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#1 AEW's Malakai Black opens up on final days in WWE

AEW star Malakai Black endured a lot of frustration during his final days in WWE to the point where he felt that it was time to leave the company.

Black sat down with former AEW world champion Chris Jericho on Talk is Jericho and opened up on how he felt like he had "hit a wall" during his last days in WWE. (H/T: Fightful)

"Towards the end of my stint in WWE, I felt it was time to go. I felt they made the decision for me. I told my wife months in advance, 'this isn't working out the way they promised me it was going to work out. I'm going to move on to different things.' I felt like I hit a wall and they don't want to push me over the wall and I wasn't going to keep bumping my head into the wall because eventually, I feel I owe myself more in life. I want to be a player," said Malakai Black.

Black has been a happy man in AEW, enjoying a strong start in Tony Khan's promotion. He attacked Cody Rhodes at AEW Road Rager and a month later, squashed the former TNT Champion in his in-ring debut for the company.

Malakai Black looked like a bigger deal on this episode of Dynamite than on his NXT and Main roster runs combined.

— Juan C. Reneo (@ReneusMeister) August 5, 2021

Many feel WWE dropped the ball with the Dutchman who has everything needed to become a main event attraction.