Mustafa Ali

I feel it's a lot easier to hate or dislike someone that you see as different. It is a lot harder to hate them when you see they are just the exact same as you.

I think being the only Pakistani wrestler in WWE will bring some attention from the country as well. I'll do my best to do Pakistan proud and give them something to cheer about.

If anything, who I am and my background helped propel me and helped me stand out.

I can't tell you the amount of support I'm getting from WWE. They're allowing me to express myself freely, they're promoting me, and they're letting me be me.

Someone with my name and my appearance comes with preconceived ideas attached. My mission is to erase as many preconceived ideas, barriers, and stereotypes as I can.

I didn't get targeted in high school for being a Muslim - it wasn't that - but I always felt like an outsider in that sense.

When 9/11 happened, it affected everything. It affected me. I'm an American, and I'm like, 'Oh my God, this is evil. This is terrible.'

I was in high school after 9/11 happened. I didn't get bullied. I didn't get treated differently, but I definitely felt people looked at me differently.

Instead of pondering about what if or what could have been, I'm just going to go out there and do.

There are no limitations. There are no barriers. Nothing can stop you, and nothing can define you but you.

I'm oddly comfortable in the ring.

I always knew I wanted to be a pro wrestler for as long as I can remember.