Malakai Black

Real name: Tom Budgen
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 205 lbs.
Date of birth: May 19, 1985
From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pro debut: 2002
Trained by: Bob Schrijber, Chris Hero, Johnny Kidd, Mike Quackenbush & Nigel McGuinness
Finishing move: Black Mass

Biography

– Budgen began his career in his native Netherlands as ‘Tommy The End’
– By 2005, Budgen had dropped the ‘The’ from his ringname, becoming simply ‘Tommy End’
– On September 16, 2006, End defeated Emil Sitoci, Mike Quackenbush, PAC & Ricky Marvin in an Elimination Match to win the wXw Lightweight Title
– On October 21, End defeated PAC, Jody Fleisch & X-Dream to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On September 22, 2007, End defeated Jonny Storm in a Ladder Match to win the ICWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On February 23, 2008, End defeated Michael Knight to win the vacant CWN Mittelgewichtmeisterschaft Title
– On April 19, End defeated Greg Fury to retain the ICWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On May 31, End defeated Tengkwa to retain the ICWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On June 14, End defeated James Gallagher to retain the ICWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On September 6, End defeated Pierre Le Prestee to retain the CWN Mittelgewichtmeisterschaft Title
– On December 20, End defeated Tengkwa to retain the ICWA Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 7, 2009, End defeated Emil Sitoci, Chris Sabin & Dan Paysan in an Elimination Match to win the wXw Lightweight Title
– The next day, End defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On April 12, End defeated Jonny Storm in the final of a tournament to win the vacant FWG Lightweight Title
– On July 4, End defeated El Generico & Mark Haskins in a 3-Way Match to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– A week later, End defeated Emil Sitoci to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On August 1, End defeated Thumbtack Jack to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On September 12, End defeated Terry Frazier to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– On November 7, End defeated Mark Haskins to retain the wXw Lightweight Title
– In 2010, End and Anthony Zeus formed The Sumerian Death Squad
– On July 2, 2011, End defeated Shinya Ishikawa, Willie Mack & Jon Ryan to win the wXw Chase the Mahamla Tournament
– On October 1, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Wanderers (Jay Skillet & Jason Hendrix) to win the wXw Tag Team Titles
– Later that month, End toured Japan with the Big Japan promotion
– On October 23, The Sumerian Death Squad (with Zeus now renamed Michael Dante) defeated Shinya Ishikawa & Takumi Tsukamoto to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On November 5, End defeated Big Geert, Johnny Moss, Michael Dante, Rico Bushido & Tristan Archer in an Elimination Match to win the vacant PWS World Title
– On November 26, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson) to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On December 17, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Hunter Brothers (Jim & Lee) to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– In January 2012, End returned to Big Japan
– On January 5, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Yoshitito Sasaki & Shinobu to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On January 21, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr) and Absolute Alliance (Absolute Andy & Bad Bones) in an Elimination Match to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On April 15, End defeated Tristan Archer to retain the PWS World Title
– On April 21, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Jay Skillet & Jonathan Gresham to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On May 20, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated 2Face & Sami Callihan to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On July 14, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Leaders of the New School (Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr) to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On July 30, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Big Van Walter & Robert Dreissker to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On November 9, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The French Connection (Pierre Fontaine & Dimitri Soliotopoulos) to win the ICWA European Tag Team Titles
– On February 16, 2013, End fought Emil Sitoci to a no-contest to retain the PWS World Title
– On March 3, End defeated Zack Sabre Jr in the final of the wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament
– On June 1, End defeated Axel Tischer to win the wXw Unified World Title
– On June 22, End defeated Tristan Archer to retain the PWS World Title
– On July 6, End defeated Paul Tracey to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– In August 2013, End defended the wXw Unified World Title against Zack Sabre Jr, John Klinger & Ricky Marvin
– On October 20, End defeated Freddy Stahl to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On December 1, End defeated MK McKinnan, Jack Gallagher & Flavio Pantaleo to win the ASCA Super 7 Cup
– On January 18, 2014, End defeated Zack Sabre Jr to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On February 28, End defeated John Klinger to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On March 15, End defeated Jonathan Gresham to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On March 29, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The StarbuX (Mark Haskins & Robbie X) to win the SWE Tag Team Titles
– The next day, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Bucky Boys (Davey Boy & Stevie Boy) and The New Age Kliq (BT Gunn & Dickie Divers) in a Ladder Match to win the vacant ICW Tag Team Titles
– On April 26, End defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– The next day, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Joe Hendry & Kenny Williams to retain the ICW Tag Team Titles
– On May 2, End defeated Dave Mastiff to win the FCP Title
– On May 17, End defeated Red Devil to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On May 25, End defeated Lucas Di Leo to retain the wXw Unified World Title and win the ICWA Heavyweight Title
– On May 31, End defeated Chris Hero to retain the wXw Unified World Title
– On June 1, End defeated SWE Heavyweight Champion Mark Haskins by DQ
– On June 13, End defeated Adam Cole to retain the FCP Title
– On August 9, End again defeated SWE Heavyweight Champion Mark Haskins by DQ
– The next day, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Project Ego (Kris Travis & Martin Kirby) to retain the SWE Tag Team Titles
– On September 26, End defeated Zack Sabre Jr to retain the FCP Title
– On October 25, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The London Riots (Rob Lynch & James Davis) to retain the SWE Tag Team Titles
– On March 8, 2015, End defeated Chris Sabin, Andrew Everett, Absolute Andy & Axel Dieter Jr to win the wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament
– On May 23, End defeated Tristan Archer to retain the ICWA Heavyweight Title
– Two days later, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Origin (Nathan Cruz & El Ligero) to win the PROGRESS Tag Team Titles
– On July 26, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated The Hunter Brothers (Jim & Lee) to retain the PROGRESS Tag Team Titles
– On September 6, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Adam Cole & Roderick Strong to retain the PROGRESS Tag Team Titles
– On October 17, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Mot van Kunder & Wesley Croton to win the PWH Tag Team Titles
– On April 22, 2016, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Cerberus (Ilja Dragunov & Julian Nero) to win the wXw Tag Team Titles
– The next day, The Sumerian Death Squad defeated Hot And Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr & Da Mack) to retain the wXw Tag Team Titles
– On April 24, End fought PROGRESS World Champion Marty Scurll to a no-contest
– On May 30, End defeated Rampage Brown, Chris Hero, Sami Callihan & Mark Andrews to win the PROGRESS Super Strong Style Tournament
– In June 2016, it was revealed that Budgen had signed with WWE. He reported to NXT in October
– On November 11, End made his NXT in-ring debut, defeating Lince Dorado
– In January 2017, Budgen’s WWE ringname was revealed to be ‘Aleister Black’
– Black made his official NXT debut at Takeover Orlando, defeating Andrade Almas
– On May 8, Black made an appearance on WWE Main Event, defeating Curt Hawkins
– At Takeover Brooklyn III, Black defeated Hideo Itami
– At Takeover War Games, Black defeated The Velveteen Dream
– At Takeover: Philadelphia, Black defeated Adam Cole in an Extreme Rules Match
– At Takeover: New Orleans, Black defeated Andrade Almas to win the NXT Title
– At Takeover: Chicago II, Black defeated Lars Sullivan to retain the NXT Title
– At Takeover: WarGames II, Black defeated Johnny Gargano
– In late-2018, Black married Zelina Vega
– Black competed in the 2019 Royal Rumble match
– Black made his official main roster debut in February 2019, defeating Elias on Raw. He would form a tag team with Ricochet in the following weeks
– On March 27, 2019, Black & Ricochet defeated The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake) to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
– Black and Ricochet were drafted to Raw roster during the 2019 Superstar Shakeup, however, the following week, Black was drafted to Smackdown, with Ricochet remaining on Raw
– At Extreme Rules ’19, Black wrestled his first match since the draft, defeating Cesaro
– Black returned to the Raw roster in October 2019
– In a dark match prior to Starrcade 2019, Black defeated Andrade
– At TLC 2019, Black defeated Buddy Murphy
– At Elimination Chamber 2020, Black defeated AJ Styles in a No-DQ Match
– At WrestleMania 36, Black defeated Bobby Lashley
– On June 2, 2021, Black was released by WWE, having re-debuted on Smackdown two weeks prior following a six-month layoff
– On the special July 7 episode of AEW Dynamite entitled Road Rager, Büdgen made his AEW debut under the name Malakai Black, attacking both Arn Anderson and Cody Rhodes with Black Mass
– On September 26, The Kings Of The Black Throne (Black & Brody King) defeated Black Taurus & Demonic Flamita to win the vacant PWG Tag Team Titles
– On November 21, The Kings Of The Black Throne defeated The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) to retain the PWG Tag Team Titles
– At Dynamite Holiday Bash, Black defeated Griff Garrison
– In February 2022, Black added Buddy Mathews to his stable
– On the Revolution 2022 pre-show, The House of Black (Black, Matthews & King) defeated PAC, Penta Oscuro & Erick Redbeard
– At Double Or Nothing 2022, The House Of Black defeated Death Triangle (PAC, Penta Oscuro & Rey Fenix)
– On July 3, 2022, The Kings Of The Black Throne (Black & Brody King) defeated Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) to retain the PWG Tag Team Titles
– At Fyter Fest 2022, The Kings Of The Black Throne (Black & Brody King) defeated The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
– Following All Out 2022, it was reported that Black had been granted a conditional release from his AEW contract in order to address ongoing personal problems, however, this was later revealed to be false and that Black had simply been granted time off rather than a release
– The House Of Black returned to action at Winter Is Coming 2022, defeating The Factory (QT Marshall, Aaron Solo & Cole Karter)
– At Revolution 2023, The House Of Black defeated The Elite (Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) to win the AEW Trios Titles
– On the March 15 Dynamite, The House Of Black defeated The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia) and The Elite (Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the April 5 Dynamite, The House Of Black defeated Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the May 10 Dynamite, The House Of Black defeated Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Bandido in an Open House Match to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the May 25 Dynamite, The House Of Black defeated Blake Christian, AR Fox & Metalik in an Open House Match to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– At Double Or Nothing 2023, The House Of Black defeated The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & Billy Gunn in an Open House Match to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the July 22 Collision, The House Of Black defeated The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– On the August 5 Collision, The House Of Black defeated Darius Martin, Lee Johnson & Action Andretti to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– A week later, The House Of Black defeated CMFTR (Dax Harwood, Dash Wilder & CM Punk) to retain the AEW Trios Titles
– At Dynasty 2024, The House Of Black defeated Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston & Mark Briscoe
– On the Forbidden Door 2024 pre-show, The Kings Of The Black Throne (Black & Brody King) defeated Private Party (Isaiah Kassidy & Marq Quen), Kyle O’Reilly & Tomohiro Ishii and Roderick Strong & Gabe Kidd