Aleister Black may be out of action for a while after a storyline on Raw this past Monday saw him being brutalised by Seth Rollins and disciple Murphy following a single’s match with the “Monday Night Messiah.”
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Until the defeat, Black had enjoyed a long undefeated streak on Monday Night Raw (which was not mentioned), and was held in high regard by former Raw Executive Director Paul Heyman, who was of course relieved of duties.
Since Heyman has departed the scene, Black has not been booked strongly and Tom Colohue has elaborated on why that may be the case:
“It was definitely a big defeat to take even though it was like to a big name like Seth Rollins. He was slightly protected because of the interference from Buddy Murphy. Things have really changed in the last couple of weeks for Aleister Black. Now Paul Heyman definitely loved him and Aleister Black was really the headline of the show for him. Every week, he would be having a half an hour match in the opening minutes.”
“To my knowledge, it is Vince McMahon who has mixed opinions shall we say. Vince added that creek to the entrance when he leverages up and now he has removed the entrance all together. We haven’t seen the Aleister Black entrance in a long time. To put it bluntly, Vince thinks that there’s something missing about Aleister Black. It’s similar to how he feels about Cesaro. Keep an eye on this one because we all know how that went. “
If Vince McMahon is souring on Black, is he right to and is there something missing with him?
Time will tell.
