Mustafa Ali On Re-Signing With TNA: I Was Looking To Be Creatively Fulfilled And I Feel Like The Best Chance I Had Of Doing That Is With TNA

Mustafa Ali gives his reasoning for why he re-signed with TNA earlier this year.

Last month, Ali would confirm that he had re-signed with TNA, keeping him with the promotion. Ali has been with TNA since February of 2024, and is a member of the Order 4 faction.

While speaking to Rewind, Recap, Relive in a new interview, Mustafa Ali explained that he chose to re-sign with the company due to his desire to be creatively fulfilled in his career.

“I’m so grateful to be involved in the industry at a time where so many friends, people that I consider family are flourishing. There’s opportunity everywhere and that’s not meant to kind of like rub it in someone’s face. That’s meant to like motivate those out there that are pursuing a contract or are trying to make pro wrestling, the way that they put food on the table. It’s so possible, man. It takes a lot of work, a lot of grit. It’s very competitive, but the opportunities, to a point are kind of everywhere. You just got to go and take advantage of that. TNA and me specifically, it’s just this synergy. It’s this fit. I get along, really, really well with Carlos (Silva) and the creative department. I’m a very hands-on, opinionated person, I still think I’m a good soldier, I might question the order before I go and do it, but at the end of the day, if my sergeant or if the person above me gives me an order, I follow through on that, so I’ll never knock myself for that. I definitely am a team player. But man, am I opinionated, and that’s welcomed with the creative team and TNA and with Carlos, I have ideas, I have visions. I want to say like nine times out of 10, you know, they kind of see the vision with me, and it’s not a knock on other places. It’s just that I’ve been able to develop that relationship. That was a big key component for me. I’m very, very blessed to be able to do this for such a long time where I’m able to provide for my family financially. Selfishly, I was looking to be creatively fulfilled, and I feel like the best chance I had of doing that is with TNA, and I’m so happy. I actually was negotiating this deal before I even knew about the network deal being finalized. You always hear about deals. You always hear, you know, in wrestling, it’s like, I’ll believe it till I see it. So I can, you know, I’m not saying I didn’t believe it, but I definitely was like, we’ll see, you know? So I still kind of decided to stay here with TNA, despite not knowing that the network deal was on the horizon. So it was kind of like a, I re-signed and then a couple of weeks later, oh, we’re on TV as well with AMC. So it was like a nice little cherry on top. But very grateful and appreciative for the opportunity to have here at TNA.”

For more on Ali’s initial announcement that he had re-signed with TNA last month, you can read more about that here.

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