NXT champion Carmelo Hayes’ childhood hopes of becoming a professional wrestler were almost derailed before they could take hold — all because of a ninth-grade teacher. Growing up in ...

NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes burned the image of former NXT Tag Team Champion Giovanni Vinci during his Heatwave entrance. The A-Champ has been on a tear since capturing the NXT North ...

The shirt simply reads, "I AM HIM." The new t-shirt immediately caught the attention of former NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes, for whom "I'm him" is something of a mantra. Hayes has even been known to ...

Those were the words Carmelo Hayes — the top draft pick for Smackdown and a former NXT Champion — shared with WWE’s Chief Content Officer, Paul Levesque, as he made his way to the back of ...