AEW Star Disenchanted With Role In Company
A veteran AEW wrestler appears to be disenchanted by how the company has been using him.
Malakai Black has been a part of AEW since July 2021 after he was released by WWE. Since joining AEW, Black has mostly been used in the House of Black group with Brody King, Buddy Matthews, and Julia Hart. The House of Black group are former AEW Trios World Tag Team Champions.
As a singles wrestler, Black has faced some tough competition and even challenged for the TNT Title when Adam Copeland was champion, but Black failed to win the gold.
On AEW Dynamite, Adam Cole beat Malakai Black in a singles match that was very competitive, but it also had an obvious result with Cole winning.
While speaking about Black’s role in AEW, legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross claimed on his Grilling JR podcast on Adfreeshows that Black appears to be “disenchanted” in the company.
“You didn’t get enough consistency. He could have been more deeply woven into the storylines over time. He’s one of my favorite characters. He’s a smart guy. He’s a hell of a worker. He can be a babyface or a heel. Wherever he’s going to go, he’s going to make money and he’s going to be an asset to any company that he works for.”
“I talked to him a couple of pay-per-views ago, and he didn’t tell me this, but you could tell he was a little disenchanted. I mean, God Almighty. Think about this. They work a day a week. They wrestle a day a week for AEW, maybe two if they get booked on both the Saturday show and the Wednesday show, but that didn’t happen that much. If it did, you’d be working two days a week. I think his future is always going to be bright. He’s a creative guy.”
Malakai Black Denies He Is Leaving AEW
After Malakai Black lost to Adam Cole on Dynamite, Cole wanted a handshake and instead, Black hugged him. The reaction by Black led to some people thinking that Black was leaving AEW or perhaps even retiring from wrestling.
Since Black was likely bombarded with comments about his future, he put out a video on Instagram making it clear that he was not injured, he was not retired and he was not leaving.