Malakai Black is currently signed to AEW, where he performs under the ring name Malakai Black and is one-third of the current AEW World Trios Champion alongside fellow House of Black members Brody King and Buddy Matthews in their first reign.
22 Facts About Malakai Black
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Malakai Black is known for his time in WWE, where he performed as Aleister Black from 2017 to 2021.
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Malakai Black won the NXT Champion once and the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic once before he was moved to the Raw brand, and was later drafted to the SmackDown brand.
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Malakai Black then appeared sporadically before being released in 2021, and joined AEW a month later.
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Malakai Black has an extensive background in martial arts, having trained in kickboxing, pencak silat, and muay thai, all of which he would later incorporate into his wrestling style.
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Malakai Black wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan and Combat Zone Wrestling, Evolve, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in the United States.
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Malakai Black held numerous championships and is a former wXw Unified World Heavyweight Champion, wXw World Light Heavyweight Champion, wXw World Tag Team Champion, ICW Tag Team Champion, and Progress Tag Team Champion.
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Malakai Black then began a feud with Velveteen Dream, where Dream constantly stalked and harassed Malakai Black in order for him to say his name.
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At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on 27 January 2018, Malakai Black defeated Adam Cole in an Extreme Rules match.
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At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix on 26 January 2019, Malakai Black failed to regain the NXT Championship from Tommaso Ciampa.
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In March, Malakai Black formed a tag team with Ricochet and the two competed in the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, which they won after defeating The Forgotten Sons in the finals.
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On 18 February 2019, Malakai Black made his official Raw debut, defeating Elias.
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Malakai Black continued his team with Ricochet, and the duo competed in a Raw Tag Team Championship match at Fastlane that featured Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, and The Revival, but failed to win.
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Malakai Black then began appearing in ominous backstage promos in a dark room, awaiting a challenger.
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At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on 26 January 2020, Malakai Black entered the Royal Rumble match at number 28, but was eliminated by Seth Rollins.
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At WrestleMania 36, on night two of the event, Malakai Black defeated Bobby Lashley after an accidental distraction by Lashley's manager and in-storyline wife Lana.
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Malakai Black failed to win the match, which was notable for a sequence where Malakai Black and Rey Mysterio were thrown off the roof by Baron Corbin.
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However, following the draft, Malakai Black would disappear from television for six months.
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At Revolution on March 5,2023, The House of Malakai Black defeated The Elite to become the AEW World Trios Championship.
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Budgen, as Malakai Black, returned to Pro Wrestling Guerrilla during its Mystery Vortex 7 event in August 2021.
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Malakai Black later announced that he would be appearing at PWG's upcoming Threemendous show.
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At that event, the Kings of the Malakai Black Throne defeated Flamita and Malakai Black Taurus for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship.