The next week on 205 Live he competed in a Fatal Four Way to determine the number 1 contender for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at Payback against TJ Perkins, Jack Gallagher and Austin Aries, whit the latter being the winner. He was defeated by Neville once again in the Raw after WrestleMania 33. In the Maedition of 205 Live, Ali was defeated by Neville, the Cruiserweight Champion at the time, in the main event of the show. In the Februedition of 205 Live, Ali earned an opportunity to replace Tony Nese, who got injured the night before, in a Five Way Elimination match to determine the number 1 contender for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at Fastlane in the main event of the show by defeating Ariya Daivari earlier in the night, but he was the third eliminated and at the end the winner was Jack Gallagher. He also made his face turn in this match after getting a big reaction from his hometown crowd and said that the fans changed him, but was defeated by Tony Nese the next week on Raw. Ali made his Raw debut on Januin his hometown of Chicago he pinned Drew Gulak after hitting a reverse 450 in a six-man tag team match teaming with TJ Perkins and Jack Gallagher against Drew Gulak, Tony Nese, and Ariya Daivari. Mustafa Ali made his first appearance in the WWE Main Event show in the Januepisode of Main Event where he lost to The Brian Kendrick he continued appearing on the show in the next months competing in tag matches teaming whit the likes of Cedric Alexander, Gran Metalik, Jack Gallagher and Lince Dorado. He has also defeated John Yurnet and Noam Dar. He fought to a double count out against Lince Dorado on the fourth episode of the show and attacked him after the match, teasing a heel debut, whit the justification that fans were prejudging and making assumptions about him just because of his name and heritage, though later establishing himself as a face in the following weeks. Mustafa Ali was announced as a part of Raw's new cruiserweight division, although he never competed on Raw until the creation of the cruiserweight-exclusive show 205 Live.
Ali has since competed at NXT live events, losing to the likes of Kona Reeves, Tony Nese, and the team of Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford alongside Ariya Daivari. He and Dorado lost to fellow Cruiserweight Classic competitors Kota Ibushi and TJ Perkins in the first round. On the September 28 edition of NXT, Ali was announced as a participant in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic alongside Lince Dorado. Ali competed in a dark match during the July 14 tapings of the Cruiserweight Classic alongside Sean Maluta, in a losing effort to TM-61.
He lost to Hideo Itami in the Jepisode of NXT. Ali later made multiple appearances in NXT while still working in the independent circuit.
Ali lost to Lince Dorado in the first round of the tournament. World Wrestling Entertainment (2016-present) Cruiserweight Classic and NXT (2016)Īfter Zumbi was not able to participate in the Cruiserweight Classic due to visa issues, WWE announced that Ali would replace him, dropping the "Prince" from his ring name. Ali's last match in the independent circuit before joining WWE was on December 9, where he lost his Freelance Championship in a triple threat against GPA and Isais Velazquez, whit GPA being victorious. He also received training in Lucha Libre from Skayde in 2016. He was trained by Kenny Courageous from 2002-2003 and then Sal and Vito Thomaselli in 2008.
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He also often appeared on other well-known promotions, such as All American Wrestling, Freelance Wrestling, GALLI Lucha Libre, IWA Mid-South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, and Proving Ground Pro.
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Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2003–2016)Īlam worked on various independent wrestling promotions, including DREAMWAVE Wrestling where he was a former DREAMWAVE Alternative Champion and DREAMWAVE World Champion. 1.2.2 Beginnings and character development.1.2.1 Cruiserweight Classic and NXT (2016).1.2 World Wrestling Entertainment (2016-present).
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