Mustafa Ali publicly requested his WWE release on his Twitter page last week and it has now emerged that as of right now WWE have no intentions to grant that request.
According to a new report from Fightful, WWE officials and Ali have spoken with each other and in those talks, Ali was told his release would not be granted. This comes just three weeks after WWE released Toni Storm, in which one source reportedly said that “it would have been difficult for WWE to justify not granting someone their release after several rounds of “budget cuts.”
Sources Fightful spoke with were told the term “value” was brought up frequently during the discussions between Ali and WWE, but they weren’t given any exact specifics on what exactly was meant by that or why his release was not granted. Mustafa Ali has not been on WWE TV since he and Vince McMahon reportedly had a heated argument over his creative direction.
Finally, the report notes that even if Mustafa Ali hasn’t been used on TV in over two months, Ali has years left on his current deal. It was also noted that he’d only asked for one show off for paternity leave.
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