Birth name | Adeel Alam |
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Born |
Bolingbrook, Illinois |
March 28, 1986
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Alto Mustafa Ali Prince Mustafa Ali |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 182 lb (83 kg) |
Billed from | Chicago, Illinois |
Debut | 2003 |
Adeel Alam (born March 28, 1986) is a Pakistani-American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Mustafa Ali. He is the first wrestler of Pakistani Descent to be signed by WWE.
He worked in various promotions, including Dreamwave Wrestling where he was a former Dreamwave Alternative Champion and Dreamwave Heavyweight Champion. He also appeared on other well-known promotions, such as All American Wrestling, Freelance Wrestling, GALLI Lucha Libre, IWA Mid-South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance and Proving Ground Pro.
On June 25, 2016, after Zumbi was not able to participate in the Cruiserweight Classic due to visa issues, WWE announced that Ali would replace him. On July 20, Ali was eliminated from the tournament by Lince Dorado in the first round. On August 17, Ali appeared on NXT, where he lost to Hideo Itami. On the September 28 episode of NXT, Ali and Lince Dorado entered Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, they were eliminated by two fellow Cruiserweight Classic competitors Kota Ibushi and TJ Perkins in the first round.
Mustafa Ali made his Cruiserweight Division debut on the December 13 episode of 205 Live, wrestling Lince Dorado to a double countout. On the December 27 episode of 205 Live, Ali defeated John Yurnet. On January 23, 2017, Ali made his Raw debut, teaming with TJ Perkins and Jack Gallagher, defeating Drew Gulak, Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari.