Aleister Black Says He Loved Being In AEW, Refutes Claims He Refused To Lose

Aleister Black re-joined WWE earlier this year after exiting from AEW, ending a four year stay with the promotion. Prior to leaving AEW, there were rumours circulating that Black wanted to leave the company, and also that he refused to lose certain matches. Black has finally broken silence on his AEW run, revealing the false narratives that emerged during his time there. 

Speaking on The Ringer’s Masked Man Show, Black opened up on his time in the promotion. 

“One of the things, they’re like, ‘Oh, he never wanted to be in AEW.’ That’s completely false. That’s absolutely not true. I had a great time in AEW. I had a lot of fun. Did I do everything that I wanted to do? No, but that’s okay. Because at the end of the day, it’s not my company. I don’t have any say.

“And it’s the same way for all the, ‘He didn’t want to lay down for people.’ If you really think that I have so much pull in the company that I can say who I’m not going to go up against or lay down against, you think I’m going to not, like, vouch for myself and put myself in the main events and stuff? You think I’m going to politic for — oh, I’m not going to lay down for this person.”

He noted that returning to WWE was a calculated business decision after listening to both sides. Black also touched on not competing in singles matches in AEW, explaining that this was solely due to Tony Khan wanting him in the trios division. He did note that competing against Adam Copeland was one of the "funnest things" he’s done in wrestling. 

H/T F4WOnline

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