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#1. More details on the WWE SmackDown hacker storyline

The SmackDown hacker has mysteriously vanished from WWE TV. It was revealed that Mustafa Ali was originally scheduled to be unveiled as the hacker, but the storyline seems to have been dropped.

Ali recently returned to RAW, and most fans are asking the same question: what happened to the hacker angle?

Tom Colohue revealed on the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast that WWE essentially took the hacker storyline 'out of Ali's hands' as it became too convenient.

Ali may never be the hacker as originally intended following his move to RAW; however, there the WWE may still keep the angle alive if the Creative team can come up with a way to reignite the storyline.

Tom noted:

"Ali was the hacker, however, it became too convenient of a storyline and WWE essentially took it out of his hands. I also talked about the origins of GTV back in the day, who that was written for, and why it became its own entity instead of being a platform for the return of Superstar it was written for. Now, with Ali's move to RAW, it is extremely unlikely that we are ever going to see him as a hacker. However, as long as the Hacker storyline is something that the WWE writing team can use to write themselves out of corner, there will always be a SmackDown Hacker."