“He Didn’t Need My Help” – Carmelo Hayes Details Cody Rhodes Unintentionally Helping Him During the Latter’s Road to Recovery

WWE superstar Cody Rhodes has been ruling the hearts since his Hell in a Cell match last year, where he battled through a torn pectoral muscle injury. He is currently one of the most loved superstars by the WWE Universe. Not only the fans but even the budding wrestling talents just can’t stop swooning over the ‘American Nightmare’.

Several young wrestlers have come forward and revealed how Rhodes helped them push their careers in the right direction. And now the current NXT champion Carmelo Hayes has also joined this list. In his recent interview, Hayes detailed how Cody Rhodes unintentionally helped to carve his niche among all other talented wrestlers.

NXT champion opens up about Cody Rhodes helping him

Recently the NXT champion Carmelo Hayes appeared on the podcast ‘Cheap Heat’ as a special guest. During the podcast, a segment came when he discussed the time when he was asked to help Cody Rhodes in training while he recovering from his torn pec injury.

Hayes mentioned that the staff told him that Cody Rhodes has requested to train with him and another NXT talent Joe Gacy. He said that he was excited to work with the ‘American Nightmare’ as he had always given him critiques on his work.

Talking to the host, Carmelo Hayes said, “They had mentioned to me, ‘Cody requested to train with you and Joe Gacy’. And I was like, ‘Oh shoot, cool’. Cody had reached out to me two or three times before…… Just giving me critiques on my work and stuff like that.”

The 28-year-old NXT champion further said that he and Gacy learned a lot while working with Rhodes. Hayes even mentioned that Cody Rhodes keeps on telling everyone that they helped him a lot but instead, he was the real helper.

“I learned a lot from Cody in that time working with him. He was fine. He didn’t need my help. I just think he needed clearance from medical to go through. We worked for three or four days. We did matches on the fly and were just having fun. Coming up with ideas like we have a match. He was helping me on my stuff. It was the little things. I credit Cody a lot. He’s like, ‘Melo and Joe Gacy helped me,’ No, he helped me a lot, actually,”, Hayes continued.

Currently, Cody Rhodes is focusing on his upcoming match with ‘The Beast’ Brock Lesnar at WWE Night of Champions. Both stars have been feuding since Lesnar betrayed Rhodes before their tag team match against Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa at Monday Night Raw after Mania.

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And if we talk about Carmelo Hayes, then is the reigning NXT. He won the championship last month by defeating Bron Breakker at NXT Stand and Deliver. He is winning fans’ hearts with his phenomenal in-ring performances.

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