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Surprising return to WWE TV discussed internally in WWE

Added 2022-04-24 22:04:09 +0000 UTC

A surprising return to WWE TV has been discussed internally.

Fightful Select has learned that as of this weekend a possible return to WWE television for Mustafa Ali was discussed. There was a pitch made for him to actually appear on WWE Raw Monday, though we can never be sure that something like that will actually happen until he appears on the air, due to the constant changes of the program.

Ali has not appeared on WWE programming since October, and had been booked to lose 11 consecutive matches across Raw, Smackdown and PPV. He was drafted to the Smackdown brand in the fall, but had an argument with Vince McMahon over his creative direction that led to him being off television, and not backstage for months. Ali voiced his frustration and publicly asked for his release in January after not being on TV for two months. It was reiterated to us at that point that despite the fact that he had a child, he asked for only one week off of television at that point and was willing to work.

UPDATE: In an update, we can confirm that Ali is tentatively scheduled for the April 25 Raw.