Malakai Black Admits Marriage With Zelina Vega Can Get Tough Due To Travel Issues

Aleister Black was absent from WWE television for quite a few months as creative had no plans for him. Despite making a return on Friday Night Smackdown back in May and starting a new feud with Big E, Black was released by WWE. Then he showed up in AEW prior to any 90-day non-compete clause ending, because he only had a 30-day non-compete clause thanks to a clerical error on WWE’s part.

Aleister Black previously detailed how the last two years of his time in WWE were like a slow death and he had a lot of trouble dealing with WWE Creative on numerous aspects. After his AEW debut, he now goes by the name Malakai Black.

He is also married to Zelina Vega, who is currently working in WWE after returning to the company earlier this year. It seems due to working in different pro wrestling companies, they face issues.

While speaking on The Zaslow Show, Malakai Black talked about the difficulties in being married to someone who works in another company. Black admitted his marriage with Zelina Vega can get tough at times due to not being able to see each other as often as they would want.

“Do I see her as much as I want to? No, but we both made a conscious decision. The one we made years ago that we wanted to be professional athletes, and we know what comes with that. She’s no stranger to being on the road. She’s been doing this for 12 years, I’ve been doing this for 21 years. We made a commitment to each other, so yes, sometimes it gets tough, and yes, it requires extra travel and extra sacrifice. But at the end of the day, you have to realize it’s temporary. It’s not going to last forever.

I’m very aware of the mortality of being a  professional wrestler or athlete. I say I have another five years on top, and another good five years left to help others get on top. So all in all, if I can squeeze in a decade, this is what I will do until the day I die. I’m setting up a small performance center in the house that my wife and me are currently building close to Tampa. Our goal is to start training people, to get the next generation ready.”

Malakai Black is set to square off against Cody Rhodes for the third time on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. It will mark their third match together, so it remains to be seen if Malakai will continue to remain undefeated or not.

h/t to Wrestling Inc for the quotes.

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