WWE's Mustafa Ali Reveals Wild Hulk Hogan Plan
Mustafa Ali almost followed in Hulk Hogan's WWE footsteps by adopting 'Real American'.
Mustafa Ali has revealed plans for him to adopt Hulk Hogan's legendary 'Real American' entrance theme in WWE.
The Raw star said as much on Twitter earlier in the week, responding to a tweet Ali had made on toning his true self down in wrestling, promising to embrace the things that make him and no longer concern himself with being "marketable."
i’ve always found myself toning down who i am to be more “marketable”…and because of that i find myself trying to find myself.
Advertisementim pakistani. im indian. im american. im muslim. im mustafa ali. and im gonna embrace all that. screw being marketable. im gonna be a message. pic.twitter.com/e12PmPrmbl
— Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) August 22, 2022
One respondee pitched that Ali adopt 'Real American' as part of this.
@AliWWE I would love to see you come out to Hogan’s Real American. Real Americans come in every shape, size and skintone. @WWE
— Steve Spellbinde (@Spellbinde) August 23, 2022
In a quote tweet, Mustafa stated that this was actually going to happen at one stage.
…at one point that was the plan! https://t.co/5PtuE1J9kc
— Mustafa Ali / Adeel Alam (@AliWWE) August 24, 2022
Ali has experienced a newsworthy 2022 so far. January saw the former 205 Live man reveal, publically, that he had requested his release. Even though he hadn't wrestled for the company in three months at the time, WWE turned this down. Mustafa then entered a state of limbo before eventually returning on Raw's 25 April episode, appearing on the next three shows before entering a short United States Championship program with Theory, culminating at Hell In A Cell 2022.
Pinpointed as a likely candidate for a push following Triple H's appointment as WWE's creative lead, Ali's last Raw match was a tag team defeat to Ciampa and The Miz on 15 August.