During his recent appearance on AEW Unrestricted, All Elite Wrestling's own Brody King shared a few comments on the creative process behind the House Of Black. King also explained how his AEW deal came together, and more. CHeck out the highlights below.
On his AEW deal:
“It was just kind of weird. Like you said, a lot of people that were probably excited for me to be there were also maybe campaigning for me to come there. Guys like MJF and Darby [Allin], there’s a whole list of people that I used to work with on the indies, and we all kind of came up together. So, they would check in every couple of months and be like, ‘Hey, when is your contract up, when are you coming here?’ Then obviously with the fallout of Ring Of Honor, the gears started turning a little bit more. I got in contact with Tony [Khan], I think maybe the day after the news of Ring Of Honor broke. It happened quite rapidly.”
On the House Of Black:
“I think Malakai has a very specific vision in mind for the House of Black. It fits very much into what my aesthetic and beliefs and everything else. Usually he’ll have an idea, and he’ll bring it up to Buddy and I. We just kind of riff off of that. I think it’s funny because this is very different for Buddy. He’s not used to the darker end of things or the religious cues that we have in our stuff, and the tattoos, obviously. It’s kind of teaching him – he’ll come to us and be like, ‘What do you think about this?’ We’ll go, ‘That’s a little more Slipknot, we’re kind of going like death metal or black metal.’ We’re able to teach him along the way what we’re going for and what the roots of everything are coming from. Right before Buddy, debuted Malakai sent pages and pages of what references he gets for the House of Black. All this stuff you can pull from, and I guaranteed Buddy was like, ‘What the hell have I got myself into?’
