Malakai Black has been a part of AEW since 2021, but reports are growing that his time with the company is ending. Amid talk of an imminent WWE return, there was a potential tease for the former NXT Champion during the January 20, edition of Monday Night Raw.
In a backstage segment, Chad Gable seeked the Judgment Day’s help to deal with his ‘lucha problem.’ Dominik Mysterio was willing to help and offered Mysterio a piece of paper with the name of someone who’d help. While the name wasn’t shown, Gable was pleased and proclaimed that he’d be trained in the ‘Dark Arts’ of Lucha Libre.
Gable’s comments about learning the ‘dark arts’ has led some to speculate that this is a tease for Malakai Black. Though the Dutch wrestler is not a luchador, he does own and operate the ‘Dark Arts’ wrestling school and gym alongside his wife Zelina Vega. In 2022, Black said that WWE’s Performance Center helped inspire ‘Dark Arts’ saying that the Orlando facility uses a “system that works really well with the correct discipline.”
AEW Teases House of Black’s Future Without Malakai Black
Ideas for Black’s return to WWE are already being discussed, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has reported, with fans expecting a big push should he come back. Several AEW alum have received notable pushes in WWE including Ethan Page, Jade Cargill, and reigning Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. Stay tuned to SEScoops for the latest on Malakai Black as anticipation grows about a potential return to WWE.