Mustafa Ali Explains Why WWE Pulled Back On His Feud With Seth Rollins In October 2022
Mustafa Ali comments on his feud with Seth Rollins that was dropped out of nowhere.
In October 2022, Mustafa Ali and Seth Rollins were involved in a number of segments with one another, which prompted fans to believe that a United States Championship match between the two stars was eventually set to go down.
Instead, that never happened. Rollins would go on to drop the title to Austin Theory in a triple threat match at the Survivor Series premium live event only weeks later.
In a new interview with Metro UK, Ali revealed that the feud was sidelined due to a number of reasons, with one being that he wasn’t a full developed babyface, and another being that fans were starting to get behind Rollins in a big way.
“What I think happened was, I was this babyface that wasn’t fully developed, so you have to reintroduce me as this contender. Even though Seth was this bad guy champion, he was blurring the lines where the fans were really starting to sing his song, and they had to make a decision. Do we lean into this, or does he commit to being the bad guy?”
Ali also went on to note that he’s happy with the way things turned out for Rollins. The former ‘Heart Of 205 Live’ also expressed interest in being maybe able to feud with Rollins in the future.
“The matches would have been incredible, but I feel like they pulled back on it because they’re saying, ‘Well let’s see what’s happening with Seth first.’ What happened, happened. Good for him! He’s standing in Paris for 12 minutes while people are singing his song so I’m glad for him. Hopefully we’ll get to it again someday. But yeah, I’m good with that, I’m ok with that.”
Ali is set to challenge Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship at the Night Of Champions premium live event later this month. Fans can see the updated card for that event by clicking here.
Seth Rollins was recently spotted filming on the set of ‘Captain America: New World Order’. Fans can learn more here.
Special thanks to Alistair McGeorge of Metro UK for the quote(s).
