Mustafa Ali Wants To Be A Travelling Intercontinental Champion

Mustafa Ali is set for his biggest PPV match for quite some time next week when he challenges GUNTHER for the Intercontinental Championship at the Night of Champions 2023 event in Saudi Arabia. If he wins the gold, he has given insight into the big plans he may have in store for the belt. Speaking on The Bump, Ali discussed plans to be a travelling champion and also pitched an Intercontinental Title exclusive show.

“It’s gonna be the free agent, the Intercontinental Champion, going to Raw, going to SmackDown, I mean the people have been saying they want me at NXT. I don’t know, maybe I’ll just go around and this Intercontinental Championship goes back to what it was meant to be. I know Gunther, he gave an honest effort, he’s been trying to restore honor back into a ring and I just think he’s been a big bully. I think he’s been protecting the Championship, I don’t think he defends it as much as he should but don’t worry, with me as the Intercontinental Champion, I’ll be defending that on Monday, on Friday, on Tuesdays, I don’t know if we ever gonna have a show on Wednesdays soon, maybe we just make a show just for me on Wednesdays, I don’t know. But that’s what’s gonna happen. 

“The Intercontinental Championship is now going to equal opportunity. I’ll be calling out Dolph Ziggler, I’ll be calling Apollo [Crews], Ricochet, I’ll go down to NXT with Carmelo Hayes. It doesn’t matter, the Intercontinental Championship is gonna go back to what it’s supposed to be, this exciting competitive field, not Gunther defending it here and there, no. But he did a good job, I mean, I’ll think of him.”

Ali earned a shot at the Intercontinental Title on Raw in a battle royal, and his match with GUNTHER will mark the first time he has had a singles match on PPV since Hell in a Cell 2022 when he lost against Austin Theory in a match for the United States Championship.

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