Carmelo Hayes, you are a man of honor and loyalty is very rare nowadays.

So hang on. It's very rare nowadays.

So hang on to your friendship with Trick because after the Great American Bash,

here will be all you have left after I for the NXT championship. He will headline. The Great American Bash on Sunday,

Ilia Dragonov's here.

First of all, Ilia, the most important part,

big fan of the goatee.

What made you decide to grow it? Yeah, it was just like trying something new.

So after the match battleground with I jac, I had a cut on my chin

so I couldn't shape myself for a good while and then I just let it grow and I felt like

it's not too bad it actually fitting you like you know we're a German Russian you know, it's not too bad. It's actually fitting, you know, like, you know,

some beer, it's a beer, and it's a beer, and it's adding something to the whole persona

until the whole look, and I just realized, well, I like it.

You like it?

You like it and that's all the matters.

It's a strong look.

It's a strong look and it's a new look for you as well.

NXT in America still feels like a bit of a new look for you.

You are the backbone of

nxt uk and now you're very much amongst things in America how does it differ

the the last the last year or so in

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