Hell of a finish, kid.
During his time spent wrestling on Monday Night Raw and WWE Main Event, Mustafa Ali spoke with Justin Dhillon of The Wrestling Classic and told a story about a moment following a match where the former WWE Chairman mistook another cruiserweight for Ali.
“Before Raw starts, there’s a show called Main Event that gets taped. So I was performing in that show and at the time, I used to do this move called the reverse 450, the 054. It’s like this backwards 450 splash. So I’m in the ring, I did this move, the match is over. As I’m walking towards Gorilla, towards the backstage, Vince (McMahon) typically doesn’t come to Gorilla until Raw starts and Raw starts immediately after the show. So Vince is walking down the hallway to Gorilla and he bumps into Ariya Daivari. Ariya’s wearing a three-piece suit, and Vince goes up to Ari, he goes, ‘Hell of a finish, kid. That was impressive,’ and keeps walking by, and Ariya, just, ‘Thanks, boss!’ And Ariya walks up and then I walk in and walk by and Ariya’s like, ‘Hey, Vince totally thinks that I’m you…’”
Ali currently wrestles for TNA Wrestling, where he is a former TNA X-Division Champion.
Ariya Daivari wrestles for All Elite Wrestling and works as a coach for the company.
H/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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