Aleister Black says Vince McMahon saw his character very differently than he did.
The wrestling veteran recently spoke to WrestleRant for a new interview. He discussed things such as his time in AEW, changes he's noticed in the creative process under Triple H since returning to the company, and more.
During the interview, Black also discussed his first run on the WWE main roster. Specifically, he was asked about a creaking sound being added to his entrance when he rises up, something which wasn't a part of his NXT entrance.
The former NXT star explained that it was a Vince McMahon decision because the former WWE Chairman viewed his character as a vampire:
That was definitely a Vince thing. I think Vince thought that the character was a vampire and felt like old school Nosferatu, you know, rising up. 1920s Count Orlok type. So he felt that he heard a creak and that’s why he wanted to have the creak there.
It Negated What I Thought: Aleister Black
Aleister Black claimed that he didn't mind the change very much, but he believes that fans had trouble with the discontinuity between his NXT and main roster presentation. The former AEW star added that he understands why the fans were unhappy with this modification:
I don’t personally think that it added a lot. It also kind of like negated what I thought of what the character was so, it’s a different translation but at the same time like I could translate it and it was fine. It didn’t make me a very different character just because it was a creek.
Apart from this, Aleister Black also discussed his WWE return earlier this year and revealed that he was considered as Randy Orton's WrestleMania 41 opponent. You can check out his remarks on the matter here.