Malakai Black update (Patreon)

An update on Malakai Black.

The end of Adam Cole vs. Malakai Black was strange in itself, as Black appeared to call for the finish. After the match, he rejected a handshake, and hugged Adam Cole. Many afterward speculated that it could be a "send off."

We've since heard the match was not a send off and he's scheduled to keep wrestling for AEW. We also have learned what those in AEW believe about his deal.

The word backstage in AEW in recent months was that they believed he could be done towards the end of 2024 or early 2025, if options aren't exercised on AEW's behalf. However, that hasn't been confirmed. Tony Khan himself in 2022 had said that AEW had Malakai Black under contract "for almost five years." However, since then, we've been told that those include option years. When there were rumors that Malakai wanted to go back to WWE in 2022, we're told AEW wasn't interested in letting people out of their deals to go back to WWE, whether it be him or someone else.

He is not expected to be retiring as many speculated online.