Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling is reporting through
his Select service that Malakai Black is finishing up his
commitments with AEW and is departing the company.

There were reports in late 2022 that Black had asked for his
AEW release but he denied those rumors, saying he vanished a
little bit from TV to “recalibrate” his life.

The former NXT champion made his AEW debut in July 2021 and
later assembled the House of Black with Brody King and Buddy
Matthews. The only title he won in the promotion was the AEW
Trios title with his House of Black teammates.

It’s unclear when his contract is actually ending with AEW
and what his future will look like after he is
contractually-free from the company.

Black is the husband of Zelina Vega who is currently in WWE
as part of the LWO.