Malakai Black Grateful To Cody Rhodes For Putting Him Over In AEW

Malakai Black was released by WWE last year and this disappointed fans immensely. They simply wanted him to be properly utilized in the company but that didn’t happen. He is also grateful to Cody Rhodes in AEW.

Malakai Black immediately made an impact during his AEW debut as he decimated Cody Rhodes. He ended up squashing Cody Rhodes in their first match together as well.

While speaking on the Universal Wrestling Podcast, Malakai Black talked about his feud with Cody Rhodes. Black made it clear he was grateful to Cody Rhodes for putting him over in AEW.

“(Tony Khan) said, ‘Cody (Rhodes) has an idea for that to mesh it in. It’s gonna be you and Cody’ and I just got butterflies, because I was like man, this is Cody Rhodes. It’s not like a small guy. He’s a ‘Rhodes’, it’s a big deal and he did a great job of selling me and making me feel like a star and he did a great job of putting me over and you know, etching my first few months in AEW as being very fruitful and being productive and giving me a sizeable rep and you know, I released that little video prior, the ‘Devil Made Me Do It’ which kind of wove with those black masks and stuff. Everything just kind of trickled into it. It was just fun man. Everything trickled into it and yeah, it was a great time.”

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The House Of Black is currently feuding with Death Triangle on AEW television. We’ll have to see how their feud will be booked in the coming weeks.

h/t POST Wrestling

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