1 Year After Publicly Requesting His WWE Release, 37-Year-Old Star Gets an Opportunity of a Lifetime

Being the biggest pro wrestling promotion in the world, there is a cutthroat competition in WWE. The talents in the company have to race each other in order to reach the top of the ladder. Some superstars instantly click among the fans and become popular favorites while others spend years toiling in the business to make a name for themselves.

That being said, an exceptionally talented star, Mustafa Ali, joined WWE in 2016. But the promotion hadn’t utilized his talent properly until now. He had to wait around seven years to get the much-deserved push inside the company. Let’s dive deep and find out how his career is going to take a positive turn in the upcoming days.

Mustafa Ali gets a shot at the WWE Intercontinental Championship

The 5/15 edition of Monday Night Raw held a battle royal to decide the upcoming opponent for Gunther for his Intercontinental title. Dolph Ziggler, Johnny Gargano, Mustafa Ali, Bronson Reed, Apollo Crews, Matt Riddle, Ricochet, Chad Gable, Otis, Baron Corbin, and 15 more WWE superstars participated in the match.

Out of the abovementioned 25 superstars, Ali outlasted them all and secured the victory. Moreover, he became the No. 1 contender for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at the WWE Night of Champions PLE in Saudi Arabia. For a long time, WWE had relegated him to the role of a jobber and booked him to make the other superstars look good.

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This is an enormous opportunity for him to prove his worth in the company. After this epic win at this week’s Raw episode, fans were quick to react on Twitter.

Mustafa Ali’s win draws in tons of reactions from the fans

It came as a shock to many fans when Ali defeated 24 other men to become the No. 1 Contender for the Intercontinental Championship. Moreover, there were many other top stars in the battle royal that fans were expecting to land the victory. Therefore, when he picked up the win, the WWE Universe took some time to digest the information.

Pro wrestling fans have shared their thought on him winning the battle royal on Raw. They are happy for him. Let’s have a look at some of the comments.

Fans think Gunther will decimate him during the match at Night of Champions.

Win or lose, fans believe he will put up a great show against the Intercontinental Champion.

His victory was surely out of the blue, as nobody was expecting him to win. Just a year before, in January 2022, he requested to cut ties with the promotion, which WWE denied. And now he is getting an opportunity of a lifetime. How the times have changed.

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Just like the majority of the fans, we are happy that he will finally have his spotlight in the company (win or lose). Do you think he will beat Gunther at Night on Champions? Let us know in the comments below.