The former NXT Champion Aleister Black (now known as Malakai Black) released by WWE on June 2nd, 2021. Before his release, Black seemingly started feud with Big E but surprisingly he got company released him.
On his recent appearance on Wrestling Daily podcast, Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT revealed that WWE originally had plans to have match between Aleister Black and Big E at Summer Slam 2021.
“TalkSPORT’s Alex McCarthy exclusively revealed on Wrestling Daily – part of the WrestleTalk network – that there were plans for Black to face Big E at SummerSlam.” (H/T: WrestleTalk).
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