Mustafa Ali made a surprise return to TNA Wrestling on the January 23 edition of “TNA Impact,” where he revealed that he had signed a brand new cope with the corporate. This news got here a number of days after the corporate announced their official working relationship with WWE, leading some fans to wonder if Ali could discover a way back to WWE after being released in 2023. During a recent interview on Sports Illustrated’s “The Takedown,” Ali looked back on his WWE release with no hard feelings.
“I believe loads of people were surprised concerning the release with WWE because I used to be working directly with Shawn Michaels on NXT. He himself told me he was surprised. At the top of the day, I used to be a essential roster guy making essential roster money and there was no plans for me on the essential roster.” Ali explained that there is not an enormous conspiracy as to why he was let go, but that he’s fortunate to have been in a position to portray a personality that he has desired to for a few years since leaving WWE.
Now that he’s back in TNA, and with the corporate riding an enormous wave of momentum, Ali appears like the sky is the limit for himself, and the corporate as a complete. “I fully consider that Mustafa Ali may very well be the face of an organization, may very well be the world champion of an organization…” Ali said, who went on to say that he’s in the perfect shape of his life. “I believe TNA’s hit the jackpot and I congratulate them…and we will kick ass man. TNA’s on fire right away, sold out houses wherever we go, this live episode was an experience, you can feel the excitement.”
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