Malakai Black Criticizes ‘Bipolar’ 50-50 Booking In WWE

In an interview with the Squared Circle Pit podcast (via Wrestling Inc), Malakai Black spoke about his decision to sign with AEW and criticized the ‘bipolar’ 50-50 booking in WWE. Here are highlights:

On his thoughts after being released from WWE: “That [joining AEW] was the immediate thought process. I was sick of it, even before everything went down. I loved my time in NXT, but I felt I did nothing of importance on the main roster. It was too much bipolar 50-50 booking, they would push me and pull me off TV.”

On WWE’s current product: “Honestly, that’s [50-50 booking] the entire product right now. There’s nothing really consistent. Everything changes week to week, or is done to the point of beating it to death.”

On Zelina Vega’s reaction to his release: “It’s funny, but as soon as I got released, my wife started crying. And I actually started laughing because they built me up for 5-6 weeks, they made me come back [to SmackDown], and now they’re pulling me off TV again? I just couldn’t take the whole situation seriously anymore. I realized that this was not worth it anymore. I felt huge relief and just started laughing, and I immediately knew that was the feeling of freedom, and not having to deal with it anymore.”

On @SquaredCirclPit, @TommyEnd revealed when he got the news of his release, his wife cried but he couldn’t help but laugh. He said @AEW was the plan from the moment he got the news.

Listen to the whole interview: https://t.co/9cO4QBjVfU
Watch: https://t.co/xZM9lVpxXa pic.twitter.com/EWtbMtSbdX

— Metal Injection (@metalinjection) July 20, 2021