---
title: "Mustafa Ali Shows Off Impressive Physique Amidst WWE Absence"
canonical: "https://wrestletalk.com/news/mustafa-ali-impressive-physique-wwe-absence/"
type: "post"
language: "en-US"
author: "Sanchez Taylor"
section: "News"
published: "2022-04-05T18:49:07Z"
modified: "2022-04-05T18:49:07Z"
---

# Mustafa Ali Shows Off Impressive Physique Amidst WWE Absence

Mustafa Ali has shown off his insane physique during his absence from WWE TV.

[requested his release](https://wrestletalk.com/news/mustafa-ali-requests-release-from-wwe/) in January, but WWE reportedly informed Ali that his request will not be granted shortly after.

Ali has apparently been using his time to get even more shredded than he was before, sharing the following photo to Instagram:

> adjustments [pic.twitter.com/cJamsAnjXU](https://t.co/cJamsAnjXU)
>
> — Mustafa Ali (@MustafaAli\_X) [April 4, 2022](https://twitter.com/MustafaAli_X/status/1511060434140467206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

##### Related Story

![Edge Reveals How Much Longer He Plans To Wrestle](https://cdn.wrestletalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/edge-apr-5-h-300x169.png)

[Edge Reveals How Much Longer He Plans To Wrestle](https://wrestletalk.com/news/edge-how-much-longer-plans-wrestle/)

Even his muscles have muscles. In all fairness, the former 205 Live star did warn us that he plans to [body all of our favourite wrestlers](https://wrestletalk.com/news/mustafa-ali-warning-fans-wwe-absence/) following his eventual WWE departure.

Ali last wrestled on the October 29, 2021 edition of SmackDown, losing to Drew McIntyre.

The former leader of Retribution fuelled speculation surrounding a potential AEW move following  last month’s Revolution pay-per-view, simply [tweeting](https://twitter.com/AliWWE/status/1500715151942692864)“one day” after the show.

Stay up to date with every WWE departure of 2022 using our tracker at [this link](https://wrestletalk.com/stats/every-wwe-star-released-2022/).

**To make sure you stay updated with all the latest wrestling news, add WrestleTalk.com to your [Google Discover](https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2819496?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en) feed and follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WrestleTalk_TV)!**