During September 9th, episode of WWE NXT, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa then make their way down to the ring. Ciampa starts off by saying it feels like home and it feels special any time they step in an NXT ring. Ciampa then says it has been ten years since he first tagged with Johnny Gargano as #DIY in NXT. Johnny then says a lot of people forget where they came from. Johnny then says he was NXT for Life and he meant it. Johnny then says they might be on Smackdown, but this is their home. Ciampa then says his last match in NXT he hoped that it wasn’t going to be his last match in NXT. He then says last week Trick Williams.
Trick Williams then makes his way out. Trick then says the greatest NXT superstar of all time is here. Trick then says you got the best of him last week in a two on one situation. Trick then says you are jealous. Trick then says you all are jealous because your NXT crew can’t hang with his NXT crew. Johnny then suggests Trick comes in the ring to show what he did. Trick then says he is not alone.
Carmelo Hayes then makes his way down to the ring. Carmelo then looks at Ciampa and he looks at Gargano. Carmelo then turns his attention to Trick. Hayes then tells Trick since he left, he said a lot of things that are true but a lot of things that are not true. Hayes then says last week he heard Trick talk about how it is his house and that Trick lives here. Hayes then says you say that when you are with two guys who built that house. Hayes then says you say that in the same ring as someone who put renovations on this house. Hayes then says you are just squatting in their house. Hayes then says he is here to to tell Trick that rent is due.
Trick then says he gets it, but Hayes says he isn’t finished yet since he has been gone for a year and a half. Hayes then says the next time you stand in the ring with greats from NXT like them, you take your high heels off at the door and you sit down and touch nothing. He then says you stay quiet while they talk. Johnny then says this is like Philly. Trick then says he gets why they did this. He then says they have been through a lot. He then says he has been talking trash about Hayes. He then says that wasn’t right. He then tells Hayes not to get it twisted. He then says he squats where he wants to squat. He then says this is still his house.
Ciampa then apologizes for interrupting and he wants to know what the situation is between Trick and Hayes. Hayes then tells Ciampa to shut up because this is between him and his bro.
Hayes then says you are the last two to be talking since you are two of the biggest backstabbers. Trick then wants to talk about it. Johnny then says there is a lot of history here, but people want to see two generations of NXT in the biggest tag match in NXT history at Homecoming.
Carmelo Hayes’ last NXT match took place on the April 16, 2024 episode where he lost to Trick in a cage match.
