{"id":1005912,"date":"2026-08-17T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1005912\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T05:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:41:16","slug":"rumor-roundup-malakai-blacks-future-la-knight-alexa-bliss-el-grande-americano-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1005912\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor Roundup: Malakai Black\u2019s future, LA Knight, Alexa Bliss, El Grande Americano, more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let\u2019s get right to the getting on the first work day of the new week.<\/p>\n<p>Lead rumor: Malakai Black\u2019s future<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It was just a few days ago that Malakai Black released a video teasing out the evolution of his character. Then, bam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/468419\/fully-bald-aleister-black-takes-his-first-post-wwe-booking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he\u2019s bald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Then we learned he\u2019ll be working in Progress Wrestling for its upcoming Odyssey Tour, and he\u2019s using the Malakai Black name, the same one he used in AEW. But it\u2019s still unclear if he\u2019s heading back to AEW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That\u2019s the word from <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfulselect.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fightful Select<\/a>, who say they haven\u2019t heard that so far. What they have heard, however, is that Black had some contact with MLW shortly after he was released by WWE. The conversations apparently didn\u2019t get far but they didn\u2019t break down either and the two sides are on good terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">He is now a full fledged free agent who can sign anywhere. Despite that, talks with MLW have yet to pick up again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The wait on his next move continues.<\/p>\n<p>Other rumors floating around<\/p>\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1upudxki _1kyuonb0 _1mt21p01\">\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">Vince Russo claimed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=87KX0D1z0SU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Veal<\/a> that he was \u201ctold by one of the boys that Triple H does not like LA Knight.\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">During a chat with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cS4A2_SZzAA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wombeezy<\/a>, Joe Gacy said there were talks of Alexa Bliss joining The Wyatt Sicks during the group\u2019s early days.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">For what it\u2019s worth, Chad Gable told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MiFNMSoSuWo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WittyWhittier<\/a> that the El Grande Americano character was his idea and came about because he was \u201cwanting to kind of put more into a story that I was already involved in with these luchadors, and I wanted to take it to another level.\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">TNA has interest in Josh Bishop, says <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfulselect.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fightful Select<\/a>. He\u2019s done work in 4th Rope Wrestling and recently had a WWE tryout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Share what you\u2019ve got, folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s get right to the getting on the first work day of the new week. 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