to the goal
01:41and here's the boat from new orleans louisiana laying in at 210 pounds absolute ricky
01:51saints yes from new orleans the crescent city charmer been an interesting past few weeks away with
01:59ricky saints really stamping himself as one to watch on this smackdown roster stepped to cody
02:04back on may 1st gave him a good showing and then last week defeated matt cardona and now the former
02:09nxt champion with his third straight match yeah no doubt about it an absolute spotlight hog perhaps
02:17that's where the nickname comes from but ricky saints here has made a real name for himself in short
02:24time here hell of a performance as you mentioned against cody albeit a losing one but scoring a
02:29major victory last week against cardona and now demanding opportunities at gold the same opportunities
02:37that carmelo hayes is looking for so perhaps the winner of this match might be knocking on gm nick
02:43holders his doors and making some demands but carmelo hayes big big error there right off the bat do not
02:51turn your back on ricky saints absolute ricky saints wasting no time all over mellow
03:03now mellow showing him that speed and athleticism yeah and mellow needs to show along tonight because
03:08it's one thing being the new kid on the block as mellow was the past couple of years and as
03:13you
03:13mentioned he's graduated out of that now but now fresh blood is coming in i'm looking to take your
03:20spot steal your thunder and mellow needs a dub here tonight i agree with what you said earlier about that
03:27stretch he was on how exhausting and how much it can take out of you as he was putting forth
03:32that open
03:33challenge and saying yes time and time again to everything that was put in front of him now
03:38refreshed reset and ready people love fighting spirit they love guys who leave it all on the
03:45mat every single night and never turn down a fight but the truth is it never leads to a long
03:50championship reign and mellow he got several months out of it and it was damn impressive
03:56exhilarating several months but ultimately cost himself in the end and i will say he lost that
04:03championship to zayn pre wrestlemania in incredibly dubious fashion so i'm not surprised he wants
04:10another stab at getting the goal back now held of course by trick willie a former friend partner
04:17confidant of his from nxt and what a match of that could potentially be old school delivery from
04:22ricky saints yeah just asked him proud about trick williams and that u.s championship that well here
04:28we go joe welcome to friday night saints continue my bad man who says i'm the one and there's no
04:37debate
04:39right now ricky saints stamping his authority all over this match and with it perhaps this division here
04:47highly contested united states championship has been hot potato to several lands oh springboard leg drop
04:56mellow yeah anything you can do saints i can do better i wrote the book on this kind of thing
05:03mellow now really coming into his own up and over wow did you see the height and the distance
05:10carmelo hayes is back
05:31first match since carmelo hayes since that u.s championship match that we cited back in early
05:39april against sammy zayn two former nxt champions ricky saints and carmelo hayes
05:46two men who dominated their respective eras in nxt looking to continue that domination here
05:53under the blue brand but ricky saints has more than a few dirty tricks up his sleeve and now mellow
06:00is getting fully acquainted with each one of them sequentially here and that is a real stinger to the jaw
06:11and no slowing down whatsoever from ricky saints simply goading this audience absorbing the booze and
06:19delivering further punishment to that neck and jaw area on carmelo hayes and come on really ricky
06:28i mean the kid should have shut his mouth no not really he's enjoying himself tang fan half a blast
06:33here
06:35how about that chop from mellow massive boot i mean massive boot from saints and level survives it
06:44saints using the ropes for extra leverage on that boot and it certainly stung mellow in a big way just
06:49when
06:50mellow was looking to rally who's buying himself a little opportunity to get a foothold back in this
06:56match but snuffed away immediately and you have to respect respect the smarts and the movement of ricky
07:03saints lateral press and that's one of the issues for mellow here it's rare he's in the ring with someone
07:10who is an equal mover to him and ricky saints certainly encapsulates the great movers now in wwe
07:18just as fluid as water
07:27oh he eats that big elbow that was smart from mellow to size it up and track him coming mellow
07:32just about
07:33able to put the brakes on in time and attempt to turn this thing around but there's a major grimace
07:38on the face of carmelo hayes absorbed a lot of abuse over the past several minutes and it's starting
07:44to slow mellow down that could cost it oh saints returning with that clothesline
07:52and he hooks the leg and you can just tell carmelo hayes over the past two or three minutes just
07:58half
07:59a step slower to the usual carmelo hayes that we are used to it now ricky saints fully aware of
08:06that
08:06is not gonna give mellow any letter whatsoever
08:17a little extra pepper on every single shot from saints here
08:31ricky saints climbing up to meet carmelo hayes ricky the new hot shot on the roster not long ago
08:36carmelo was now they meet here in south carolina great night of friday night smackdown
08:43nice reversal just in the nick of time there from carmelo hayes
08:48and we know when carmelo hayes goes airborne bad things happen to opponents frog splash
08:56mellow took some damage as well
08:59saints kicks out of it yeah a pin but not the greatest pin of carmelo hayes's career and look at
09:06the hang time the height on this injuring himself upon the landing and that's why no leg was hooked
09:12no pin was tightly stacked and perhaps why ricky saints is still alive in this one but both men
09:18desperately sucking a win with busted up ribs
09:26oh he's looking for first 48 instead he eats a big right hand from ricky saints
09:37how did memo survive that a nasty high angle driver there right on the neck and shoulders i think of
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10:13ago by absolute ricky saints third straight week we have seen ricky saints
10:20in action here on smackdown since joining the roster
10:23yeah carmelo hayes has not looked right ever since i'm astounded he's even in this match after
10:29such a hellacious landing but there's that fighting spirit we know and love from carmelo hayes
10:36is able to break free it's a wobbled hayes but he's fighting back with everything he's got we know the
10:42drive this man has
10:44huh there's that movement back once again oh and he's just level saints
10:49and finally perhaps reinvigorated is the former united states champion
11:02oh man oh man that springboard cat-like reflexes from carmelo hayes who suddenly looks
11:11renewed and back to his best we're going to close in on an opportunity to stake a claim
11:18at the united states championship opportunity his ability to rally is always so impressive
11:23dirty diana but it doesn't do it yeah that was a late late kick out there from ricky saints who
11:31is now in
11:32big trouble and carmelo hayes knows it a flush landing
11:36overhead first and this time a nicely hugged pin from carmelo hayes not quite enough but the end may be
11:45nigh for ricky saints and his u.s championship aspirations
11:55and here the let's go mellow chant here in columbia south carolina
12:01ricky saints looks to lock him up here and deny it
12:06oh look at the roll up here
12:09shoulders up down shoulders are down there
12:12both men going counter for counter on that one
12:20slams him down with such force
12:26and this is new territory now for ricky saints who knows historically in his career
12:33hit somebody with this level of offense you get a win be it nxt or elsewhere but this is a
12:40very
12:40different level now this is the top level and ricky saints needs a little something extra here
12:46and that's why the frustration is seeping out of him yeah you can see the frustration the body language
12:52each action he has been taken to be with the very best here no one more motivated than carmelo hayes
13:01but
13:01carmelo hayes starting to look like a beaten man here getting stopped by ricky saints
13:06that kick he just took even there down on the mat
13:12looking for that revolution ddt mellow slipped out of there but instead he finds out what a first 48
13:19taste like saint survives that
13:27just see both men and not able to hit their boobs as crisply as they are used to
13:33attempt there from ricky saints but the body not cooperating capitalized on by mellow
13:41and now historically first 48 doesn't work we go up top and we try something major
13:49that body of mellow simply not climbing up there particularly fast saints able to get out of the way
13:59there it is revolution ddt oh hayes was able to roll over the top and get the shoulders up
14:10and that disbelief and frustration on ricky saints further compounded here
14:19saints he's going for the big one but denied by carmelo hayes and this has turned into a major
14:24struggle he was setting him up for rochambeau
14:32oh face first right to the corner shoulders down using the leverage using the leverage of the top rope
14:40and that's why charles robertson is the best in the business veteran referee
14:52that's great work meanwhile
14:54here is your winner carmelo hayes
15:05well carmelo hayes has been the victim of several misfortunes in his past few matches finally getting
15:13one back and outsmarting ricky saints and perhaps that will earn carmelo hayes a future opportunity of
15:21trip willie's u.s title but i dread to think where the mind of ricky saints is going to go
15:27after that
15:29look at how frustrated saints are still complaining
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