Malakai Black

Malakai Black
Black at a WWE house show on May 12, 2017
Born	(1985-05-19) May 19, 1985 (age 39) Alkmaar, Netherlands
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Aleister Black Malakai Black Tommy End
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Billed from	"The Lodge in Amsterdam" Amsterdam, Holland Amsterdam, Netherlands
Trained by	Bob Schrijber Chris Hero Johnny Kidd Mike Quackenbush Nigel McGuinness
Debut	18 June 2002

Tom Büdgen (born 19 May 1985) is a Dutch professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Malakai Black.

He is also known for his time wrestling in WWE where he wrestled under the ring name Aleister Black and was a one-time NXT Champion. As Tommy End, Büdgen has also competed for Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Progress, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).

During his time in AEW, Black has been a one-time AEW World Trios Champion.

Career

All Elite Wrestling

On 7 July 2021 at Road Rager, Black debuted with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) by hitting the Black Mass on both Cody Rhodes and Arn Anderson.^[1] Black made his AEW in-ring debut on the 4 August at Homecoming where he defeated Cody Rhodes.^[2]

Black would form a tag team with Brody King called the Kings of the Black Throne on the 12 January 2022 edition of Dynamite.^[3] Later on, the debuting Buddy Matthews would join them after their match and attack Death Triangle (Pac and Penta Oscuro). The three would call themselves The House of Black.^[4]

At Double or Nothing, the House of Black defeated Death Triangle (Pac, Penta Oscuro, and Rey Fénix). After their win, Julia Hart betrayed The Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison) by coming down to the ring and joined the House of Black after months of teasing it.^[5]

On March 5, 2023 at Revolution, the House of Black defeated The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) to win the AEW World Trios Championships. This gave Black his first championship in AEW.^[6] They would lose the titles to Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) at All In.^[7]

Championships and accomplishments

Black as NXT Champion in April 2018

• Adriatic Special Combat Academy
  • Super 8 Cup II (2013)^[8]
• All Elite Wrestling
  • AEW World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Brody King and Buddy Matthews^[9]
• Fiend Wrestling Germany
  • FWG Lightweight Championship (1 time)^[10][11]
  • FWG Lightweight Title Tournament (2009)
• Fight Club: PRO
  • FCP Championship (1 time)^[12][13][14]
• Freestyle Championship Wrestling
  • FCW Deutschland Lightweight Championship (1 time)^[15]
• Insane Championship Wrestling
  • ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Dante^[16][17][18]
  • ICW "Match of the Year" Bammy Award (2015) – for Legion (Tommy End, Mikey Whiplash, and Michael Dante) vs New Age Kliq (BT Gunn, Chris Renfrew, and Wolfgang) at Fear & Loathing VIII
• International Catch Wrestling Alliance
  • ICWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[19][20]
  • ICWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion (1 time)^[21]
  • ICWA European Tag Team Championship/NWA European Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Dante^[22]
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Brody King^[23]
• Pro Wrestling Holland
  • PWH Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Dante^[24]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 23 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020^[25]
• Pro Wrestling Showdown
  • PWS Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[26][27]
• Progress Wrestling
  • Progress Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Dante^[28]
  • Super Strong Style 16 (2016)^[29]
• Southside Wrestling Entertainment
  • SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Michael Dante^[30][31][32]
• Westside Xtreme Wrestling
  • wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship (1 time)^[33]
  • wXw World Lightweight Championship (2 times)^[33]
  • wXw World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Michael Dante^[34]
  • 16 Carat Gold Tournament (2013, 2015)^[35]
  • Chase The Mahamla (2011)^[36]
  • World Lightweight Tournament (2006)^[37]
• WWE
  • NXT Championship (1 time)^[38]
  • NXT Year-End Award (3 times)
    • Male Competitor of the Year (2017)^[39]
    • Breakout Star of the Year (2017)^[39]
    • Rivalry of the Year (2017)^[39] – vs. Velveteen Dream
  • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2019) – with Ricochet

References

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2. "8/4 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of "Homecoming" with Malakai Black vs. Cody Rhodes, Chris Jericho vs. Juventud Guerrera, Miro vs. Lee Johnson for the TNT Title, The Bunny vs. Leyla Hirsch for a shot at the NWA Women's Title, Christian Cage vs. The Blade". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
3. "AEW Dynamite Results (1/12/22): Sammy Guevara Defends TNT Championship Against Daniel Garcia, CM Punk vs. Wardlow, Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb + More!". Fightful. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
4. "Buddy Matthews Makes AEW Debut On 2/23 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
5. "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Hangman Page vs. CM Punk for the AEW Championship, MJF vs. Wardlow, Thunder Rosa vs. Serena Deeb for the AEW Women's Title, Owen Hart Cup tournament finals, The Hardys vs. The Young Bucks, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus vs. Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland for the AEW Tag Titles". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
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Other websites

• Aleister Black on WWE.com

• Malakai Black on Twitter
• Malakai Black on IMDb