Nick Aldis has done a stellar job as a backstage producer and on-screen general manager of SmackDown, but it's about time he ...

Orange clouds parted to show a shadowy figure on top of a turnbuckle as ambient noise buzzed in the background ... to connect the video package to Malakai Black, who reportedly left AEW back ...

This week on SmackDown, WWE dropped a mystery vignette with a black background and smoke with the number 4 on it. Many are now relating it to a return tease for Malakai Black (Aleister Black).

It was announced a few weeks ago that Aleister Black (AKA Malakai Black ... the number four with smoke and a black background was shown, and many took it as a possible hint of Black's return ...

No wrestlers were shown in the clip, but the number 4 did pop up on screen as smoke filtered in the background ... Malakai in 2021, but making the WWE to AEW jump didn't pay high dividends for Black.

Malakai Black’s contract with AEW expired last month ... The vignette simply showed smoke on a black background, with the number 4 appearing on the screen, which many have taken to be a tease for the ...

Black left WWE in 2021 and has gone by Malakai Black in AEW during his time away ... rising to form the shape of a number four with the faint sound of footsteps in the background. No silhouette shown ...

With AEW releasing names such as Malakai Black, Miro, and Rey Fénix ... In AEW, while he was initially a major signing, he eventually got lost in the shuffle as a background character. Spears’ time in ...

NEW CREEPY VIGNETTE... Black was granted his release from AEW last month after working for the company under the name Malakai Black since the summer of 2021. He was rumored to be WWE bound upon ...