Malakai Black AEW Status Update

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AEW’s Jim Ross has addressed speculation surrounding the future of Malakai Black after talk among fans recently.

Some fans believed Black may have been on his way out of the company after the nature of his recent loss to Adam Cole on Dynamite.

Fightful also reported that some in the company believed Black’s deal could be coming up around the end of 2024 or start of 2025. Black requested his release from AEW in 2022, but it wasn’t granted.

However, Black himself issued a statement on Instagram saying he wasn’t going anywhere, and he’s already appeared on AEW TV a couple of times since the Cole match.

Now, Jim Ross has weighed in and shared an observation from interacting recently with Malakai Black.

On Grilling Jr, noting that Black seemed “a little disenchanted” during a recent conversation, Ross said:

“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 gonna go, he’s gonna make money, and he’s gonna 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, and if a better offer came along that he was comfortable with… because he’s comfortable in AEW, 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 doesn’t happen that much. But if it did, you’d be working two days a week.

“So I don’t know, I think his future’s always gonna be bright. He’s creative. He’s a creative guy. His tattoos are interesting as hell. He’s a very creative guy, likes to express himself. He reminded me, when I first met him, of Jake Roberts with that kinda mystical voodoo s**t.”

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On last night’s Dynamite, Malakai Black and Brody King won a match against FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) to advance to the four-way AEW World Tag Team Championship match at Full Gear 2024.

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