Malakai Black, Rey Fenix WWE updates

Malakai Black should be returning to WWE soon — and WWE is also making plans for the arrival of another former AEW wrestler.

In the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reports that Black (formerly known as Aleister Black in WWE) should be making his WWE return soon. WWE is planning for the arrival of Rey Fenix as well, though there has been no confirmation that Fenix is able to sign with the company yet. Fenix has not wrestled for AEW in more than seven months but had injury time added to his contract last year when he was expected to be headed to WWE.

“Aleister Black should be returning [to WWE] imminently,” Meltzer wrote. “They are making plans for Rey Fenix although there has been no confirmation Fenix has been released from his AEW contract.”

Black, Ricky Starks, and Miro were all let out of their AEW contracts on February 10. Starks has already debuted for WWE as a new NXT signing, while Miro worked his first post-AEW match for Qatar Pro Wrestling last weekend.

Fenix’s brother Penta debuted for WWE this January and has been featured as a singles star on the Raw roster.

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