Malakai Black Recalls Lars Sullivan Botching Black Mass Spot In WWE NXT

At the WWE NXT TakeOver: Chicago II pay-per-view event back in 2018, Malakai Black and Lars Sullivan faced off in a match that saw a big time botch.

Black (Aleister Black) was defending his WWE NXT Championship against Sullivan at the event, which saw Black attempting to deliver a Black Mass to Sullivan that completely missed.

Speaking on Bobby Fish’s “Undisputed Podcast,” the AEW wrestler opined on the match and botched sport, where it was his or Sullivan’s fault, and more. He said,

“I remember Terry Taylor, right before we go out, Terry said to Lars ‘Make sure you come in correctly. Time it right,’ because it was delicate, it was very delicate. But we wanted to pull it off. And I hit him, I roll through, he gets up, I get up, but there is something, and he’s always … every single time I’ve ever seen him afterwards, he’s always apologized for this … thing. But it’s just about the delicacy of it. I’m expecting him, because, as I feed, I’m going.”

He continued, “We ran this same type of body language and timing every single night. It was successful, we just exchanged the technique. And now, for some reason, as he turns, he takes an extra step for a sell, and then he feeds in, so you see my kick go because I’m anticipating his body language because we’re clocked in. And for some reason … he took an extra step. He didn’t know why. And it completely, you know, it misses. There’s a timing issue. And again, these things happen. These things happen.”

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