Malakai Black-AEW udpate (Patreon)

Malakai Black may very well be finishing up with AEW.

On this week's episode of Dynamite, Will Ospreay defeated Buddy Matthews and encouraged him to step out of the shadow of Malakai Black. This led to much inquiry regarding Malakai Black's status in AEW. Those that we spoke to in the company were of the belief that he was finishing up with AEW if he hadn't already. They did not clarify if he'd be appearing on TV again.

Fightful Select reported that there were option years after 2024. Tony Khan had previously noted that he had Malakai Black under contract until 2027.

To be clear, we can't say definitively that Black's contract is up, or that an option had been declined, picked up, or anything transactional.

Malakai Black is still listed on AEW's official website. He's booked for a match at CCW on January 11.