The House of Black is a

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stable, currently performing in All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The stable consists of Brody King,

Buddy Matthews Matthew Adams (born 26 September 1988) is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Buddy Matthews as a member of the stable House of Black. He is best known for his time with WWE wh ...

, and

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, and led by

Malakai Black Tom Budgen (born 19 May 1985) is a Dutch professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Malakai Black. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Aleister Black from 2017 ...

. Black and King also wrestle for

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(PWG), where they are the reigning World Tag Team Champions in their first reign. The group started in PWG at ''Mystery Vortex 7'' in 2021, where Black and King formed a tag team The Kings of the Black Throne. They would win the promotion's World Tag Team Championship later that year. King joined AEW in 2022, where Black was already competing, thus beginning Kings of the Black Throne's run in AEW.

History

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2021–present)

made his surprise debut for

(PWG) at ''Mystery Vortex 7'', the promotion's first event since 2019, on August 1, 2021 by aiding Brody King in rescuing the

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Bandido from an assault by

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, Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita. Black announced that he would be back the following month and King said that he would follow Black where he would go, thus forming a tag team called Kings of the Black Throne. At ''Threemendous VI'', Kings of the Black Throne defeated Taurus and Flamita to win the vacant World Tag Team Championship.

All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)

Malakai Black made his All Elite Wrestling debut on the 7 July 2021 episode of ''Dynamite,'' attacking Arn Anderson and Cody Rhodes with the ''Black Mass''. In early 2022, Black began a feud with The Varsity Blonds (

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and

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) and Death Triangle (

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and

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). On the January 12, 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', Brody King made his AEW debut, thus continuing their team "Kings of the Black Throne" and subsequently forming the stable the House of Black. On the 23 February 2022 edition of ''Dynamite'',

made his debut as the third man for the "House of Black". The trio would defeat Death Triangle and

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at the ''Revolution''

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show. On April 8, 2022, Black spat black mist in the eyes of

, causing her to later resort to wearing an eye patch, and showing signs of opposition to The Varsity Blondes. At ''Double Or Nothing'', The House of Black faced Death Triangle. During the match, Hart sprayed

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with black mist and officially joined the stable. At ''AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door'' on June 26, Black was involved in a Four-way match in which he sprayed Miro with black mist, beginning a feud. Brody King had also begun feuding with Darby Allin, with King losing a

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against Allin on 10 August. This culminated in a

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at ''All Out'' on September 4 where Darby Allin,

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, and Miro defeated House of Black.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time, current) – Black and King

References

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