Below are some top news stories of the day, involving Alex Pereira and Malakai Black.
• UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira attended Friday’s WWE SmackDown and was shown on camera as well.
He met Roman Reigns backstage and exchanged merch with the OTC. You can watch it below:
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira attended WWE SmackDown and met Roman Reigns pic.twitter.com/bIUpHJUgDV
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) November 9, 2024
Roman Reigns thanked Alex Pereira for entertaining him and his family during the pandemic pic.twitter.com/zTNyOE4K1d
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) November 9, 2024
He posed with the United States and Tag Team Titles as well:
Many fans consider Alex to be the MVP of UFC in 2024. He made 3 successful title defenses this year:
UFC 300 – defeated Jamahal Hill via KO (punches)
UFC 303 – defeated Jiří Procházka via TKO (head kick and punches)
UFC 307 – defeated Khalil Rountree Jr. via TKO (punches)
He saved the UFC 303 PPV on two weeks notice, after Conor McGregor pulled out of his fight with Michael Chandler due to an injury.
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• After his loss to Adam Cole on AEW Dynamite, rumors began that Malakai Black (fka Aleister Black in WWE) was leaving All Elite Wrestling.
However, Black shot down those rumors and said he isn’t going anywhere.
On his podcast, AEW Commentator Jim Ross said Malakai didn’t feel happy about his AEW run when he talked to him recently:
“You didn’t get enough consistency. He could have been more deeply woven into the storylines over time. He’s one of my favorite characters; he’s a smart guy. He’s a hell of a worker. He can be a babyface or a heel. Wherever he’s going to go, he’s going to make money and he’s going to be an asset to any company that he works for.
I talked to him a couple of pay-per-views ago, and he didn’t tell me this, but you could tell he was a little disenchanted.
I mean, God Almighty. Think about this. They work a day a week. They wrestle a day a week for AEW, maybe two if they get booked on both the Saturday show and the Wednesday show, but that didn’t happen that much.
If it did, you’d be working two days a week. I think his future is always going to be bright. He’s a creative guy.”
In his 3 years with the company, Black held the AEW World Trios Championship once with House of Black members Buddy Matthews and Brody King.
