WWE SmackDown Star Big E, who is one-third of The New Day, a team that was named by the WWE as the #1 greatest tag team in company history, and the 2021 Mr. Money in the Bank, recently spoke with Give Me Sport on having no idea what the plans were for him and former WWE Star Malakai Black, being surprised by Malakai Black's WWE release and how extremely talented he is.
Big E said:
“I don’t know the plans. I had no idea.” “Obviously we’d seen the vignettes for weeks and weeks, then he comes out at the end of the main event and kicks me in the face so I think ‘alright, it’s him and I. We’re going to run for a bit’. So I definitely was surprised by his release.”
“I think he’s extremely talented, I think he has a ton to offer. I think people were excited to see us, you know because there’s such a difference in the way that we carry ourselves, in our characters, in many ways polar opposites. I think it could have made for a lot of fun.”
Big E then talked about not being sure why Malakai Black was released by WWE, but at the same time he wasn't worried about where he will end up as Black was surely gonna be signed by a company due to his incredible talents.
Big E said:
“I’m not entirely sure why things went the way they did, but as I said, I think he’s an incredible talent.” “He’s a guy that I didn’t worry about him and his future, because I knew he was going to get picked up somewhere.”
“But yeah man, I didn’t know the plan, I didn’t know where we were going. I had been married to Apollo, and I think that Apollo has a ton to offer in the ring. I think that despite butting heads from a character standpoint, I think he has a ton to offer in the ring. He’s so so good and I think we have great chemistry, but it’s been a long time with him and I. The Aleister thing was an opportunity to do something different, a nice break from that, and it just ended up fizzling. Like I said, he’s very very good at what he does, and I wish him well.”
