-- Prior to his surprising release from WWE last month, Mustafa Ali was not only scheduled for an NXT North American title shot against Dominik Mysterio, the plan was for him to win the championship - at least according to a report from fightfulselect.com. Instead, with Ali gone, plans changed and Trick Williams became the new champion, beating Dominik at No Mercy.
-- The report goes onto state that original creative plans had Dominik retaining over Dragon Lee at the September 25 episode of Raw, but it would be Mustafa Ali who would have cost Dragon the match leading to a triple threat title match between the three of them which as mentioned above, Ali would have won. However, the surprise release not only threw all those plans out the window, but it reportedly frustrated WWE higher ups as Shawn Michaels and his team had creative tentative plans in place for Ali in NXT into the spring of 2024.
