Quick Facts
Biography
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.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2003–2016)
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.
WWE
Cruiserweight division (2016–present)
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.
Personal life
In the debut of Mustafa Ali during the Cruiserweight Classic, it was stated by Daniel Bryan that Ali has experience as a local police officer for the area of Chicago that he resides in.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Imploding 450° splash
- Signature moves
- 450° splash
- Crossface
- Diving crossbody
- Double jump moonsault side slam
- Double knee backbreaker
- Dropkick
- Springboard tornado DDT
- Tilt-a-whirl DDT
- Reverse frankensteiner
- Roundhouse kick
- Running hurricanrana
- Slingshot rolling thunder into a neckbreaker slam
- Snap German suplex
- Spin kick
- Superkick
- Entrance themes
- "Put 'Em Up" (Cruiserweight Classic; July 20, 2016)
- "Go Hard" by CFO$ feat. Maino (WWE; August 17, 2016 – present)
Championships and accomplishments
- Dreamwave
- Dreamwave Alternative Championship (1 time)
- Dreamwave Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Freelance Wrestling
- FW Championship (1 time)
- Jersey All Pro Wrestling
- JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #312 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009
- Proving Ground Pro
- PGP Franchise Championship (1 time)