Grayson Waller simply broke his silence after his loss to a SmackDown debutant final week.

Carmelo Hayes has been on a roll ever since he first debuted in NXT. He has confirmed himself within the ring and has been one of the entertaining stars within the firm. His abilities helped him seize the NXT North American Champion after a short while within the firm.

Carmelo Hayes then went on to defeat Bron Breakker earlier this 12 months to win his first NXT Championship. Given his accolades, it ought to come as no shock that he was Shawn Michaels’ option to symbolize NXT in the USA Championship contenders event.

Hayes took half within the first spherical match of the event final week in opposition to Grayson Waller. After a hard-fought battle, Hayes was in a position to decide up the win. Following the devastating loss, Waller has now damaged his silence on social media.

“Aussie Icon,” acknowledged Waller.

Try his put up right here:

Carmelo Hayes criticized for underselling transfer in match in opposition to Grayson Waller

Throughout their match on SmackDown, Waller pulled out all of the stops. He even carried out a transfer followers hadn’t seen from him when he did a flip and planted Carmelo Hayes on his head. Whereas the transfer seemed devastating, it did not finish the match. In reality, Hayes was in a position to get better rapidly.

Invoice Apter was fast to criticize Hayes for underselling the transfer on a current episode of Smack Speak. He appeared baffled that Hayes was in a position to get better so rapidly.

“It was wrong, though, to a point. When I saw that move, and Carmelo makes a comeback after that move, that looked like it broke his head. That would send anybody to unconsciousness. And I was like, that’s it, Waller’s going to win this thing. Carmelo kicks out, and he’s dazed for a little bit, and he is doing flying moves and everything. I’m like, ‘How can he do that after that move?’ That was a devastating move!” [From 24:12 to 24:46]