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Adeel Alam is a professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, and performs on the cruiserweight exclusive show 205 Live under the ring name Mustafa Ali. He is the first WWE wrestler of Pakistani descent.

On June 25, 2016, after Brazilian wrestler Zumbi was not able to participate in the Cruiserweight Classic due to visa issues, WWE announced that Ali would replace him. On July 20, Ali was eliminated from the tournament by Lince Dorado in the first round. Ali appeared on the September 28 episode of NXT, where he and Lince Dorado entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated by Kota Ibushi and T. J. Perkins in the first round.

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Adeel Alam is a professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, and performs on the cruiserweight exclusive show 205 Live under the ring name Mustafa Ali. He is the first WWE wrestler of Pakistani descent.

On June 25, 2016, after Brazilian wrestler Zumbi was not able to participate in the Cruiserweight Classic due to visa issues, WWE announced that Ali would replace him. On July 20, Ali was eliminated from the tournament by Lince Dorado in the first round. Ali appeared on the September 28 episode of NXT, where he and Lince Dorado entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated by Kota Ibushi and T. J. Perkins in the first round.

Ali made his cruiserweight division debut on the December 13 episode of 205 Live. On the December 27 episode of 205 Live, Ali defeated John Yurnet In his hometown of Chicago and turned face. Ali began feuding with Drew Gulak in March 2017 when Gulak began his "no fly zone" campaign on 205 Live. The feud culminated in a two-out-of-three falls match on July 18, which Ali won. Throughout the remainder of 2017, he had mini-feuds with the likes of Ariya Daivari and Enzo Amore. In December 2017, Ali began to develop a friendship with Cedric Alexander.

Ali participated in the 2018 WWE Cruiserweight Championship tournament; he advanced to the finals at WrestleMania 34 on April 8, where he lost to Cedric Alexander. In June, Ali entered a rivalry with Hideo Itami, who attacked him during a match. In August, as part of a storyline, Ali suffered a concussion in a match against Itami, and was repeatedly attacked afterward. Ali returned after a month, and defeated Itami in a falls count anywhere match on the October 23 episode of 205 Live. In November, after becoming the number one contender for the Cruiserweight Championship, Ali lost a title match to Buddy Murphy at Survivor Series.

In December 2018, Alam debuted on Smackdown Live confronting WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, then later pinning him in a tag team match. Alam has also defeated top heel Andrade Almas.

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