Trick Williams Is Grateful For His Tension With Carmelo Hayes, Nunzio Note, RAW

During a recent appearance on the “Stay Busy” podcast, WWE NXT World Champion Trick Williams spoke about his tension with former teammate Carmelo Hayes.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On his long-simmering tension with Carmelo Hayes: “I think the cool thing to learn for me…was tension isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes tension is necessary. Like, say working with Melo, if I was just so comfortable, so happy being there and he was so happy that I was there, then I wouldn’t have felt that urge to do what I needed to do. Sometimes that tension of ‘Man…I’ve got to share this space with Melo, but Melo has to share this space with me.’ And the people loved us being together. I enjoyed…we were truly friends, we still are friends.”

On why he’s grateful for the tension: “But…it was crowded, you know what I mean? Because at the end of the day, Carmelo Hayes is a competitor and he wants to be that guy. And at the end of the day, Trick Williams is a competitor, and I will be that guy. And this is what happens. If it wasn’t tension, if it wasn’t uncomfortable, then who knows…I’m grateful for the tension, I’m grateful for the spot I was in when I had to watch Melo do his thing, because I learned a lot in that spot.”

On the reception of his real-life girlfriend Jakara Jackson: “The reception I feel like we both have gotten has been amazing. It’s cool and she’s just a good person, man. Knowing how hard she works, how much time she puts into the craft, and aside from that like selfishly, how she has supported me and everything that I have going on. So to see her get that love reciprocated and how people are drawn to her and love her and appreciate her for her talent, it’s awesome to see … So her being able to show what she can do, it’s just getting started but man, she deserves that moment, and I’m sure this is just the beginning for her.”

The official “WWE Vault” YouTube channel posted never-before-seen footage of Nunzio’s Cruiserweight Title win over Juventud Guerrera in Rome, Italy on November 15, 2005. You can watch that clip below: