According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, some insiders in WWE believe Aleister Black was released prematurely. Black did excel during his NXT tenure and even won the NXT championship. The timing of this release from the company did seem a little peculiar. Why would you bring him back on TV May 21 if you were going to release him a week later? It doesn’t make much sense (unless we get context). The Dutch superstar was not used on TV for about six months prior and releasing him would have made all the sense in the world but not after bringing him back on TV for one episode and foreshadowing a program with Big E.
Now the situation is affecting E, and Mr. McMahon cannot come up with anything for him to do right now. In the meantime, Aleister has the option to go to AEW or elsewhere. The combination of layers, debts, and history/subtext he adds to his character would fit correctly with the long-term storytelling AEW likes to do (Kenny Omega, the AEW world champion, is a master of this).