Mustafa Ali
Mustafa Ali 
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| Surname | Adeel Alam |
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Mustafa Ali Prince Mustafa Ali Alto Ali |
| height | 178 cm |
| Fighting weight | 83 kg |
| birth | March 28, 1986 Bolingbrook , Chicago |
| Announced from | Chicago , Illinois |
| debut | February 2, 2003 |
Mustafa Ali (born March 28, 1992 in Bolingbrook , Chicago ) is an American wrestler . He is currently under contract with the WWE and appears regularly on their show Raw .
Wrestling career
Free Agent (2003-2016)
He made his professional wrestling debut on February 2, 2003. He has worked in various promotions including Dreamwave Wrestling, where he was a former Dreamwave Alternative Champion and Dreamwave Heavyweight Champion. He has also appeared in other promotions including All American Wrestling (AAW), Freelance Wrestling, GALLI Lucha Libre, IWA Mid-South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Proving Ground Pro, and WrestleCircus. During his first six years as a professional wrestler, he used a mask to avoid discrimination. He did everything during the day while working as a policeman on the night shift.
World Wrestling Entertainment (since 2016)
On June 25, 2016, after Brazilian wrestler Zumbi was unable to participate in the Cruiserweight Classic tournament due to visa issues, WWE announced that Mustafa Ali would replace him. On July 20, Ali was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Lince Dorado . Ali appeared on the October 26 episode of NXT in which he and Dorado entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic but were eliminated in the first round by Kota Ibushi and TJ Perkins .
On the December 13, 2016 episode of 205 Live, Ali made his debut for the brand, wrestling Lince Dorado to a double countout. On January 23, 2017, Ali made his Raw debut working with Jack Gallagher and TJ Perkins to defeat Ariya Daivari , Drew Gulak and Tony Nese . In February 2018, Ali began competing in the Cruiserweight Championship tournament. He defeated gentleman Jack Gallagher in the first round, Buddy Murphy in the quarterfinals and Drew Gulak in the semifinals to reach the final at WrestleMania 34. At WrestleMania on April 8th, Ali lost to Cedric Alexander and failed to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship .
While on 205 Live, Ali caught the attention of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon , who decided to send him over to SmackDown . According to former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide, then-WWE Champion Daniel Bryan pushed behind the scenes to see a "hot young baby face" on TV, arguing that all of the baby faces they had were 40 years old. This led management to choose Ali for this venture. Ali made his first appearance on the December 11, 2018 episode of SmackDown Live, confronting Daniel Bryan and losing to him later that night. The following week on SmackDown Live, Ali was confirmed as a full-time SmackDown squad and worked with AJ Styles to defeat Daniel Bryan and Andrade Almas in a tag team match. At the Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019, Ali took part in the match of the same name, which lasted 30 minutes and eliminated Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe before being eliminated by Nia Jax . In February Ali was supposed to compete in the Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber. However, due to a serious injury, he was pulled out and replaced by Kofi Kingston . At the Survivor Series 2019, Ali joined the SmackDown team and was eliminated by Seth Rollins . However, his team won the match. After that, Ali was taken off television.
Titles and awards
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Dreamwave Wrestling
- Dreamwave Alternative Championship (1 ×)
- Dreamwave World Championship (1 ×)
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Elite Pro Wrestling
- EPW Pro Television Championship (1 ×)
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Freelance wrestling
- Freelance World Championship (1 ×)
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Jersey All Pro Wrestling
- JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
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Midwestern States Pro Wrestling
- MSPW Heritage Championship (1 ×)
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Proving Ground Pro
- PGP Franchise Championship (1 ×)
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Number 55 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Triple H - WWE to hold future editions of Cruiserweight tournament, why did one wrestler miss inaugural tourney? pwtorch.com, June 25, 2016, accessed July 18, 2020 .
Web links
- Mustafa Ali's profile on wwe.com
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| SURNAME | Ali, Mustafa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolingbrook , Chicago |