10 HUGE Predictions For WWE Crown Jewel 2021

5. Mansoor Vs. Mustafa Ali

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Mustafa Ali's professional frustrations have been more evident than ever before during the build to this. Not that too many of them have been visible on Monday Night Raw.

Through his own social media and interviews on in-house fluff sh*t like The Bump, Ali has made no secret of his continued displeasure with the rigged game he's forced to play as a WWE Superstar. He's gamely tried to give this contest the gravitas it deserves, noting that children from a multitude of diverse and under-represented backgrounds can watch this and dream of superstardom themselves. But in the same breath, he's been keen to remind folk of this specific dream's obvious and unfair pitfalls.

It's impossible not to sympathise with that cause, but this one will be ensuring Mansoor has another decent match in front of his home crowd. That's certain to be the case, and Ali's certain to look at the lights for his partner ahead of them both certainly falling into Raw's abyss. Ali - the heel - isn't wrong in any of assertions. In WWE, the "bad guys" rarely are.

Winner - Mansoor

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