Aug 13, 2:15 PM
Fully bald Aleister Black takes his first post-WWE booking
Cageside Seats
Last week, former WWE star Aleister Black (who was also AEW star Malakai Black for a few years) released a video teasing an evolution of his character. Beyond a thumbnail image that read “I am my death” we see Black strugglingly mentally and emotionally, a state we’re meant to infer was brought about by his second WWE release back in April. Excellently-named Cagesider Beato Puente interpreted Black’s video much more generously than I did, describing it thusly: [Black] is giving himself the permission to take off the mask of things being “okay” and allow himself to feel the anger at this turn in his life. He is stripping himself of the things that made him feel powerful because now they are empty and leave him sapped. The one thing that was clear at the end of the teaser clip? The wrestler formerly known as Aleister Black/Malakai Black is now full bald. Updated promo shots haven’t be finalized yet though, however. Because in his first announced booking of his latest independent run, Bl