In a video shared on his Instagram Stories, Malakai Black addressed his AEW status amid reports of his potential AEW departure following last night’s episode of Dynamite.
During their match on Wednesday’s show, Black called for the finish and hugged Adam Cole after the bout instead of taking a handshake. There was speculation backstage that this was a “send-off” of sorts.
Black clarified on social media that he is neither retiring nor leaving AEW and is not currently injured.
He said, “Here we are once more. The match is done and again everybody is, ‘Oh, he’s retiring. He’s retiring because of his injuries,’ and this and that. I’m neither of these things. I’m not injured, nor am I retiring, nor am I leaving. I feel this happens every match I have and I don’t understand how many times you’re going to say these things and them not happening and people are going to fall for that. I haven’t been injured for more than three years. I’m referring to my back injury, of course, and I only posted about that after it was done. I’m fine. I’ve been fine for the longest time. I would really appreciate it if that stuff stops. If I’m going to retire, you’re going to hear it from me and not after Adam cuts a promo as a thank you for the match because that’s all it was.”
