Aleister Black Says WWE Locker Room Stands Above the Rest

Aleister Black made his shocking return during the April 25 episode of WWE SmackDown and in the month since, Black has become a highlight of WWE programming again and now Black has made it clear he’s happy to be back.

While speaking to The Atomic Drop newsletter, Aleister Black admitted he was nervous at first, but those nerves quickly faded once he got backstage and saw familiar faces. Even though some things had changed behind the scenes, many of the people he first connected with were still there. That mix of familiarity and change made him feel like he was truly back where he belonged.

Black explained that his strong relationships with people like Triple H and Nick Khan helped ease the transition, and he praised the WWE locker room as one of the best he’s been a part of. For Black, being in WWE again feels like coming home and it’s something he says he’s never experienced quite like this before.

“I’ve been thinking about that a lot and I feel like it happened very organically. I think the first day that I came back, like physically being backstage, you know, walking around and talking to people and being quote-unquote reintroduced to the company and stuff like that. It’s strange, right? Because it’s like a mixed feeling of nostalgia and familiarity whilst there is something unknown, because obviously as much as the setup is the same, internally, its guts have been like rearranged if that makes sense, because it’s no longer the same people in charge, but at the same time, it’s the same people that I connected with the first time around. And I remember being very nervous, but then realizing that everything felt the same in the most positive sense and then I was like, why are you so nervous?

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You know all these people. And then at that point, it was really strange. It was like all my anxiety just kind of dropped. And I’m like, yeah, this time around, it’s even better, you know what I mean? Because I’ve always had a good relationship with Triple H, and I get along great with Nick Khan, and the locker room is something that I’ve always preached about, how fantastic the boys are in WWE. And it just really felt good, it felt like coming home, and I know that sounds somewhat cliché, but I’ve never experienced that feeling of coming home in that sense, and I think that was the first time I could ever say it felt like coming home and everything made sense again. I was in that system for eight years and it is a completely different system than anything else. Nothing is like WWE, no locker room I’ve ever been in, and it just felt like this is what it’s supposed to be for me, you know?”

After spending four years away from WWE, he’s happy to be back in the WWE system, where everything just clicks for him. With renewed excitement, he’s ready to move forward and make an impact once again.

“I was really excited to be back, of course, and like I said initially, it’s a little bit anxiety-driven. But then once you walk around and you get a feel of everything, you’ll say to yourself, hey man, you know all these people, you know all this and everybody’s just going around doing what they always do and everything is just right, it works, everything runs so smoothly. Then, we get ready for the show, and here we go, rock and roll, everybody’s heading in the same direction and that’s just a really good feeling.”

Aleister Black is just happy to be back in a system that’s obviously familiar but very different as well. Therefore, we’ll have to wait and see how WWE will continue to book him in the coming weeks, as fans are glad he’s a regular part of WWE programming again.

How do you feel about Aleister Black’s return to WWE? Do you think this second run will be even more successful than his first? Sound off in the comments!