The Mystery & Mayhem of Malakai Black

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Malakai Black came to AEW with purpose, attacking Arn Anderson and starting something with Cody! He explains how his shocking release from WWE turned into a quick deal with AEW, what it was like hiding out before his debut on AEW DYNAMITE, and how the creative freedom and collaborative locker room have inspired him. Malakai also recounts the origins of his Malakai Black gimmick from his early days as Tommy End to the evolution of Aleister Black and how he used the occult and horror movies to inform his character and matches. He speaks to what he learned from both Shawn Michaels and Terry Taylor, and shares the story behind the Dark Father vignettes at WWE, and how that might have been his undoing. Plus, his favorite match, and the talent he’s most looking forward to working with at AEW.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to Talk His Jericho.
0:14.6	It is the pod of Thunder and Rock and Roll and I've got one of the newest additions to
0:18.3	the AW roster making his talk as Jericho debut and what a splashy his cause Malachi Black
0:24.0	is here explaining how he was able to make his surprise debut so quickly at AEW after
0:30.5	his shocking release from WWE.
0:32.9	He's talking about his time in WWE, what he learned from Shawn Michaels, Terry Taylor
0:37.8	and Paul Heyman, why he calls Ricochet his favorite tag team partner and who he's
0:42.1	looking forward to working with at AEW.
0:45.0	Malachi also talks about the resting scene in Holland where he's originally from his
0:49.3	fascination with religion, the occult and horror movies and how all of that led to the
0:53.9	creation of Allister Black and the dark father Vignettes which of course led to Malachi
0:59.1	Black who is coming up here on Talk His Jericho and so as Fuzzy saved the World Tour we've
1:04.4	got one more festival date this Saturday, August 7th at Brought Days in Shaboyeon, Wisconsin
1:09.8	and then we got a couple weeks to get everything together and to sell those final tickets for
1:13.2	the save the World Tour starts in Columbus in September 2nd, then we go to Joliet, Illinois,
1:19.0	Elvida, Illinois, Kansasville, Wisconsin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania all the way through to October
1:25.1	9th in Orlando at the Earth Day birthday, get all your tickets at FuzzyRock.com, Royal
1:30.3	Bliss and through Fire are going to be joining us.
1:33.1	There's a few tickets left for I think only about eight shows now for the Fuzzy VIP experience.
1:38.9	Don't miss out on this, you got a chance to hang out with us and hear some songs that
1:42.3	you're not going to hear later that night as we do a private sound check concert just
1:45.6	for you.
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