Muhammad Hassan On The Controversial Storyline That Got Him Fired
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Former WWE Superstar Muhammad Hassan (Marc Copani) joins Chris to what the conversation was like when he was told that his character was being discontinued from WWE.
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It wasn't his fault for playing that character too well
Imagine getting fired for giving 110%
It was just a unfortunate timing and the episodes were already taped and sent before airing apparently
When you realize Muhammad was the babyface and the crowds were the heels
And the networks were the heels too.
Unpopular opinion: A LOT of wrestling (not all but, a lot) of wrestling is still like this.
Propaganda > Truth. Even to this day it's like that. It's probably worse these days as society is actually aware of this fact and still chooses to follow propaganda.
Bro spoke the truth n got booed 😂
Facts.
Chris: Why did you get fired?
Hassan: I did my job well
Sounds like working retail.
He legit was ahead of his time.
Hassan was too good of a heel. He didn't have go away heat. He had don't get out of your car heat
He had jump out of the plane heat
@roy12525 He would have had pushed off the plane heat at that time
Don't promote Islamic filth!!!!!
He could’ve been one of the best heels in wrestling history like JBL or even Orton but luck wasnt on his side. Young charismatic and most hated at the time
He already is one of the best heels ever in his short time there.
@@nysportsfan2576 imagine the heat he would’ve gotten if he won the world heavyweight championship from batista in batista’s hometown
Hassan would have been the only person to make JBL a face during that time
Hassan never got a fair shake. It’s so unfortunate.
Ironic being that was the essence of his character lol
All because of the worthless marks back in the day
Shu up u was probably one of the ones who was hating on him
Didn’t deserve a fair shake.
@@Gamingniqqa Who deserved? The classless, uneducated marks who ended his career?
The “don’t buy the house” is such a real but solid thing to do for someone. It sucks but he saved him from an even worse situation.
He was legitimately TOO successful and too real. His firing and everything was the official final nail in the end of the Attitude Era in a lot of ways. Muhammad Hassan is one of the greatest what-if's in wrestling history.
If that bombing in London didn't happen, he would have been phased out by 2007-08 after the Benoit incident and PG transition
Imagine a run with the US Title during that time too
The attitude era ended 4 years prior. Had nothing to do with it. People need to accept that the attitude era was a boom period that in all essence, lasted from mid to late 97 until early 2001. Hassans character was never going to go on for years, it was shock value and that never lasts
Marc was such a great foreign heel and performer, I wish the WWE could have found another angle or character for him.
Poor guy became a victim of unfortunate timing and sad part is he was so amazing at his job he got axed for it
What happened? I’m too young to remember.
@@samuellal1998
"He used to play an American-Arab character. During his feud with the Undertaker, he knelt down to pray, and then 4-5 masked goons came out, choked the Undertaker with wire, and carried him away. Unfortunately, this episode of SmackDown was aired after the London Subway Bombing attacks. WWE received a lot of criticism, and the character was taken off TV."
@@khadka98Thanks for telling me.
That’s a crazy story, He did nothing wrong!
I always felt like when that happened, they should've turned him babyface instead of getting rid of Muhammad Hassan. Because at that point he hadn't been anything other than a heel. So giving him a month or two off then bringing him back as a babyface would've kept him going. His character was amazing and so was his mic skills. A waste of talent.
Muhammad Hassan in my opinion was one of the best heels WWE had in 2004-05.
The fact that he could make people cheer for the heels shows how much heat he had with the fans. So long as he got his ass kicked by someone, it didn't matter, face or heel.
It's crazy that he was only around 23 at that time.Very talented and underrated. Still, it was a very risky gimmick to stay in.
It speaks a lot to his personal character that he doesn't sound bitter at the opportunity lost. He very likely could have been a multimillionaire en route to a Hall of Fame induction right now if his career wasn't cut down in its prime.
He absolutely killed that character 😂 i dont think we'll ever see a heel as hated as he was again
Dude had Iron Sheik level Heat but his character became too extreme due to outside circumstances
Woowww, Marc looks grest still for his age. I am really sad that they didn't give him a lengthy run was definitely the best heel in that era and still my favorite ❤
Damn this guy was so good it's a shame on WWEs part how he was just dropped he was awesome with promos he has the look an all ❤
Dude was way ahead of his time.
I could never forget the heat he took back in the day.
Wish you could come back! Favorite heal and entrance music popped
He was extremely underrated
As a heel enjoyer, he was a comedian in my world. He also raised several important points like most stand-ups do. Luckily I am not American, as I would have come dressed in his clothing and a number one fan sign. I would probably been killed.
AEW needs to bring him as coach or a special guest, this man still in form.
Keep up the good work Chris.
If there ever was a time to bring him back, nowis the time
One time i got fired. Someone at the job lost some expensive headphones, $500. The day was normal, people were asking me questions i didn't really pay any mind to. Later back at home, just chilling, i got a call from my boss, saying they had to fire me and they had footage of me stealing headphones and just return them. Which meant they were lying. I had no idea what was going on. Apparently the headphones had some kind of gps in it and they (super confidently) sent a picture of some neighborhood i never been in. Like whooaaaaaa you got me, chilling in my penthouse in tribeca full of stolen headphones and feral dobermans. Sometimes i think i'll get a call or something apologizing, like here's some money, we found out what happened to the headphones.
Reminds me of Geoffrey from Game of Thrones. He was so good at playing his character he received death threats and decided to end his acting carrier.
Wrong place wrong time. WWE, what the heck were they thinking SMH 🤦♂️.
I started watching WWE that very week, the first week of July in 2005.
Over here in the U.K. we had our version of 9/11 happen the London 7/7 bombings on July 7th 2005.
I was just on the Tube in the London Underground just 2 or 3 weeks before it happened, now I didn’t go to any of the places that would get hit just 2 or 3 weeks later, but to know that as a 9 year old boy as I was at the time going on a school trip to the British Museum using the Tube just 2 or 3 weeks before it all happened is eerie.
Hassan looking fine in 2024. Totally surprised 😲
I remember that Last Ride he took through the titantron floor yeah it was scripted but I felt he had to take it and Taker to give it to keep the crowd happy
If he wrestles right now he would have been the top face of the company. The pops for him would have gone off the roofs.
Crazy that they didn’t take him off tv and repackage him
Iconic gimmick. interview idea baby boy smith jr.
I remember his character so well and admiring him for playing that part so well. I get why they took Muhammad Hassan off TV, but they could have easily found another gimmick for him that didn't involve terrorism. Should have never been fired imo.
He would’ve been such a badass World Heavyweight Champion. The planned feud between him and Batista would’ve been 🔥 They should’ve just repackaged him, in my opinion he was unfairly dismissed.
Odd now that's he's older he looks even more middle eastern 😮
I was always bored w alot of those sorta story lines but he was a good worker
It's a shame, because Muhammed Hassan was such a smart character to start with, the idea of a Muslim being able to tell people "I am not a terrorist" was something America needed during the peak Bush years. The fact that they turned on that was gonna be a stupid decision no matter when they did it, but especially when it did happen.
The fact that he bore most of the consequences for creative's stupid decision still annoys me.
Tell me how this makes sense...it was Vince's idea, it was his call to do it and the guy following orders is the one who got fired
Hassan could get heat out of a freezer. I hope he can continue to work within the wrestling world
Just a case of flying too close to the sun.
It’s not that the storyline was controversial it’s just the timing that was horrible
He might be gray but he's still jacked!
wwe: what if?
Man’s character was a suicidal bomber… wild stuff 😮
Unfortunately this is the type of character that is not recoverable from playing.
Short of him wearing a mask as a new character there’s no way anyone would have seen him as anything other than Hassan.
Regardless of what they tried to do with him afterwords he would have always been seen as the anti American. Glad he at least got to make money at the main event level for the short stint that he did
Imagine if Hassan had come around ten years earlier. He and Stone Cold would've been archenemies and their feud would've burned hotter than the sun.
It wasn't his fault the London Bombings coincided with his run.
crazy coincidence
should’ve hired him back after taking him off tv
honestly he could and should of sued the wwe for unfair dismissal as its such a open and shut case
Is an independent contractor
How old is Mark Copani?
They could've gave him a whole new character. It can't be bad as A Train
Never would have worked fans would have chanted hassan
@@pleaseshutup7053 that's what I mean, they done it to others terribly, why not him? At least give him a chance
@@MarcYanruw and a train didn’t have a good run after the change
Idky they just didn’t put him back on Raw. Or, they should’ve kept him on Smackdown. They were too scared to keep him on TV. Wasted potential.
They literally couldn't keep him on Smackdown because UPN told WWE that they would not allow him to appear on the network anymore. I'm not sure about RAW and Spike though.
@@MickFoley299I think RAW could have brought him back since Daivari came back onto RAW at the end of the year anyway.
When I was a teen a friend of mine was REALLY into wrestling and he thought hassan was "real." Dude he's a guido or something. No no no he's real blah blah blah. Couldn't believe it lol.
Who's he and what happened to him ?
Don’t buy the house
He is still hot
Kinda shows you the difference between now and during the time of Iron Shiek and Sgt Slaughter. It's basically the same thing. I feel if they had a Hulk Hogan style character to go against it probably would have worked. But he shouldn't have been fired over a character Vince no doubt came up with.
it wasnt for the london bombings things wold be okay
Hassan work was ligit and could have (not could have) paved the way for others (non-cookie cutter wrestlers). It's too bad they couldn't repackage him somehow.
I had 3 WWE tryouts as a Chinese wrestler prior to 2010. His push would have been a God send and would have ushered in a 2nd age of Attitude Era instead of the PG era.
I was presented as Chinese but am also Japanese/Hawaiian and wrestled Yuji Nagata when I was 23.
Least Jey Uso still uses the neckbreaker I made in 1998. UA-cam Best Neckbreaker in Wrestling History.
America is so sick in the head now. You could bring this character back now and they would clap him.
The character got heat for saying he was an American like everyone else and that's true so wtf r talking about. He was boo'd because of Islamophobia
@superlegoman2003 it turns out people don't like being blown up. The joke is he complained about being treated bad while being a heel and deliberately provoking people.
@@frankstallone3864 the crowd got conditioned by Vince over the year to boo the evil minorities and cheer the the great white hope heros. They were going to boo him no matter what he did. I remember the crowd got confused when he spoke with an American accent while trying to boo him. It was funny as hell
Depends on which state WWE is in. If the show is in Texas or Alabama chances are he'll get booed. But if it's in California or Illinois he probably gets the babyface treatment.
@@TB-wn9xk Nah, he'd get booed everywhere.
Shame that this gimmick will never some back, especially since WWE decide to sell out to the Saudis.
Muhammad Hassan was one of my favorite heels of that time but I questioned the timing of the character when he appeared. With how touchy it was as a topic. He gave it his all and was an incredible wrestler for the most part, and an even better promo artist, and it sucks that politics, rather than his actual performance, was what ended his run
He looks like someone tried to create Michael Cole as a WWE wrestler. 😂
Crazy he never got repackaged
I don't think you really could tbh he was such a controversial character and got big enough that's all he would be tbh
Didn't know the US was in London.
also didn't make sense why Daivari was brought back months later when he was just as involved as Hassan. I'm glad Marc Copani is living a happy life now...
Man told him not to buy the house, damn
The WWE cut ties with him. He was left with the blame and not financially paid for his departure. Sucker s*** by the WWE.
“Hey sorry this thing we came up with for you that you did really well got us all in a lot of trouble, we have to fire you for it”
terrible timing
London bombings
If they never would’ve ran that stupid “terrorists attacking the undertaker” part of the story, Hasan could’ve been so money man.
One bad angle destroys a hugely compelling character. Wouldn’t be surprised if that angle was at Vince’s direction, as well.
Dumb gimmick
Bing Bing bong
so true