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#3 Aleister Black reveals interesting character details after his WWE release

On June 2, 2021, Aleister Black and a few other superstars were released by WWE. The latest batch of WWE releases has shaken up the wrestling world as a whole, with Black being one of the more popular names to be let go by the company.

After much speculation, Aleister Black recently went live on Twitch to clear the air and reveal some interesting details about his WWE character:

"The one thing you have to understand about Aleister, Aleister Black was basically the devil with memory loss. He knew that, you know, he had done something wrong and he felt that he needed to pay for it," said Aleister Black. "And, I always thought it was an interesting concept, like what if, you know, when Lucifer fell to Earth, what if he woke up like 'how did I get here', that was kind of the idea behind Aleister Black. I used a lot of layers in that, you know, so the more angry Aleister became the more he looked like, you know, parts of him were made out of like a demon flesh. That's why the kick pad was like fleshy-looking."

Black also elaborated on how his WWE promos consisted of easter eggs and hints regarding his opponents:

"One of the things that I actually did with the room promos, I don't know if you ever noticed, I didn't have a lot of control over those, I was just new on the main roster. One of the things that I could have control over was certain words, the idea that Aleister had like this small ability to look into the future," Black stated. "He had like precognative abilities, so I would use my opponents ring gear, their colours in my background. So, you know, when I wrestled the Singh brothers, I had pink in the background and I think with Buddy (Murphy) I had like white and goldish or yellowish light in the background. So that would hint at my next opponents."

"And I did all these like, you know, when I sat in the ring and I said I feel like a caged animal, that was hinting at me and (Erick) Rowan, you know, coz he was walking around with that caged animal," Black continued. "So I tried to have a lot of like easter eggs into my backstage promos and stuff like that."

Aleister Black's recent release occurred at a strange time, as his "Dark Father" gimmick was just about to take off on WWE SmackDown.

Apart from the Dutch superstar, other WWE talents released on June 2nd are listed below:

• Braun Strowman
• Lana
• Ruby Riott
• Murphy
• Santana Garrett