5 WWE Superstars Daniel Bryan hugely put over in 2019

#2 Mustafa Ali

On December 11, 2018, Mustafa Ali took a leap of faith that changed his life forever. Daniel Bryan, who held the WWE Championship at the time and was The Planet’s Champion, kicked off the show to talk about his match against AJ Styles at TLC.

However, he was interrupted by The Heart of 205 Live who walked down to stand toe to toe with the Champion. The two got into an argument which led to an unexpected match.

Ali gave a really good fight to the Champion and after a good match, lost to Bryan but came out looking strong. In the weeks that followed into 2019, Ali became a constant on the Blue brand and even teamed up with AJ Styles to pin Daniel Bryan in a match.

According to Kazeem Famuyide, a former WWE writer, Bryan was the man who was pushing hard backstage to see a hot young babyface come up on television and stand up to him while he played a villainous heel. This allowed Ali to get the push and become a member of SmackDown.

The year 2019 proved to have a lot in store for Ali, but a legitimate injury forced him out of a WWE Championship match at Elimination Chamber in February, where he was seen as a favorite to win.

At Fastlane 2019, he was a last-minute addition in the WWE Championship match between Kevin Owens and Daniel Bryan and took the pin from Bryan to lose the match.

Even though Ali’s injury took his push off the tracks, Bryan did a lot to push the youngster and took major bumps from him in every match to make him seem stronger and get the crowds behind him.