Who In WWE Pushed For Malakai Black Before AEW Move

Who In WWE Pushed For Malakai Black Before AEW Move AEW

WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff has revealed that Paul Heyman was ‘overly aggressive’ in pushing Malakai Black in WWE.

Speculation has mounted that Black could be heading back to WWE after his AEW contract expires in February or March 2025.

Eric Bischoff addressed the options for the former AEW World Trios Champion on 83 Weeks, saying:

“Look at the content that they have to produce. It’s a lot of content to fill. You’ve got ‘SmackDown’ and now you’ve got The CW. Yes, it’s a small network, but that’s an opportunity.

“You’ll probably see a lot of stars that might’ve otherwise been exclusive to ‘Raw’ or ‘SmackDown,’ and I think Malakai Black would be a great character.

“But I met Malakai in 2019, and Paul Heyman was very high on Malakai, almost like overly aggressive about trying to push him. Paul spent hours and hours and hours in catering, talking with Malakai, helping Malakai understand his character.”

It was recently reported that Malakai Black has “influential” support in WWE for a potential return as a top singles wrestler.

Bischoff would also note that WWE has a “lot of content to fill” with NXT being on CW, SmackDown on USA Network and Raw on Netflix.

He suggested that NXT could build an audience on The CW Network as there was little other notable content on the channel in 2025.

Recently, in AEW, it appeared that the remaining members of the House of Black faction would be going their separate ways with their leader absent from television.

During his run in WWE, the then-Aleister Black held the NXT Championship  and was drafted to Raw in 2019, remaining on the main roster until his release in June 2021.

He would debut in AEW at the Road Rager episode of Dynamite on July 7, 2021 and was last seen in the ring at the November 23 2024 Full Gear.

Transcript from Wrestling Inc.

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