Jay Lethal Comments On ‘Black Machismo’ Trademark, If We’ll See The Gimmick In AEW

For as long as Jay Lethal continues to wrestle, he’ll never be able to escape the madness of Black Machismo.

All Elite Wrestling‘s Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett recently sat down with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard ahead of AEW Double Or Nothing. Recent trademark filings revealed Lethal had applied to trademark “Black Machismo”.

When asked about the possibility of seeing Black Machismo appear on AEW programming, Lethal wouldn’t confirm the reason for the trademark and reflected on the character’s origins.

“Yeah, I don’t know if I really want to comment on that right now, yeah. Feeling a little tiki gonzo about that right now, yeah,” Jay Lethal said. “You know, touching on that whole Black Machismo thing, it’s so wild that Jeff is my tag partner now, used to be my boss, but I remember Jeff pulling me into one of these production trucks when he decided, ‘Okay, he’s gonna be the Black Machismo character,’ and he’s like, ‘We want to make your entrance music, and we need a clip of you doing the Macho Man, just give me an Ohhh Yeah.’

“He pulled me into the truck, put a headset on me, and he’s pointing and points down, ‘Go ahead, do it, do it,’ and I think I did the ‘Ohhh yeah,’ maybe four or five times and each time, I wish I could’ve recorded Jeff’s face every time I did. He was just in love with it. I had done the impression before, but I had never listened to myself doing it. He played it back for me, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that was amazing. It sounds just like the Macho Man.’ But yeah, maybe down the line, there will be an extended Black Machismo something at AEW.”