Mustafa Ali cuts promo following first post-WWE match

Mustafa Ali wrestled his first match since being released from WWE on Saturday. 

Ali defeated Aigle Blanc in the main event of APC’s 20th Anniversary show in Nanterre, France. Following the match, Ali addressed the live crowd. 

Ali said:

I’ve been thinking for more than the past 90 days, what is the first thing I want to say? And it’s as simple as this – and if I tear up, I apologize because I believe this from the bottom of my heart – every upper management person that I have ever worked for in this industry has told me to my face ‘no one will ever cheer for someone named Mustafa Ali.’ Even better than ‘f**k them,’ is ‘show them.’

To those people watching, right now I’m in a sold out house at APC and every single person in this building is chanting ‘Mustafa Ali!’

I’m going to leave the ring with one more note, and this is what I want in the industry. I want change in the industry, I want guys that are at a certain level to  reach down and pull people up. 

The young man (Aigle Blanc) that I just shared the ring with, let me tell you something, I have been in the ring with Rey Mysterio, I’ve been in the ring with AJ Styles, you name them and I’ve been in the ring with them and you, my good man, are just as good as them.

It was an absolute honor to perform here. I landed this morning and I have not slept and I don’t give a s**t cause this gives me life. Thank you all. 

Ali’s post-WWE career is off to a busy start. On December 21, he announced a world tour that includes bookings with GCW, Demand Lucha, C*4, NSPW, Progress, DEFY, RevPro, Prestige Wrestling, and Destiny Wrestling.