Sami Zayn’s United States title win over Carmelo Hayes receives negative feedback from fans
As seen during the March 27th 2026 edition of WWE SmackDown, Sami Zayn defeated Carmelo Hayes to capture the WWE United States title. Zayn will now defend his championship against Trick Williams at WrestleMania 42.
Zayn’s win over Carmelo drew a notably negative reaction on YouTube, with the video receiving 12,000 dislikes compared to 8,000 likes. Fan backlash was evident in the comments, with viewers writing, “So we just couldn’t do Carmelo VS Trick at Mania my gosh man🤦🏽♂️,” “Poor Carmelo Hayes 💔😭🥺,” “The ‘underdog’ strikes again,” and “Ruthless Depression.”
The episode of SmackDown has an overall rating of just 1.74 on the Cagematch.net wrestling database.
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