This pains me to say, but the series between Andrade and Carmelo Hayes has officially gotten old, and it looks like we’re going to a best of seven series. These guys eat and leave no crumbs every single match they have, and maybe it’s just me, but after six matches, pretty much week-after-week at this point, I’m losing sight of what WWE is trying to do here. Both of these guys deserve so much more within WWE, and it’s excellent they’re showing their talents against each other, but goodness, is it ever time to move on, and I honestly can’t recall the last time WWE went into a “best of seven” for a feud.

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Of course, it hasn’t been completely based around just Hayes and Andrade, there’s United States Champion LA Knight in there as well. Andrade had a match against Knight last week for the title, which Andrade lost, but everything seemed just fine between them after that match. Andrade went for a handshake, I believe Knight gave him a fist bump, and at the slightest and if my memory isn’t serving my correctly, at least there wasn’t a brawl or anything and the pair left the ring without any kind of post-match squabble. But, Andrade brought that back around as well, pretty much for no reason, but telling Knight he didn’t respect him anymore for not shaking his hand. While, yes, I understand why Andrade would want to be traditional when it comes to an in-ring handshake after a match, come on, WWE. You couldn’t think of a better storyline for Andrade? I just couldn’t help but think to myself, once again, that he deserves more in the company.

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What I’m hoping a match next week, or the week after, once Bad Blood is in the books, is that Andrade and Hayes have their final match, now that their series is tied six-six. The winner of that match, which I’d imagine would be Hayes since Andrade has had his shot, faces Knight on another episode of “SmackDown,” because I think all of this has run its course to even be a premium live event match at this point. The in-ring caliber that Andrade and Hayes has not dropped a bit since their first match, or even matches, but the storyline aspect just isn’t there for me anymore. This could be completely exacerbated by the fact the blue brand is really lacking in the story department, in my humble opinion, other than what it’s doing with Rhodes, Reigns, and the Bloodline. While I’d love for Andrade versus Hayes to be wrapped with a nice little bow and a US Championship shot for Hayes, I’m not confident in that happening.

Written by Daisy Ruth