Fans Bash WWE on Social Media for Controversial Mustafa Ali Segment

Mustafa Ali and Drew McIntyre had an interesting yet short match on SmackDown: October 29th, 2021 after Ali answered The Scottish Warrior’s open challenge.

After McIntyre locked Ali, the latter tapped out. However, right after his defeat he snapped. He blamed the WWE Universe rooting against because of his name, and that had the WWE Universe reacting on Twitter.

Several have called out the company on social media, pointing out that WWE could have booked Mustafa Ali in a better storyline than what he is heading towards.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1454251417468821505

In fact, a significant portion believes there was a time when Ali did not want to do a storyline like this because it was rather mainstream.

No, no, no, no, noooooooo!

Why #WWE???

On top of doing the ever so famous “you people” promo, you’re really going to (continue to) waste a talent like Mustafa Ali with a race angle??? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/DIpyYFSIel

— Say It Ain’t So(sa) (@sayitaintso_sa) October 30, 2021

I don’t want to see a race angle with Mustafa Ali, at all.#SmackDown

— Pro Wrestling Finesse (@ProWFinesse) October 30, 2021

JFC… Vince LOVES his heel foreigners.

Mustafa Ali is about to take on the “You hate me because I’m Muslim” gimmick. He’s better than that. #SmackDown

— Bill Shannon (@RealBShannon3) October 30, 2021

WWE’s treatment of Mustafa Ali will always fucking baffle me

Dude has all the tools to be a big time star and they do NOTHING with him. It’s genuinely infuriating

— Greg McSpooky (@gregnog4073) October 30, 2021

Mustafa Ali deserve better than what WWE is giving him. #SmackDown

— Alim (@ItzPHSavageWolf) October 30, 2021

i don’t think i trust wwe with this mustafa ali storyline. #smackdown

— Anderson Brum (@AndersonBrum01) October 30, 2021

I just feel awful for Mustafa Ali. One of the voices of the company that will never be given a chance to be heard. #Smackdown

— Cookie (HOEse) (@joseimorales11) October 30, 2021

Youre doing the exact thing he said he never wants to do. There was 0 reasons to turn him heel. He deserves so much better than what hes been given

— PortailOuf (@PortalOof) October 30, 2021

What happened to the Ali of 3 years ago that said he does not want to use his ethnicity to make him a heel???

— YOUR KAPTAIN (@Kaptain82) October 30, 2021

As of now, Ali is yet to give his response to the fan reactions.

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Was there a better way to turn Mustafa Ali heel?

While several have pointed out that WWE could have done anything else other than using his ethnicity to turn heel, controversy is what the company thrives on.

The more controversial it is, the more people talk about it. The more people talk about it, the better it is for the company. And at this moment, the company needs people to talk about their storylines.

Undoubtedly, there will always be better storyline and feuds to turn a Superstar heel. Of course, WWE could have spent some more time on the script and taken an angle which would have stirred up complete backlash from the fans.

Now, the company usually gives the fans what they want. Therefore, if it seems fit to WWE, the officials will work on changing the storyline to something less controversial and less problematic.

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But, it doesn’t seem like the company will change the storyline considering they’ve already gotten the fans talking about it. Nonetheless, a positive reaction is better than a negative one.

Keeping that in mind, there is a slight possibility of WWE modifying the storyline to keep it in accordance with the WWE Universe.

Only time will tell how far the company wants to go with Mustafa Ali’s current potential storyline.

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