Malakai Black has finished 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 say he is done with the company.
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, but he is effectively finished in the company.
Malakai Black is still listed on AEW's official website and wrestled for CCW on January 11.
SRS Note: For those confused -- you can be "finished" with a company, without your contract being up. It happens all the time. He's done with the company. We don't have the details when and if his deal is or isn't up
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