Aleister Black has cut his first promo since returning to WWE, scored his second victory, and knocked Miz out with Black Mass for the third time.
On the May 9 episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Aleister Black cut his first promo by way of a vignette. While this was typical of his last run on the WWE main roster, Black called out the expected similarities and noted that he had buried the older version of himself.
He said that upon doing so, he found the truth. He says that he believes he is the embodiment of the consequences WWE and that everything for him is about so much more than good and evil.
Aleister Black's first WWE promo since his return.#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/XqsWJ1Sxjv
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) May 10, 2025
Later in the evening, he defeated Carmelo Hayes in singles action.
While he got the victory with a roll-up, he immediately leveled The Miz, Hayes' tag team partner and the man he defeated in his return match on May 2, with another Black Mass kick.
.@Aleister_Blxck is not playing around --#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QkdCXmQvUA
— WWE (@WWE) May 10, 2025
That didn't go how @mikethemiz planned... --@Aleister_Blxck #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/S8jrRqJ4Qc
— WWE (@WWE) May 10, 2025
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