{"id":75033,"date":"2020-06-17T11:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=75033"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T16:49:27","slug":"wwe-smackdown-wrestler-reportedly-moved-to-the-raw-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2020\/06\/17\/wwe-smackdown-wrestler-reportedly-moved-to-the-raw-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown wrestler reportedly moved to the Raw brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2948055090\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE has moved Mustafa Ali from the Smackdown brand to the Raw brand, according to Mike Johnson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PWInsider.com<\/a>. WWE has yet to officially announce the move, and Ali remains listed on the Smackdown roster on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/superstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Ali was pegged by many as the leading candidate for the hacker character that has popped up on Smackdown several times. Unless the gimmick is also moving to Raw, it appears as though the hacker character will be played by another wrestler. We&#8217;ll let you know if WWE officially confirms the move and if the tie it into AJ Styles being traded to Smackdown for future considerations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3329888527\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[97,1088,128,101,3042,370,31],"class_list":["post-75033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-aj-styles","tag-mustafa-ali","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-friday-night-smackdown","tag-wwe-raw","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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