10 Things We Learned From Aleister Black About His WWE Release

4. He Was Depressed Last Year

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Mask or not, Black was pencilled in to kickstart a union with Kevin Owens and go after the Raw Tag-Team Titles held by Murphy and Rollins. The new duo were actually supposed to go one step further and bag the belts, but WWE changed direction yet again.

All this twisting and turning had an impact on Aleister's mental health. He opened up to fans on the Twitch stream about being depressed during his eventual feud with KO - there didn't seem to be any concrete support for him on Raw, and it became obvious that the Owens rivalry was going to be short-lived too.

WWE ditched the thought of making Black and Kevin a tag, then switched Owens over to SmackDown and prepped him for a run at Roman Reigns. That, you guessed it, left Aleister punching in the dark all over again on Monday nights.

That took a toll on him mentally.

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