<\/span><\/h3>\nHe opened his eyes on the 28th<\/sup> of Mar, 1986, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA.<\/p>\n<\/span>Mustafa Ali Family<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHis father is a Karachi-based Pakistani, and his mother belongs to India, New Delhi. His parents raised him in Chicago, Illinois. He was inspired by Hayabusa, Chris Jericho, The Hardy Boyz, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, and Bret Hart and wanted to become a professional wrestler.<\/p>\n
He tied the knot in Jan 2011 and is a father to a son and a daughter.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Career<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span>Independent circuit (From 2013 to 2016)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nOn the 2nd<\/sup> of Feb, 2003, he made his wrestling debut and performed several promotions, including ‘Dream-Wave Wrestling’ and remained \u2018Dream-wave Heavyweight Champion\u2019 and \u2018Dream-wave Alternative Champion.\u2019<\/p>\nHe appeared in some other promotions also such as Wrestle-Circus, Proving Ground-Pro, NWA (National Wrestling Alliance), JAPW (Jersey All-Pro Wrestling), IWA Mid-South, Galli Lucha Libre, Freelance Wrestling, AAW (All American-Wrestling).<\/p>\n
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During 1st<\/sup> 6-years of his professional career in wrestling, he used to wear a wrestling-mask so he wouldn’t face any discrimination. He carried his wrestling career during the day while working at night as an officer in the police department.<\/p>\n<\/span>Cruiserweight division (2016\u20132018) <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nOn the 25th<\/sup> of Jun, 2016, due to Zumbi’s non-participation due to visa issues in Cruiserweight Classic-Tournament, WWE selected Mustafa as a replacement. On the 20th<\/sup> of Jul, he got eliminated from that tournament by Jose Cordero in 1st<\/sup> round.<\/p>\n<\/span>Performance in NXT<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe appeared on the 26th episode of WWE NXT and, along with Dorado, performed in ‘Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic’ but got eliminated in the 1st<\/sup> round by TJ Perkins and Kota Ibushi.<\/p>\n<\/span>205-Live<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nOn the 13th<\/sup> of Dec, in an episode of Live two-to-five Live, he performed for the 1st<\/sup> time for the brand fighting Lince to the double count-out. On the 23rd<\/sup> of Jan 2017, he performed for WWE Raw for the 1st<\/sup> time teaming with TJ Perkins and Jack Gallagher to defeat Tony Nese, Drew Gulak, and Ariya Daivari.<\/p>\nHe started feuding with Gulak when Gulak began his campaign ‘No-Fly-Zone’ on two-o-five Live.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Cruiserweight Championship Tournament<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe started participating in Feb 2018 in Cruiserweight Championship Tournament; he beat Jack Gallagher in 1st<\/sup> round, Matthew Adams in the quarter-finals, and Drew in the semi-finals to head to the final match at 34th<\/sup> WrestleMania.<\/p>\nOn the 8th<\/sup> of April at WrestleMania, he got defeated by Cedric Alexander and didn’t win WWE Cruiserweight Championship.<\/p>\n<\/span>Rivalry to Hideo Itami<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe became a rival to Hideo Itami as he interfered in Ali’s match against Murphy. On the 7th of Aug, he got defeated by Itami and later collapsed in an episode of two-to-five Live.<\/p>\n
On the 24th<\/sup> of Oct, in an episode of two-to-five, he beat Tony to achieve the rank of No.1 contender for Cruiserweight-Championship but didn’t win that title from Murphy at Survivor-Series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/span>Championship Pursuits (From 2018 to 2019)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe earned the attention of chairperson of WWE Vince McMahon during his performances in live two-o-five, who added him to SmackDown-Brand. According to Kazeem Farnuyide, the ex-WWE writer Daniel Bryan, WWE Champion, was trying firmly backstage for a babyface to appear on TV.<\/p>\n
Daniel argued that all babyfaces\/ good guys they have are reaching forty years; this argument led management to choose Ali.<\/p>\n
<\/span>1st<\/sup> Appearance on TV<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe then appeared for the 1st<\/sup> time on TV on the 11th<\/sup> of Dec 2018 live episode of Smackdown, wrestling Daniel Bryan, and got defeated by him that night.<\/p>\nOn the 27th<\/sup> of Jan 2019, he at Royal-Rumble competed in ‘Royal Rumble-Match’ lasting Thirty minutes and eliminated Samoa Joe, and Shinsuke Nakamura, before getting defeated by his opponent Nia Jax.<\/p>\n<\/span>Suffered Injury<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe had to compete in Feb in WWE Elimination Chamber for the championship of WWE at Elimination-Chamber at Namesake-event, and it would have been Ali\u2019s 1st<\/sup> world title-match. However, he couldn’t perform due to a severe injury, and Kofi Kingston replaced him.<\/p>\n<\/span>Competed in Ladder Match<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nOn the 25th<\/sup> of Mar 2019, he shortened his ring-name to Ali. On the 19th<\/sup> of May, he competed in Ladder Match at Money in Bank and didn’t win, and in the next month, he competed in Fifty-Man battle royal at Super Show-Down failed to win. At WWE Sackville, he was unable to win at \u2018Inter-continental Championship\u2019 from Shinsuke Nakamura.<\/p>\nHe competed in the tournament \u2018King of Ring\u2019 and defeated his opponent Buddy Murphy in 1st<\/sup> round, but got defeated by Elias in the quarter-finals. At the ‘Hell in a Cell’ event, he got beaten by Randy Orton. He competed at Crown-Jewel in a 10-man team match as Team Hogan’s part and achieved victory against Ric Flair Team.<\/p>\n<\/span>Retribution (2020 to Present)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nAfter a 7-month break from TV, he returned on the 20th<\/sup> of Jul 2020 Raw episode teaming with Ricochet and Cedric Alexander to defeat Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Lashley, and MVP and moved to brand RAW. He started competing on Main-Event of WWE, trading triumphs in matches over Akira Tozawa and Ricochet’s likes.<\/p>\nOn the 28th<\/sup> Sep Raw episode, he returned to action by making the team with Apollo Crews and Ricochet. He defeated ‘The Hurt-Business’ after Mustafa used \u2018Four-Hundred and Fifty splashes’ to pin Montel Vontavious Porter.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/span>Match with MVP<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nOn the 5th<\/sup> Oct Raw episode, he was declared Retribution’s leader after he directed them to assault ‘The Hurt Business’ during a wrestling match with Montel Vontavious Porter, turning antagonists for 1st<\/sup> time his wrestling career.<\/p>\n<\/span>Exposed as a Hacker<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nOn the 19th<\/sup> Oct Raw episode, he presented himself as a hacker that sent SMS on SmackDown. He and Retribution got defeated by ‘The Hurt-Business’ in an 8-man tag squad match.<\/p>\n<\/span>Professional Style of Wrestling<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe adopts a high-fly wrestling style. His finishing action is inverse 450\u00b0 Splash, called 054. After Ali’s debut, he adopted characters that were different from some Muslim stereotypes. He was referred to as ‘The 205 Live’s Heart’ during his fight with Cedric over Cruiserweight-Championship.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Other Media<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nHe prepared his 1st<\/sup> video game as a playable persona in WWE 2019 and has made an appearance in WWE 2020. Ali was a subject of a documentary of 2009 concentrating on problems that Muslim-Wrestlers have to face on their booking as heels and portrayed as terrorists.<\/p>\n<\/span>Social Media Handles<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nHis social media account include<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliwwe<\/a><\/p>\n\n