Mustafa Ali will be making his NJPW debut at the upcoming show in Chicago on Friday, April 12.

The former WWE Superstar showed up via a video during last night’s Battle in the Valley event and issued a challenge to Hiromu Takahashi. The match for the NJPW Windy City Riot show was later made official on the company’s social media accounts.

Ali, who is on a “world tour,” recorded his video in his current gimmick as a politician. He is the latest former WWE star to make his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling following Nic Nemeth, formerly known as Dolph Ziggler.

The former leader of Retribution left WWE in September of last year.

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