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In more “AEW botches everything” news:
The House of Black have a new look (well, two of them). Brody King and Buddy Matthews are now street thugs. Julia is still dressing like a sexy witch Halloween costume model.
They’ve just…been dumped by Malakai Black. They didn’t kick him out of the group or anything. Wrestling fans are going to see him return to the WWE and look like a guy breaking free of the minor leagues, while they’re still clinging to the flailing faction concept.
Their name is also horrible. They call themselves “The Hounds of Hell.” Bush league as hell.
I can tell you this is going to fail from the outset. It’s not that there’s no talent in the group. But no one there is looking out for them and they clearly don’t give a shit if they fall on their ass. The optics of this group clinging to each other after Black blows the coop is too soft a start.
You knew Black was leaving months, if not years ago. He’s been miserable there since near the start. Why you didn’t segue into new roles for The House of Black while he was there is baffling. It’s like when they still had Matt Hardy playing a heel even though they knew Jeff was coming in. Or how they knew they were going to turn Mox on Danielson and didn’t do any foreshadowing.
If you know Black is leaving — and they did — you can book backwards. When Darby did his thing with Brody King (was it around WrestleDream?), why wouldn’t Brody being a henchman for Black come up? Why wasn’t that used to move towards Darby vs. Black at some point between then and now (they had two PPVs)? Why wouldn’t the other House of Black members “break free” themselves and become stars?
You had forever to tell that story. Now you’re stuck with the Right to Censor minus Stevie Richards.
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