Carmelo Hayes After His The Last Time Is Now Tournament Elimination: Head Held High Regardless Of Outcome, Ready For Whatever’s Next

Carmelo Hayes discusses his Last Time Is Now tournament elimination.

The Last Time Is Now tournament has featured several of WWE’s top talents, as well as wrestlers from outside of the companies roster. Carmelo Hayes has featured in the tournament, eliminating Bronson Reed via count out in the first round before meeting Gunther in a quarter final bout on Monday’s WWE RAW. While Hayes would fight the former WWE World Champion as hard as he could, he would come up short and was eliminated from the tournament.

In a new social media post on Monday evening, Hayes noted that he is holding his head high regardless of outcome and is ‘ready for whatever’s next’.

Head held high regardless of outcome. Gave it everything this tournament. Ready for whatever’s next. #MyTimeIsNow

— Carmelo Hayes (@Carmelo_WWE) November 25, 2025

For more on the quarter final bout between Gunther and Hayes, you can read our full article on the match here.

For the full results from Monday’s edition of WWE RAW. You can read more about that here.