AEW Superstar Malakai Black (Aleister Black in WWE) took to his wife’s (Zelina Vega) Twitch channel earlier today and answered some fan questions. When he was asked about non-compete clauses for contracts and President Joe Biden potentially banning or restricting them, Black said,
“There is a middle ground. From a business point of view, I understand having a non-compete. As a person who works on TV, I understand that they want separation between you going from one place to another. I get that. Do I think it needs to be three months? No. That’s the standard contract. Obviously, with me, you guys know what happened. Something definitely needs to change and maybe there needs to be better prior notice. One of the things that I don’t think is completely accurate is ‘hey, today we decided to do that and we’ll follow up on it.’ I think you need a little more notice, but it’s a different process. The WWE is not a normal company. They kind of make the rules themselves. That’s where I think [Joe] Biden is trying to make a change where they have all the pros and you have all the cons. I understand the need for change on multiple levels and I also understand that there needs to be a middle ground and that there needs to be spacing in between. They still pay you when you’re no longer working for them for the duration of your non-compete.”
As many of you know, Malakai Black made his debut in AEW much quicker than those who have the standard 90 day non-compete clauses. As we reported, there was a clerical error with his contract as he was only under a 30 day non-compete agreement. WWE officials reportedly failed to update his contract when he moved from NXT to the main roster. WWE NXT talent only have 30 day non-compete clauses, while main roster talent have 90 day non-compete clauses.
(h/t – Fightful)
