Mustafa Ali Thinks Their WWE Intercontinental Title Match Was The Right Time For GUNTHER To Lose

Current WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER is closing in on The Honky Tonk Man's record for longest interrupted reign in WWE history. 

If it were up to Mustafa Ali, Der Ring General would have already dropped the title. 

Speaking on Instagram (for WWE Deutschland), Ali feels GUNTHER could have lost to him when the two men met at Night of Champions back in May.

"I'm very disappointed in the result (losing to GUNTHER at WWE Night of Champions). Obviously, I thought if there was ever a time to defeat GUNTHER, it would have been there. A guy with 'home field advantage' so to speak and I think it's been a long time since WWE’s done that ultimate underdog story. I still have the image of 1-2-3 Kid defeating Razor Ramon on Raw and just the impact that had. I don't think it would’ve hurt GUNTHER at all. I think it would have really helped me. But you know, unfortunately, I fell short. There's a reason why GUNTHER is the Ring General. I did have him. There was like two-and-a-three-quarter-seconds, the whole world believed for a second it was gonna happen. But we live to fight another day my friend," he said. 

Ali has been competing on WWE NXT of late. GUNTHER, meanwhile, will next defend his title against Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam this Saturday. 

H/T POST Wrestling

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