While speaking to Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Mustafa Ali revealed that he wanted to do a campaign character in WWE. However, he didn’t get that chance before he was released from the company.
Ali is currently doing a campaign gimmick in TNA Wrestling.
Ali said, “So the vision (for this current character) was brewing in my head since actually the cruiserweight division in the 205 Live days, and there was a couple of instances throughout WWE where you would see, kind of, you know, examples of this character or pitches to this character or maybe one promo would pop up. But eventually, it would get shut down because the general logic with WWE was they don’t do anything political or religious, you know? Now that the character’s kind of up and running, I think people can see that there’s nothing political about it. It’s just the nuances of a politician; campaigns, protests, being voted, etcetera, speeches. I’m not saying anything political, and I feel that’s where the disconnect was with creative and myself so I have been thinking about this concept for years.
