Muhammad Hassan was the best heel WWE had in a long, long time and they let him slip through their fingers. He had legit, actual nuclear heat with the crowd and it would have been an amazing thing to see him win the title.
Hassan did nothing wrong !!! He was doing what he was paid to do ! It's WWE, CREATIVE, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND ULTIMANTLY VINCE MCMAHONS FAULT for doing what they did
Mainly McMahon to be honest he lives in 1974 where you can be racist and its ok. So where the creative team could have saved this angle Vince would never allow it so he decided to bury the character.
Vince lives in 1974 where saying something racist is just fine and if you dont like it well i got your money already. So even where the creative team could have saved this Vince would always deny the idea and want his racist stereotype.
@@cld1472 I just got back into wrestling and just learned about the Booker T/HHH angle. I'd be absolutely embarrassed to be associated with that from the owners' perspective. Booker T & HHH are ultimately going to do what the boss says, and making the angle about a white guy tip toeing around basically calling him "n______", and then beating said black dude, it's awful
Whilst many would say. "Oohh its cheap heat". I agree with your sentiment, he was a great heel but there is a sense of what could of been if he didn't get released.
Imagine getting booed because of your freaking ethnicity... At least boo at a wrestler for legit reasons such as being a jerk or betraying wrestling partners like Rollins. This is literally racism at its finest
One of the greatest heels that the WWE has produced. If you can get that much backlash from everyone, you have done your job. Unfortunately it comes at a price of real life events. Great video Wrestlamia.
Well done. When WWE had balls and took risks. They should've fought for this character and stuck with it. Could've turned him face for a while only to turn him into a monster heel in the future. I thoroughly enjoyed Muhammad Hassan. It's too bad his run wasn't longer than it was.
As a Muslim man my self.. i was surprise to see how the US fans reacted to this "character".. i mean half the stuff that Hassan was saying was true at the time with American society. And they hate that he was getting was almost unreal. WWE just F it up by giving him bad angles. He could have been the first heel where most of the stuff he saying at the time was true about American society.
Nanto right he does such a amazing job the WWE needs to hire this guy and let him turn this into a one hour show for the network and let him include interviews with the people involved
He was only in WWE for 7 months and look at the big names he went up against. When his music hit you knew something was gonna kick off. He deserve a hall of fame spot for his legacy in a short space of time. There's people who's been in the business for decades who never made the impact Muhammad Hassan and Daivari did. So much heat, so much fun, good angles and matches that had funny moments in. One of a kind dude that unfortunately got robbed of the chance.
Back in 2005, I didn't realize how bad WWE really f***ed this guy up. This could have worked and could had been one of the greatest heels of all time. Even repackaging him would had done nothing for him. Damage was already done at that point.
I would have loved to see more of his character even after the great American bash 2005. Just imagine if he was allowed to continue portraying his character even longer or otherwise get repackaged with a new gimmick.. It also would have been great if Muhammad Hassan and daivari gets paired up with at least three other wrestlers portraying anti american gimmicks, ie a reunited la resistance
What happened to Hassan is actually very sad. He was definitely the greatest heel I have seen and have such great mic skills. I remember the heat he got back then was insane. All the best to him, would be nice to see him back in the ring.
As a full blood Italian American I have also been targeted by people thinking that I'm of middle eastern descent. And yes I know it's out of fear but we are so quick to lash out and judge before we really know what's going on. I don't blame people for their fear but I do blame them for their actions out of that fear.
@Faisal Khan Dude I know your Desi. Don't ever tell someone you're something else. Be proud (or at least neautral, cause you know, you're born of your race lol)of who you are and people around will follow and see the real you, the good and the bad.
I'm pretty sure Arabs ended up in southern Italy back in the day if they made it to north, west, and east Africa for trade. Italy is not that far from the Middle East.
It’s ok FUCK the WWE. At least Mark Copani( Mohamed Hassan) has a great career as a school vice principal and the most sad part of everything is that he wasn’t even Arab, he was actually Italian American
Muhammad Hassan had heat with Eddie Guerrero at one point due to Hassan using the Camel Clutch. Eddie asked Hassan, "You know who invented the Camel Clutch?" Hassan said, "The Iron Sheik." Eddie told him, "No, The Iron Sheik popularized it, my dad invented it."
I'don't believe his gimmick was the problem the undertaker segment with the timing was the nail in the coffin there was no coming back no matter who did that segment it was it
I remember that angle when hassan had a bunch of masked guys come in to try to save him from undertaker to me that was the true downfall of the gimmick
He was doing great without that, legit heel heat that we will never have again, people actually tend to dig heels nowdays, the concept got all twisted.
He was a great worker, great athlete, great wrestler, great promo skills and a great heel too. I loved his gimmick and I missed him when they wrote off his character after losing to undertaker. I also think wwe ultimately killed his passion for wrestling since he wasn't involved with the business at all afterwards
I was such a huge fan of the Muhammad Hassan character after watching this I'm a bigger fan I was shocked to hear about the world championship push against Batista but I'm not surprised that WWE powers-that-be had to pull the plug and I completely understand about the London bombing and fully understand now why they did this thank you so much you guys for putting a closure on this story of what could have been one of the greatest wrestlers and champions of all time.
I will go out in a limb and say that he was absolutely the top 5 best heels in WWE history. It was different, edgy and had truth behind it. I was a huge fan of the character and invested into it myself because I was mad that the world was saying all Muslims were terrorists and that's just not true. He was my go to character in WWE Day Of Reckoning for Gamecube and was such a shame that his career ended due to some seriously bad timing. We will never see this character come back again.
Hassan was the last great heel in the wwe. He drew legit heat and want trying to be funny or cool or whatever. Heels are just not made like him. To say nothing of the fact that he comes from a time period when the wwe actually took chances and weren't playing safe. Yet another reason I don't watch wwe programing anymore.
Man I was 5 at the time of his year run but i loved Muhammad Hassan whenever i saw him on tv or live don't know how people didn't like or hate him he was a natural heel along with Davari
Everything the Muhammad Hassan character did in WWE, along with with the controversy that followed, is reason why I will make sure he'll be champion by the end of Season Mode of SmackDown! VS Raw 2006. Why? Because "Controversy Creates Cash", and I'm gonna need alot of WWE Cash...😜🤘
It was way too soon for WWE to have had that type of character. True, depictions of terrorist and/or terrorist attacks are a norm on television dramas now, but 10 years ago, even 15 years ago that was too much too soon. Though I really enjoyed the character (and I wish it were THAT character who's currently been pushed instead of that god-awful Jinder guy), I can totally understand the negative backlash. Sometimes WWE has some pretty good ideas but bad timing. This was one of those instances.
Daivari was also a great addition. All sorts of things went wrong from the start with Hasaan, none of which was his own doing. You mentioned they paired him with "Shawn" but he wrestled as Khosrow, another great name.
The real problem with the Hassan character is that it gradually got shifted from an Arab-American convinced that he was being wrongly persecuted towards one with actual terrorist overtones. Even if the London bombings hadn't occurred, that Undertaker strangling segment might still have made UPN massively uncomfortable.
That segment was soooo dumb it was the oppisite of what his character was trying to prove and yes sure it made him even a bigger heel but in the other hand just made him looks like a terrorist in a very horrible time if that segment did not happend it was going to be okay
he got serious heat from the crowd I liked the character and thought he would do big things i thought hes only royal rumble was hilarious haha all the faces and heels teamed up beat the crap out of him and tossed him cracked me up 2005 rumble was good all round but that spot was too funny and Vince tore both quads getting into the ring and was still yelling sitting on he's ass what a character
I think given the times we were in then, Hassan did the character a little too well for some peoples taste. This also includes outside things in the press. One my oldest friends is Arab American and she and her family didn't get mad about the Hassan character.
I really enjoyed this episode a lot as Muhammad Hassan was one of my favorite characters in the history of the WWE so thank you so much for this episode! I do have a request episode perhaps you could cover the life of Andrew Martin aka Test.
Its a real shame for this guy because none of this was his fault. Its similar to the Colin Kaepernick situation in the potential reward for taking the gamble of keeping the character going wasnt worth the fallout of bad PR and potential loss of TV time which of course adds up to a truck load of lost revenue.
I've always thought it was a huge pity WWE mishandled the Hassan character. He was a pretty good wrestler, looked good and was a fine talker. If the character had been a little bit pulled back, he could still be a top heel in the company. As it is, the character failed and the guy portraying him is effectively black balled as well.
Muhammad Hassan is one of the greatest wrestlers ever. If is was now her would be the biggest star and champ like Jinder was. Loved his style. His angle was amazing until the London controversy.
Imagine him on his knees after winning against batista in Washington. With the shock of him winning , his bumpy theme music and thousands booing that could’ve been one of the greatest championship win reactions of all time
What they could have done was make the character face out of the gates. A Foreign heel has been done to death but a Foreign face that has the "Look not all of my race are psycho's" would probably have worked and sadly the timing was perfect to do that kind of angle. Now the time is past and they cannot make it work.
Atleast the guy is still relatively young at 36. I don’t blame him for not wanting to change the character or go back to developmental.. he would’ve been even more ruined knowing Dunn and Vince. Shame what came to be of this character! There were even rumors back in the day he was gonna get the world title off Batista! Hassan is one of the biggest what ifs in wwe history.
Even though I think it went a bit too far with the masked men attacking Undertaker, Muhammad Hassan was misunderstood. He was still a good wrestler and should have had a world title reign.
He was such a highly potent character but the stupid networks never gave him a chance. That and backstage clashes with veterans made him unhappy as well.
Honestly at the time i was digging his gimmick when he first showed up i like the whole "just cuz im middle eastern they look at me different" during the post 9/11 i like that idea but they had to mess it up and contradict the beliefs he had when he first started and it was timed wrong with the real terrorist attack is a shame he was getting so much heat and a shot at the champion wonder he still be around if none of that happened
Not a bad way to end 2017! I wish WWE had found a way to edit the masked men segment off that fateful episode of "SmackDown!" because not doing so ended the Muhammad Hassan character for good. Too bad because that character was hot.
Great work. I didn't know much about the Muhammad Hasan character since I took a break from WWE around the time he was out, so this was pretty informative.
Ivm British and I loved the Muhammad hassan character. Don't forget WWE is a show to quote Vince McMahon "we make movies". I actually real miss Hassan. He was the last great heel. That character brought nuclear Heat that hadn't been seen since Sgt Slaughter's "American turncoat" or even the Territory days. That whole story line was the most intriguing character. At the end of the day wwe "we make movies".
One more thing, the Muhammad Hassan character reminded me of a throwback to Iron Shiek when he supported Iran back in the 80s and when Sgt. Slaughter turned heel and supported Sadaam Hussein during Desert Storm, now that what you call heat, but then again there's good heat and bad heat.
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Wrestlelamia. You should do The Undertaker
The wrestler that was fired for doing his job too well. Damn shame.
No sir, he was fired because the creative team went that one step to far, and then actual acts of terror happened, which made it all look even worse.
@@andrewhatcher2702 No because fans were pussies and couldn't tell the difference between reality and storyline
@@spiscold50 and this was 2005 dang imagine 2021
Muhammad Hassan was the best heel WWE had in a long, long time and they let him slip through their fingers. He had legit, actual nuclear heat with the crowd and it would have been an amazing thing to see him win the title.
JfnDWatchesVids you mean racist heat
Such a sad story after the Undertaker feud he was writing to defeat Batista for the WHC
Can you imagine mahammad Hassan winning the title. That would’ve been epic.
@@lajaunescott3195 like Muhammad Hassan could have made Batista pass out to the camel clutch
Its not real bro@99mrpogi
Hassan did nothing wrong !!! He was doing what he was paid to do ! It's WWE, CREATIVE, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND ULTIMANTLY VINCE MCMAHONS FAULT for doing what they did
Agree Also .
I myself liked him ! Thinking this heel was going somewhere .
Mainly McMahon to be honest he lives in 1974 where you can be racist and its ok. So where the creative team could have saved this angle Vince would never allow it so he decided to bury the character.
Omg this comment got 108 likes I'm humbled .
That's sad every wrestling show he goes people call him terrorist at least he's doing ok as a teacher
It's sad how the gimmick was never understood
Vince lives in 1974 where saying something racist is just fine and if you dont like it well i got your money already. So even where the creative team could have saved this Vince would always deny the idea and want his racist stereotype.
@@cld1472 I just got back into wrestling and just learned about the Booker T/HHH angle. I'd be absolutely embarrassed to be associated with that from the owners' perspective.
Booker T & HHH are ultimately going to do what the boss says, and making the angle about a white guy tip toeing around basically calling him "n______", and then beating said black dude, it's awful
I don't care what anyone says, he was one of the greatest heels of all time.
Miller R you are absolutely right
Miller R i agree
Thank you man I don't get why he takes so much flack Hassan was great imo
Whilst many would say. "Oohh its cheap heat". I agree with your sentiment, he was a great heel but there is a sense of what could of been if he didn't get released.
you can imagine the Heat he would give if he was still in WWE and in Tag Team with Jinder Mahal
Imagine getting booed because of your freaking ethnicity... At least boo at a wrestler for legit reasons such as being a jerk or betraying wrestling partners like Rollins. This is literally racism at its finest
But he’s Italian not Arab lol 😂 the irony...
@@marinaabbasi1171 poor guy could have been killed due to doing his job too well
It's such a SHAME that they killed off this character. He was SO GOOD on the mic. Vince pussied out and released him smh. Vince killed his gimmick
I absolutely love the initial presentation of this character. He was holding up a mirror to the audience and making us face our own prejudices.
Exactly
One of the greatest heels that the WWE has produced. If you can get that much backlash from everyone, you have done your job. Unfortunately it comes at a price of real life events. Great video Wrestlamia.
Mohammed Hassan was the best villain at the best time. He could have been one of the best heels in history. Way to go Vince. You blew it
Joseph Colella nah the American masses were the villains. He exposed your hypocrisy.
Well done. When WWE had balls and took risks. They should've fought for this character and stuck with it. Could've turned him face for a while only to turn him into a monster heel in the future. I thoroughly enjoyed Muhammad Hassan. It's too bad his run wasn't longer than it was.
Travfdy they sort of rectified it with Jinder Mahal, his been getting some epic heat especially overseas
Vince doesn't have the grapefruits anymore
themadrapper101 he does, USA Network doesn’t
Yea wasn't it USA Network that aired most of the attitude era
themadrapper101 yep
As a Muslim man my self.. i was surprise to see how the US fans reacted to this "character".. i mean half the stuff that Hassan was saying was true at the time with American society. And they hate that he was getting was almost unreal. WWE just F it up by giving him bad angles. He could have been the first heel where most of the stuff he saying at the time was true about American society.
Indeed it would have been fascinating...Of course they messed it up.
Semper Fi Home Guy Blame the creative team, they are also shit these days.
Semper Fi Home Guy Yes, Vince is also to blame.
fpshooterful i thought so to but they fucked that up
fpshooterful better then that ginger guy that was dumb
I blame WWE,this guy could talk wrestle etc... What was he too do he wanted a job
They should have tried a Mafia gimmick with him, instead.
too many new york / new jersey gimmicks existed already. outside of FBI again what could they do?
OLE SammyOLE good point.
Knowing the Tajiri/Akio/Sakota stable was rumored to be ended by Yakuza threats to the WWE, I don't think that could've worked either.
Don't think that was a bad idea.
scarface1138 how ironic, he is actually an italian American 😂
I really liked Hassan! I was a big fan of the guy. Major charisma and talent.
You should be nominated for your Behind the Titantron videos.
Nanto right he does such a amazing job the WWE needs to hire this guy and let him turn this into a one hour show for the network and let him include interviews with the people involved
He should be given a Nobel peace prize!
I agree. These are wonderful videos.
@@SurgeonVault It makes as much sense as giving it to a president who started brought America into 2 conflicts
He was only in WWE for 7 months and look at the big names he went up against. When his music hit you knew something was gonna kick off. He deserve a hall of fame spot for his legacy in a short space of time. There's people who's been in the business for decades who never made the impact Muhammad Hassan and Daivari did. So much heat, so much fun, good angles and matches that had funny moments in. One of a kind dude that unfortunately got robbed of the chance.
Back in 2005, I didn't realize how bad WWE really f***ed this guy up. This could have worked and could had been one of the greatest heels of all time. Even repackaging him would had done nothing for him. Damage was already done at that point.
It was a shame that he had a short run and never win a title.
The guy was gifted, the look & the body of a true heel.
I would have loved to see more of his character even after the great American bash 2005. Just imagine if he was allowed to continue portraying his character even longer or otherwise get repackaged with a new gimmick.. It also would have been great if Muhammad Hassan and daivari gets paired up with at least three other wrestlers portraying anti american gimmicks, ie a reunited la resistance
@@99mrpogi what if episode?
What happened to Hassan is actually very sad. He was definitely the greatest heel I have seen and have such great mic skills. I remember the heat he got back then was insane. All the best to him, would be nice to see him back in the ring.
As a full blood Italian American I have also been targeted by people thinking that I'm of middle eastern descent. And yes I know it's out of fear but we are so quick to lash out and judge before we really know what's going on. I don't blame people for their fear but I do blame them for their actions out of that fear.
Same lol
I'm Sicilian decent and get told I look Arab all the time bro lol
@Faisal Khan Dude I know your Desi. Don't ever tell someone you're something else. Be proud (or at least neautral, cause you know, you're born of your race lol)of who you are and people around will follow and see the real you, the good and the bad.
I know how you feel like Italian Americans get stereotyped some of us Mexican Americans are accused of being Illegals or Drug Smugglers
I'm pretty sure Arabs ended up in southern Italy back in the day if they made it to north, west, and east Africa for trade. Italy is not that far from the Middle East.
So the WWE fucked it all up. Took a talented young man and have him the worst angle ever. That's all it was. It's kinda sad when you think about it.
Evan Ross Terry Taylor?
It’s ok FUCK the WWE. At least Mark Copani( Mohamed Hassan) has a great career as a school vice principal and the most sad part of everything is that he wasn’t even Arab, he was actually Italian American
Muhammad Hassan had heat with Eddie Guerrero at one point due to Hassan using the Camel Clutch.
Eddie asked Hassan, "You know who invented the Camel Clutch?" Hassan said, "The Iron Sheik." Eddie told him, "No, The Iron Sheik popularized it, my dad invented it."
Wow
The Mid Carders had a problem with his push while the Main Eventers fueled his Doom with the angle a final blow.
I thought it was hassan mad about Eddie using the camel clutch.
Poor guy. From the moment he took that gimmick he was doomed.
It's really sad the gimmick ended his wrestling career completely
@@rickyrosay33977 He Had No Choice.. Like He Said It Was His Opportunity Into The WWE, Take IT OR Leave IT ...
I'don't believe his gimmick was the problem the undertaker segment with the timing was the nail in the coffin there was no coming back no matter who did that segment it was it
None of this was his fault. Vince and the creative team need to take the full heat for what happened.
Him over Jinder any day.
i thought jinder was gonna be an interesting champ,
I WAS VERY WRONG, tbf its the singh bros who do the entertaining bits lol
Jinder is a failed Muhammad Hassan 2.0
Agreed thats what I said Jinder has no style has nothing Muhammad had the best style and the best potential.
I agree.
Holy shit I guess I didn't realize how Jinder Mahal is a more watered down version of Muhammad Hassan.
I remember that angle when hassan had a bunch of masked guys come in to try to save him from undertaker to me that was the true downfall of the gimmick
I agree they aired it at the wrong time
He was doing great without that, legit heel heat that we will never have again, people actually tend to dig heels nowdays, the concept got all twisted.
@@rickyrosay33977 as if WWE knew the bombing was going to happen at the time of airing
only because americans are racists and assumed they were terrorists, they could have just been people who wanted to remain anonymous
@@revilhunter heel heat because Americans at the time were weak and hated Arab Muslims
I dont care what anyone says, his character was fucking GOLD!
He was a great worker, great athlete, great wrestler, great promo skills and a great heel too. I loved his gimmick and I missed him when they wrote off his character after losing to undertaker. I also think wwe ultimately killed his passion for wrestling since he wasn't involved with the business at all afterwards
He was one of the greatest heels of all time.
Another hit by the good folks at WrestleLamia!
Hassan could had been the Real Deal but controversy can ruin a potential career and it did.
I was such a huge fan of the Muhammad Hassan character after watching this I'm a bigger fan I was shocked to hear about the world championship push against Batista but I'm not surprised that WWE powers-that-be had to pull the plug and I completely understand about the London bombing and fully understand now why they did this thank you so much you guys for putting a closure on this story of what could have been one of the greatest wrestlers and champions of all time.
This was one and still is my all time favorite heel character. Its unfortunate what happen. Still have his figure.
he deserves to be the world heavyweight champion
man these episodes just get better and better awesome job wrestlelamia
I will go out in a limb and say that he was absolutely the top 5 best heels in WWE history. It was different, edgy and had truth behind it. I was a huge fan of the character and invested into it myself because I was mad that the world was saying all Muslims were terrorists and that's just not true. He was my go to character in WWE Day Of Reckoning for Gamecube and was such a shame that his career ended due to some seriously bad timing. We will never see this character come back again.
Hassan was the last great heel in the wwe. He drew legit heat and want trying to be funny or cool or whatever. Heels are just not made like him. To say nothing of the fact that he comes from a time period when the wwe actually took chances and weren't playing safe. Yet another reason I don't watch wwe programing anymore.
Man I was 5 at the time of his year run but i loved Muhammad Hassan whenever i saw him on tv or live don't know how people didn't like or hate him he was a natural heel along with Davari
Muhammad Hassan was so great at being hated that UPN threatened to drop the wwe of he was on the show again...
Now that's a true heel !!!!
Everything the Muhammad Hassan character did in WWE, along with with the controversy that followed, is reason why I will make sure he'll be champion by the end of Season Mode of SmackDown! VS Raw 2006. Why? Because "Controversy Creates Cash", and I'm gonna need alot of WWE Cash...😜🤘
Behind the Titantron is an awesome show. Keep it up bro!
The UPN network played a huge part in his career coming to an end
You do an amazing job on the "Behind the Titantron" video series. It's really award-worthy quality. Great job, and please keep it up!! 👍
That Smackdown with the Undertaker was filmed on July 4 along with Raw just before at a Raw/Smackdown Supershow taping in Sacramento, CA. I was there.
Could have been one of the most complex, layered characters in history.
I tell you what; That dude's intro music was the coldest!!! Wish that character would've kept on going.
Muhammad Hassan: The Greatest World Heavyweight Champion that could have ever been.
I love the content here in this Wrestlelamia channel. Well done bro.
He was great heel i wish he won a championship
He was going to win championship from batista at one time and was going to be youngest wwe champion
It was way too soon for WWE to have had that type of character. True, depictions of terrorist and/or terrorist attacks are a norm on television dramas now, but 10 years ago, even 15 years ago that was too much too soon. Though I really enjoyed the character (and I wish it were THAT character who's currently been pushed instead of that god-awful Jinder guy), I can totally understand the negative backlash. Sometimes WWE has some pretty good ideas but bad timing. This was one of those instances.
Christian Hollister.... 24 on Fox was showing far worse things during the same timeframe
Sad story but that the wwe for you. They ran that angle even with UK bombing having just happened, instead of postponing the angle for awhile.
Daivari was also a great addition. All sorts of things went wrong from the start with Hasaan, none of which was his own doing. You mentioned they paired him with "Shawn" but he wrestled as Khosrow, another great name.
The real problem with the Hassan character is that it gradually got shifted from an Arab-American convinced that he was being wrongly persecuted towards one with actual terrorist overtones. Even if the London bombings hadn't occurred, that Undertaker strangling segment might still have made UPN massively uncomfortable.
That segment was soooo dumb it was the oppisite of what his character was trying to prove and yes sure it made him even a bigger heel but in the other hand just made him looks like a terrorist in a very horrible time if that segment did not happend it was going to be okay
Exactly, people forget this was a post 9/11 era. And tbf, the initial character was supposed to be an American converted to Islam.
he got serious heat from the crowd I liked the character and thought he would do big things i thought hes only royal rumble was hilarious haha all the faces and heels teamed up beat the crap out of him and tossed him cracked me up 2005 rumble was good all round but that spot was too funny and Vince tore both quads getting into the ring and was still yelling sitting on he's ass what a character
So sgt. Slaughter turning to become heel during Desert Storm was acceptable and this wasn't? Ugh. Another wasted heel to offended people.
Best heel in wwe history
Let's be real, Muhammad Hassan was the greatest heel/face of all time and reinvigorated kayfabe, especially around this time.
I think given the times we were in then, Hassan did the character a little too well for some peoples taste. This also includes outside things in the press. One my oldest friends is Arab American and she and her family didn't get mad about the Hassan character.
I really enjoyed this episode a lot as Muhammad Hassan was one of my favorite characters in the history of the WWE so thank you so much for this episode! I do have a request episode perhaps you could cover the life of Andrew Martin aka Test.
Its a real shame for this guy because none of this was his fault. Its similar to the Colin Kaepernick situation in the potential reward for taking the gamble of keeping the character going wasnt worth the fallout of bad PR and potential loss of TV time which of course adds up to a truck load of lost revenue.
Colin Kaepernick is no hero. He did nothing to change anything by sitting down and throwing a temper tantrum
These BTT videos are awesome! Can't wait to see what's in store for 2018! I voted for the Gino video! Happy new year
I've always thought it was a huge pity WWE mishandled the Hassan character. He was a pretty good wrestler, looked good and was a fine talker. If the character had been a little bit pulled back, he could still be a top heel in the company. As it is, the character failed and the guy portraying him is effectively black balled as well.
Hassan did nothing wrong i mean why couldn't WWE just Change his Ring Name changed his Gimmick it cost him his career!!!!
Better get rid of a crate than let the whole ship sink.
Muhammad Hassan will make his return in wrestling video games in The Wrestling Code.
On subject, the Hassan character was just ahead of its time.
Hassan was so underrated still can’t believe he could’ve been world champion
I feel bad for him. He was just doing his job... He could of been a title holder at some point. He wasn't half-bad in the ring from what I've seen.
Hassan was a hero! Thanks for making this. Will watch later.
Muhammad Hassan is one of the greatest wrestlers ever. If is was now her would be the biggest star and champ like Jinder was. Loved his style. His angle was amazing until the London controversy.
Imagine him on his knees after winning against batista in Washington. With the shock of him winning , his bumpy theme music and thousands booing that could’ve been one of the greatest championship win reactions of all time
People hated him because he spoke the truth.
i was a huge fan of muhammad hasaan.... great heel
Brings hassan back!!!
He earn the wwe title
One of the Beat heel ever and Great Entertainer
What they could have done was make the character face out of the gates. A Foreign heel has been done to death but a Foreign face that has the "Look not all of my race are psycho's" would probably have worked and sadly the timing was perfect to do that kind of angle. Now the time is past and they cannot make it work.
Atleast the guy is still relatively young at 36. I don’t blame him for not wanting to change the character or go back to developmental.. he would’ve been even more ruined knowing Dunn and Vince. Shame what came to be of this character! There were even rumors back in the day he was gonna get the world title off Batista! Hassan is one of the biggest what ifs in wwe history.
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Even though I think it went a bit too far with the masked men attacking Undertaker, Muhammad Hassan was misunderstood. He was still a good wrestler and should have had a world title reign.
He was such a highly potent character but the stupid networks never gave him a chance. That and backstage clashes with veterans made him unhappy as well.
This is a FANTASTIC dissertation.Bravo.
Honestly at the time i was digging his gimmick when he first showed up i like the whole "just cuz im middle eastern they look at me different" during the post 9/11 i like that idea but they had to mess it up and contradict the beliefs he had when he first started and it was timed wrong with the real terrorist attack is a shame he was getting so much heat and a shot at the champion wonder he still be around if none of that happened
DO..... THE DEATH OF ANDRE THE GIANT (THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE)
Great video on an awesome heel with bad circumstances
Great series of wrestling hidden histories. Congratulations
They tried Tiger Ali Singh and that didn't work either. WHAT!?!?!!
Not a bad way to end 2017! I wish WWE had found a way to edit the masked men segment off that fateful episode of "SmackDown!" because not doing so ended the Muhammad Hassan character for good. Too bad because that character was hot.
marcus813 Even if that segment got edited out for UK tv, there would still be people that bitched about the fact that the masked men bit took place.
Funny he wasn't even arabic, he's italian. He's now a jr. high principal!
Do all of those videos for next year lol They would all be worth watching!
I miss muhammad hassan
Wow...I love the little historical back ground on this one, Fascinating
Awesome video keep up the amazing work you and Brian Zane by far have the best wrestling channels on RUclips
Regardless of what happened, he was one of my favorites of all time. Perfect portrayal of the "character"...
Character ruined his only chance at becoming a success smh. S/O Syracuse Ny had no idea he was from my hometown!
Great work. I didn't know much about the Muhammad Hasan character since I took a break from WWE around the time he was out, so this was pretty informative.
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Unfortunate timing, was my favourite at the time, gutted for him.
Ivm British and I loved the Muhammad hassan character.
Don't forget WWE is a show to quote Vince McMahon "we make movies".
I actually real miss Hassan.
He was the last great heel.
That character brought nuclear Heat that hadn't been seen since Sgt Slaughter's "American turncoat" or even the Territory days.
That whole story line was the most intriguing character.
At the end of the day wwe "we make movies".
One more thing, the Muhammad Hassan character reminded me of a throwback to Iron Shiek when he supported Iran back in the 80s and when Sgt. Slaughter turned heel and supported Sadaam Hussein during Desert Storm, now that what you call heat, but then again there's good heat and bad heat.
He spoke alot of truths
The booing audience during his segments proved that
The constant booing being akin to "one eye out the other" attitude
Hassan and davari were legendary heels I swear