{"id":299294,"date":"2025-11-22T09:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299294\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:03:11","slug":"wwe-star-returns-for-first-match-in-over-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299294\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Star Returns For First Match In Over A Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wwe-ring-logo-u.jpgw3.webp.webp\" alt=\"WWE Star Returns For First Match In Over A Year\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    WWE<\/p>\n<p>A WWE star has returned to in-ring action for the first time in over a year after recovering from a long-term injury absence.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2024, Malik Blade suffered a torn ACL injury that ruled him out of action for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>During his absence, his former tag team partner Edris Enofe pursued a singles career on Evolve but later requested and was granted his release from WWE.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Blade made an appearance in front of fans at the Performance Center before a live <a href=\"http:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/topic\/nxt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NXT<\/a> broadcast for the first time since his injury.<\/p>\n<p>Today, November 21, he made his in-ring return as he competed in a match at tonight\u2019s live event in Bartow.<\/p>\n<p>Blade suffered a loss to Cyril Coquerelle, who was formerly known as Aigle Blanc before signing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Coquerelle offered respect to Blade, but Blade refused and left in frustration, potentially hinting that he could be a heel upon his return.<\/p>\n<p>He has yet to appear on TV since he suffered the injury or returned to making appearances, and with Enofe no longer around, he\u2019ll need some kind of new direction.<\/p>\n<p>Blade signed with WWE in 2021 and debuted during the NXT 2.0 era when he formed the team alongside Enofe.<\/p>\n<p>He was originally trained by D-Von Dudley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingmasterclass.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-436300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763802190_400_wrestling-masterclass-9-stars-webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"128\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make sure you stay up to date with all the biggest wrestling and WrestleTalk news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@wrestletalk.official\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Threads by clicking this link<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/wrestletalk.com\/author\/liam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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