House of Black leader Malakai Black has not been regular inside the squared circle recently, with his last match coming nearly a month ago on AEW Rampage. And according to Black, there is a very good reason for that.
Malakai Black talks about his injury
Early Monday afternoon, Black posted a pair of videos, and a message, on TikTok, talking about the struggle he had been going through with his back.
In the first video, Black was shown in the gym doing three deadlift reps. The second video was not as pleasant, as Black was shown on a table during a dry needling session, with three needles being stuck into his lower back. The AEW star was in noticeable pain during this session,
“Till about 3 months ago I was dealing with a back injury I was convinced was going to force me into retirement, but after a literal year of treatment that went from working to complete failure on several occasions, we all of a sudden hit the correct vertebrae during a dry needling session and everything released,” Black said. “From there we were able to rehab and strengthen. You can check video 2 for this horrendous view and my personal reaction to it. However, allowing me now a few months later to slowly move back into deadlifting and a few more compound moves.”
