Thank you guys the great gimmick. You played it so well and so excellent that they had to take you off TV. Who can say they excelled the character despite not wanting to do it you made a huge difference and an impact on the business. I’m shocked this guy is only 44, I grew up watching it and I’m only 5 years behind. All the best guy
He’s in good health, but damn I can tell he’s been through a lot with the full grey hair, especially at his age. To be honest, he is doing extremely well being a school principal and all. Good luck to him and I wish him all the best. Let’s just say Marc Copani was absolutely brilliant as Muhammed Hassan, so much so they had to cancel him.
Not gonna lie, the ending almost brought tears to my eyes seeing how Marc’s life came full circle. Maven’s channel is so underrated and 10 year old me appreciates the outlook on this.
yeaaa, i didnt know that he was teaching after he did wrestling and im like saying to myself. "this man is winning life right now" and im happy for him and his family.
Dude is still in phenomenal shape. This guy had THE MOST heat back in the day. The sound of his entrance theme would entice a roar of boos and USA chants 😆
His theme was an absolute banger and the fact he went all in on this character and executed so damn well, like. I get the reasons why he was let go, but man. He was so convincing as a character. Short heel career but one that folks who grew up and watched this still remember to this day. Glad he is doing well. I love these kinds of interviews. Keep up the awesome content Maven.
He started as an Arab American speaking out against discrimination and got heavily booed, they then turned him into a terrorist who summoned jihadists from the sky to attack the undertaker. Sorry but the fact is he was first booed for being simply "Arab American" ,in fact the character himself was a "proud American, just as American as you" , but that was WAY too nuanced for pro fking wrestling lmao
@@geedee1264 Like John Cena said "These people don't hate you because you're an ARAB American... They hate you because you're an ASSHOLE American!" That phrase stayed with me.
This guy could be really bitter about everything that happened near the end of his career but went on to be successful in a completely different industry and seems to be doing well. Love to see it.
Thank you for this. Any time he does an interview I watch it. Muhammad Hassan will live forever in the minds of fans who lived through it. This character was GREAT, Jim Johnston NAILED the entrance music, and the amount of heat he had was unreal. I'll never forget being in the TD Garden in Boston for a RAW and not being able to hear Daivari screaming into the mic because the boos were so loud.
This was great, I love seeing guys like this getting to talk about their day in the sun without any pressure. I had fallen out of watching WWE by the time Hassan had his run but I really enjoyed it. And seeing how he's genuinely happy with his life now and has a sweet-as-nuts family, I was genuinely smiling. Great job!
@@mrmoviemanic1for sure. He’s def in the underrated tier of the likes such as Shelton Benjamin, Elijah, Booker T, Finley, Santino Marrello, Maven, Raven
He did it so well they had to cancel him. I feel bad for him, but hey, in this instance, it was never Marc’s destiny to continue on in the WWE. I am glad he’s found happiness and success in his own way. This man is genuine and down to earth and has lived life the hard way - this is why I like him.
absolutely loved this! He didn't just play the character he understood the struggles of real American Arabs/Muslims. He wasn't just ignorant and that deserves respect
This is the funny thing to Americans he was a heel who hated America because he dared to criticise but he never really was a heel because like Marc said he was just showing America the injustice of what was going on
They really didn't have to cancel him lol it's a show you're a moron if you thought he was a terrorist. Yes the London bombing happened, so what were going to believe he was behind it? Lol we just want to be invested in stories haha
He himself said it wouldn't have lasted much longer in the CVV interview. From the start it was known that the gimmick would be at least a year maybe 2 at most 3. But it's a pitty that nowadays people wouldn't accept these type of gimmicks, that are more politically based.
As an Arab, watching this Hassan character and his manager do their thing without speaking a single word of Arabic was just so strangely funny to me. The fact that the gimmick ended abruptly due to public backlash is insanely ironic.
It didn't end due to public backlash it ended because he went from an Arab American who spoke out against discrimination to summoning terrorists by appealing to the heavens , this episode aired around the day the London bombings happened so the networks crapped their jocks. He had heat for being an Arab American just speaking out 😂, then they literally just turned him into a terrorist
So what did u think back then? We’re u like “ When the hell they gone speak Arabic”? 😂😂 What’s also crazy is us non Arabics thought he was speaking Arabic 😂😂
I thought it was pure bullshit, as an American that knew both people of Arab background and people of Indian and Pakastani background, I saw the shit they had to go through after 9\11. I was hoping and praying that WWE would allow Hassan to be a babyface and to show how our shitty American first bullshit was hurting innocent people who just happened to be the same ethnicity as the terrorists. There was a convenience store around the corner from my house that i stopped in almost every day after school to buy a bag of chips and a soda, the kid behind the counter was the most awesome person I could have ever met (it's been 20 years now so I don't remember his name), but I remember he was shot to death because he was an "A Rab" but he was actually Pakistani. Such senseless violence all around.
@@nlee4566 Every time Daivari opened his mouth I would just laugh. It was very cringy because it was obvious those two are not even 1% Arab. I also obviously hated the stereotype that came with the character, it painted people like me in a very bad and I'm glad Marc Copani shed light on that in this interview. Today however, I'm glad we have Arab wrestlers like Mansoor, Sami Zayn, Mojo Rawley, Mustafa Ali, and others, wrestlers that I, an Arab, can watch do great work without fearing that they'd be stereotypically misrepresented.
This is among your top 5 videos. Loved ever minute of it. I had wondered what happened to Muhammad Hassan, and am thrilled to find out that he is doing great.
The segment with Taker's receipt, Taker checking to see if Hassan was okay, while seamlessly making space to allow both wrestlers to keep working the match shows just how amazing NOT ONLY The Undertaker, but Muhammad Hassan was. Two of my favorite professional wrestlers.
@k1221nirvana you're really ignorant. That's the part of entertainment. You go in to what is topical and try to create something with it. Any other form of entertainment did the same, movies came out about the war and the 9/11 attacks. Musicians made songs about it amd TV shows made specials, so Vince wasn't alone in it.
Muhammad Hassan is one of my fav heels from this era. Much respect to Marc and Divari for making me think deeper about the psychology of heels for the first time back in my early wrestling days.
You'd be surprised how many people can't see the difference between the two. A lot of people will just look at Arab and Persian and just assume it's the same thing in places I've lived.
This was one of the best behind-the-scenes videos I've seen in a while. Huge respect to Marc for his passion, both for his character and who he is as a person. Thanks for putting this together, Maven!
This is great, maven went from lost obscurity to bringing other lost characters who never got to really shine, a chance to share their story just like him. This kind of content i think is a gold mine for both entertainment and emotionally for both former wrestlers and fans. I absolutely love these meets with the old fellas.
@@mtgtv14 He means you can still watch his matches but you can't directly search for them. Also meaning the chapters on the Network never reference him by name and only say "X in singles action" the same way they do Benoit.
Nah not exactly, yes you can’t search for him on the wwe network and peacock, but it’s not the same Benoit a murderer and hassan is a badly timed character… To compare the two situations is rather silly
@@skullzyy6633 He's not comparing the situations in terms of how bad they are. He's just saying that they've both been given the same treatment on the Network.
One of the biggest dropped balls of the last 25 years. He was so good at what he did, and for WWE to not even try and repackage him after Vince completely failed to understand the Hassan character… mind blowing. WWE left a lot of money on the table with you, Marc.
I do think Vince dropped the ball with him. They didn't need to scrap the character, just do enough not to piss off the advertisers. I am really shocked vince didn't just repackage him into another character since he had the look Vince loves.
@@mattm7798 Well him doing that angle with undertaker and piano wire was bad timing but since Smackdown was taped it could have been cut from the broadcast and nobody would have noticed. The Network Smackdown was on at the time did not want Hassan on their show so the only way he could have continued is if he was on RAW. Also a repackaging wouldnt work either cause the character made such a impact in a small amount of time he really couldnt be cause everyone would say its ''Muhammad Hassan'' and it wouldnt work unless he kayfabe threw the company under the bus and went on with that instead
@@Venemofthe888 To your first point, I think they definitely could have done that. To the second, tons of guys who were recognizable underwent repackaging. He wouldn't necessarily have to change his name, just change or tweak the gimmick some. It's interesting how many chances Vince would give some guys but not others. I'm still trying to figure out why Vince didn't push EC3 to the moon. He seemingly had everything Vince looks for.
They did want to re-package him, but he didn’t want to start from scratch with another character - he also had a lot of negative heat backstage and wasn’t popular in the locker room for some reason….
@@MiniLemmythey told him to tell Eddie Guerrero to stop using the camel clutch not knowing his dad made that move and it was alotta jealousy towards him because he was getting pushed so he rubbed people the wrong way with him still being green and asking questions
This man is more of an inspiration than he knows. Could you imagine losing your dream job under circumstances out of your control, after working so hard to reach that point.. you would think life is over. He didnt lay down and cower in defeat, he made another path in life and now he's helping children in his community everyday. Its not as "glamorous" as being a wwe superstar, but that doesnt mater. He's a true hero in this country and we need more like him. He's proof that one door closing doesnt stop Gods plan for your life.
I love you Muhammad Hassan. I get on WWE videos every week and suggest bringing you back with Davari. I listen to your theme song weekly. Also, you were right about America. You were the true face of the company. WWE needs to bring you back. With Davari.
Maven, great interview, may I suggest something? Let your guest complete their sentences before jumping in. Couple of times you cut him off and he was going to say something interesting. But I love the MHassan character and he is true to himself!
So glad he's doing well. He was given the No Winingest of No Win angles and still made a memorable character.I wish he was able to be repackaged and had a longer WWE Career, he was so good in the ring.
And i thought the last video with Spike Dudley was great, this one was also a great one. Well done, Maven. Hope to see you with more guests like this. Makes for some great content.
Muhammad Hassan is genuinely one of the greatest heels of all time. What an indelible legacy he left in only a matter of months. More memorable than some people who have been in the industry 15+ years.
Mav! I loved this video. I feel like this interview is the happy ending Marc/Muhammad Hassan deserved. Thank you for it! I am glad to see Marc be successful outside his wrestling career and happy! I hope you continue to do videos with other past/present talent. Love your channel! Keep it up 🙂
Met Hassan at WrestleCon in 2016 and he’s one of the best wrestlers I’ve met. Took time to make sure we had a good conversation and was extremely kind. I’m glad to see he’s happy and thriving now
Also that WM 21 Segment with Eugene & Hogan was a moment I watched over and over again as a kid. WrestleMania 21 was the first dvd I got as a kid and that segment was a standout moment on a card filled with amazing moments.
This is sweet. Over the years I only heard how Hassan had heat backstage and how his life was made miserable during his time in WWE so it's really great to see him in good spirits and happy.
Every other wrestling channel look for stories of top guys this is the only genuine channel that goes and look for stories of mid card guys and that's so cool specially from that era 2002-2008 so many stories such a different era!
Oh Man. This Is the video i dream of! I Love Muhammad Hassan! So Glad seeing him with Maven :D Thank you Maven for making this possible, Never thought seeing Muhammad Hassan with Maven. MANNN I Love this man You can't imagine how happy am i.
And to this day still push that gimmick under the carpet, it was genuinely one of the few "real" characters that came out of that time. It really deserved it's flowers
Real character??? He was an Arab American who was speaking out about discrimination and got heavily booed, then they turned him into a terrorist, a caricature of America's racism, nothing real about him suddenly becoming a terrorist, because that means discrimination is retroactively justified 😂😂
Vince wrote this. Vince McMahon offended the audience with the character. Vince McMahon fired an employee who did what he was told. And Vince was the hero for firing the guy who had nothing to do with the idea but did what Vince told him to do. we live in an evil world.
On behalf of all of us from the Metro Detroit are, we adore Muhammad Hassan. I still get the tingles when the ring announcer would say, "Dearborn, Michigan". Mark, beautiful family, my friend Yates looks just like you and he's in the teaching field. EMU!!! My favorite Hassan memory was when I was really nervous to go flying on a plane, DTW to Boston and it was in the morning and the area was real quiet at 10 a.m. It's me and 5 friends and I'm nervous AF to fly, so for fun, I busted the Muhammad Hassan theme to lighten the mood. We got the look of concern from the Karens and Darrens, but also some laughs, including one of the Pilots, who I'm guessing is a fan of the biz. I got a free beer on that flight. Awesome video Mark and Maven - Teachers/Principals do it best. Yeet!
Not gonna lie, as an Arab American born and raised in Brooklyn NY, I resonated with the character LoL. My father owns a restaurant in Brooklyn, and as a sick joke somebody called the FBI and said he had explosives hidden there. The investigators knew it was a horrible prank. No wonder I liked Muhammad Hassan hahaha
Maven you slay these interviews EVERYTIME!... Hats off to you!.. I have never seen Mark talk about his character and matches in such detail in an interview EVER!...
@@iRajiv He's not "still there." He got cut, went to TNA, left there and opened a school with Molly Holly in 2017. So he must have been recently rehired within the last five years. Muhammad had no baggage.
@@Speedyreedy1218 I don't follow his career as much as you but that's good to know he's been doing well. I just saw him on Raw last week during the Strowman/Reed match as one of the extras and sung the Hassan theme.
Thank you for this interview Maven. It's great to see Mr. Caponi talk some more about his time. It was extra special that you interviewed him. To hear y'all's stories was great. I was mad when he was taken off TV but happy he's doing good now.
That ending was a really nice surprise. So good. It left a really great taste in my mouth. Hassan was one of my favorite characters back in the day. So sad when he disappeared. Was a blast to see the real life person and see how he is doing. More of this please.
It's insane see you guys in Fulton high school auditorium, that's where I went to highschool. Being a kid watching Muhammad Hassan, it's crazy seeing him in my highschool
I loved the Muhammad Hassan character. It was really thought provoking. Also, I wonder what Daivari said everytime he yelled in Farsi. Was it random stuff or maybe obscenities? 😆
Muhammad Hassan not only generated heat, he made the babyface pop even louder than they normally got. Even someone like Hogan, when he came out at MSG to save HBK from Hassan and Davairi, the pop that he got made the Garden erupt! No exaggeration, Hulk and HBK got a 15 minute long standing ovation as they posed for the fans.
Loved that ending! So heartwarming. Beyond proud of Marc for bouncing back from the way his wrestling career ended. Thanks for putting this together, Maven. ❤
Whoa!!!! This guy was such an amazing character. He may not know it, but within his short time frame, he accomplished so much. Thank you for ur time, Mark
I wish this character can come back at least just one episode guest appearance. I think we are at a point that we can accept Muhammad Hassan as a product of its time and just seeing him in the ring just one more time would feel nostalgic.
Maven, you were an underrated wrestler, but damn man, you’re one well of a human being. For me, that’s why this channel shines just that little bit brighter. Respect to you brother, it’s damn good to see.
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Hey Mav, You should do a video w/ Eugene (Nick Dinsmore) talking about his career (His Character).
Thank you guys the great gimmick. You played it so well and so excellent that they had to take you off TV. Who can say they excelled the character despite not wanting to do it you made a huge difference and an impact on the business.
I’m shocked this guy is only 44, I grew up watching it and I’m only 5 years behind.
All the best guy
Get Hassan on Takers Podcast
Thanks Maven😊😊
@@MavenKHuffman no
He went all in with that character. Great to see Marc in good health.
Wrestling Bios thanks for all your work after RTW maybe you can do ECW and Joshi promotions
He was so good as Muhammad Hassan he's still mentioned and beloved 20 years later
Heard that in your northern accent. Where are you from in Ireland?
The king of Jam-Up guys has graced us with his presence!!!
He’s in good health, but damn I can tell he’s been through a lot with the full grey hair, especially at his age. To be honest, he is doing extremely well being a school principal and all. Good luck to him and I wish him all the best. Let’s just say Marc Copani was absolutely brilliant as Muhammed Hassan, so much so they had to cancel him.
Not gonna lie, the ending almost brought tears to my eyes seeing how Marc’s life came full circle. Maven’s channel is so underrated and 10 year old me appreciates the outlook on this.
yeaaa, i didnt know that he was teaching after he did wrestling and im like saying to myself. "this man is winning life right now" and im happy for him and his family.
Same here 😭
Dude is still in phenomenal shape. This guy had THE MOST heat back in the day. The sound of his entrance theme would entice a roar of boos and USA chants 😆
Bet he can still cut promos even if he can't work in the ring.
His theme was an absolute banger and the fact he went all in on this character and executed so damn well, like. I get the reasons why he was let go, but man. He was so convincing as a character. Short heel career but one that folks who grew up and watched this still remember to this day. Glad he is doing well. I love these kinds of interviews. Keep up the awesome content Maven.
It was a good theme song. It was jinder before jinders theme
Muhammad Hassan played the character so well. The crowd was the heel xD
As a proud american, I disagree, but I agree lol
He started as an Arab American speaking out against discrimination and got heavily booed, they then turned him into a terrorist who summoned jihadists from the sky to attack the undertaker. Sorry but the fact is he was first booed for being simply "Arab American" ,in fact the character himself was a "proud American, just as American as you" , but that was WAY too nuanced for pro fking wrestling lmao
@@geedee1264 Like John Cena said "These people don't hate you because you're an ARAB American... They hate you because you're an ASSHOLE American!" That phrase stayed with me.
@@ibrakena2277No y'all were the heels
@@geedee1264 This is the truth. Americans in a general sense, or should I say american wrestling fans are idiots.
This guy could be really bitter about everything that happened near the end of his career but went on to be successful in a completely different industry and seems to be doing well. Love to see it.
Yeah, compared to how common the bitterness, blaming, and excuses are in the industry, he sticks out, in the best way possible.
Thank you for this. Any time he does an interview I watch it. Muhammad Hassan will live forever in the minds of fans who lived through it. This character was GREAT, Jim Johnston NAILED the entrance music, and the amount of heat he had was unreal. I'll never forget being in the TD Garden in Boston for a RAW and not being able to hear Daivari screaming into the mic because the boos were so loud.
This was great, I love seeing guys like this getting to talk about their day in the sun without any pressure. I had fallen out of watching WWE by the time Hassan had his run but I really enjoyed it. And seeing how he's genuinely happy with his life now and has a sweet-as-nuts family, I was genuinely smiling. Great job!
Marc really pulled the Muhammed hassan spectacularly, It's good to see him doing well.
Yeah I honestly had no clue he wasn't actually Arabian, makes his portrayal even more impressive
I find it kinda amazing how Hassan is one of the few characters in WWE that is killed off.
@@mrmoviemanic1for sure. He’s def in the underrated tier of the likes such as Shelton Benjamin, Elijah, Booker T, Finley, Santino Marrello, Maven, Raven
Screw him for supporting them
He did it so well they had to cancel him. I feel bad for him, but hey, in this instance, it was never Marc’s destiny to continue on in the WWE. I am glad he’s found happiness and success in his own way. This man is genuine and down to earth and has lived life the hard way - this is why I like him.
absolutely loved this! He didn't just play the character he understood the struggles of real American Arabs/Muslims. He wasn't just ignorant and that deserves respect
The only thing he did was increase Islamophobia
Having an Italian play a middle eastern anti american guy is the most Vince thing ever
Hollywood too
who cares dude
@@hogan4670people of that particular race.. you must be a proud boy ?
This is the funny thing to Americans he was a heel who hated America because he dared to criticise but he never really was a heel because like Marc said he was just showing America the injustice of what was going on
He had an Italian play a Native American. Wahoo or either Strongbow.
Crazy that his entire run was less than 7 months! A travesty he was thrown under the bus for portraying the character well.
Right? And how many 7 months runs are they talking about over 20 years later? Dude made an impact
Vince: Become a fanatical islamic jihadist, it'll be funny hehe
Also Vince: 😡 The advertiser are mad. YOU'RE FIRED
They really didn't have to cancel him lol it's a show you're a moron if you thought he was a terrorist. Yes the London bombing happened, so what were going to believe he was behind it? Lol we just want to be invested in stories haha
He himself said it wouldn't have lasted much longer in the CVV interview. From the start it was known that the gimmick would be at least a year maybe 2 at most 3. But it's a pitty that nowadays people wouldn't accept these type of gimmicks, that are more politically based.
WHAT HAHA. Man it felt like years.
As an Arab, watching this Hassan character and his manager do their thing without speaking a single word of Arabic was just so strangely funny to me. The fact that the gimmick ended abruptly due to public backlash is insanely ironic.
It didn't end due to public backlash it ended because he went from an Arab American who spoke out against discrimination to summoning terrorists by appealing to the heavens , this episode aired around the day the London bombings happened so the networks crapped their jocks. He had heat for being an Arab American just speaking out 😂, then they literally just turned him into a terrorist
So what did u think back then? We’re u like “ When the hell they gone speak Arabic”? 😂😂 What’s also crazy is us non Arabics thought he was speaking Arabic 😂😂
Such a trippy experience seeing an italian american and an iranian american portraying arab dudes especially as someone whose mother tongue is arabic.
I thought it was pure bullshit, as an American that knew both people of Arab background and people of Indian and Pakastani background, I saw the shit they had to go through after 9\11. I was hoping and praying that WWE would allow Hassan to be a babyface and to show how our shitty American first bullshit was hurting innocent people who just happened to be the same ethnicity as the terrorists.
There was a convenience store around the corner from my house that i stopped in almost every day after school to buy a bag of chips and a soda, the kid behind the counter was the most awesome person I could have ever met (it's been 20 years now so I don't remember his name), but I remember he was shot to death because he was an "A Rab" but he was actually Pakistani. Such senseless violence all around.
@@nlee4566 Every time Daivari opened his mouth I would just laugh. It was very cringy because it was obvious those two are not even 1% Arab. I also obviously hated the stereotype that came with the character, it painted people like me in a very bad and I'm glad Marc Copani shed light on that in this interview. Today however, I'm glad we have Arab wrestlers like Mansoor, Sami Zayn, Mojo Rawley, Mustafa Ali, and others, wrestlers that I, an Arab, can watch do great work without fearing that they'd be stereotypically misrepresented.
This is among your top 5 videos. Loved ever minute of it. I had wondered what happened to Muhammad Hassan, and am thrilled to find out that he is doing great.
Was just going to comment that this is one of his best videos! So well done.
Another man who deserved a better run.
Keep it up, Maven. These are great!
I think his run was pretty good. And what better way to end it than with Undertaker giving him a literal Last Ride?
The segment with Taker's receipt, Taker checking to see if Hassan was okay, while seamlessly making space to allow both wrestlers to keep working the match shows just how amazing NOT ONLY The Undertaker, but Muhammad Hassan was. Two of my favorite professional wrestlers.
In 6-8 months Muhammad Hassan managed to become one of the best heels of all time!
PLOT TWIST: He really was a face when you think about it. He just telling the truth of how Arab Americans were viewed post 911.
easy to accomplish since vince capitalized on Islamophobia. glad hes gone.
@k1221nirvana you're really ignorant. That's the part of entertainment. You go in to what is topical and try to create something with it. Any other form of entertainment did the same, movies came out about the war and the 9/11 attacks. Musicians made songs about it amd TV shows made specials, so Vince wasn't alone in it.
@@timothybruns2775 whataboutisms? really?
@@krsnirvan there is ni such thing call islamophobia. Fear on islam is a rational one, not irrational
Muhammad Hassan is one of my fav heels from this era. Much respect to Marc and Divari for making me think deeper about the psychology of heels for the first time back in my early wrestling days.
I like the way how Marc (Hassan) explains the difference between with arab and persian.
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You'd be surprised how many people can't see the difference between the two. A lot of people will just look at Arab and Persian and just assume it's the same thing in places I've lived.
I dont blame people for shipping them together. I ship EU together when they are different
@@dwightyboy5324 Well they are fairly closely linked, much like northern Europeans and Caucasian people.
@@mattm7798no there not Iranians are cousins to Europeans there Indo-European/Arians where the Arabs are Semites completely different ethnic groups.
I was at this wrestlemania. The only one I've been too. That pop for Hogan was absolutely deafening. Still get goosebumps thinking about it.
This interview was so good and it was so wholesome in the end with the family. Loved the video Maven and Mark.
This was one of the best behind-the-scenes videos I've seen in a while. Huge respect to Marc for his passion, both for his character and who he is as a person. Thanks for putting this together, Maven!
Hassan was never appreciated in his time, but he was a great character. It's a shame they cut it short
Because this character is trash racist
This is great, maven went from lost obscurity to bringing other lost characters who never got to really shine, a chance to share their story just like him.
This kind of content i think is a gold mine for both entertainment and emotionally for both former wrestlers and fans. I absolutely love these meets with the old fellas.
He's been given the Benoit treatment on WWE Network Peacock
No shit? They scrubbed him hey?
No he hasn’t
@@mtgtv14 He means you can still watch his matches but you can't directly search for them. Also meaning the chapters on the Network never reference him by name and only say "X in singles action" the same way they do Benoit.
Nah not exactly,
yes you can’t search for him on the wwe network and peacock, but it’s not the same
Benoit a murderer and hassan is a badly timed character…
To compare the two situations is rather silly
@@skullzyy6633 He's not comparing the situations in terms of how bad they are. He's just saying that they've both been given the same treatment on the Network.
He was absolute gold in his short run. Nuclear heat every time
One of the biggest dropped balls of the last 25 years. He was so good at what he did, and for WWE to not even try and repackage him after Vince completely failed to understand the Hassan character… mind blowing.
WWE left a lot of money on the table with you, Marc.
I do think Vince dropped the ball with him. They didn't need to scrap the character, just do enough not to piss off the advertisers. I am really shocked vince didn't just repackage him into another character since he had the look Vince loves.
@@mattm7798 Well him doing that angle with undertaker and piano wire was bad timing but since Smackdown was taped it could have been cut from the broadcast and nobody would have noticed. The Network Smackdown was on at the time did not want Hassan on their show so the only way he could have continued is if he was on RAW.
Also a repackaging wouldnt work either cause the character made such a impact in a small amount of time he really couldnt be cause everyone would say its ''Muhammad Hassan'' and it wouldnt work unless he kayfabe threw the company under the bus and went on with that instead
@@Venemofthe888 To your first point, I think they definitely could have done that.
To the second, tons of guys who were recognizable underwent repackaging. He wouldn't necessarily have to change his name, just change or tweak the gimmick some.
It's interesting how many chances Vince would give some guys but not others. I'm still trying to figure out why Vince didn't push EC3 to the moon. He seemingly had everything Vince looks for.
They did want to re-package him, but he didn’t want to start from scratch with another character - he also had a lot of negative heat backstage and wasn’t popular in the locker room for some reason….
@@MiniLemmythey told him to tell Eddie Guerrero to stop using the camel clutch not knowing his dad made that move and it was alotta jealousy towards him because he was getting pushed so he rubbed people the wrong way with him still being green and asking questions
This man is more of an inspiration than he knows. Could you imagine losing your dream job under circumstances out of your control, after working so hard to reach that point.. you would think life is over. He didnt lay down and cower in defeat, he made another path in life and now he's helping children in his community everyday. Its not as "glamorous" as being a wwe superstar, but that doesnt mater. He's a true hero in this country and we need more like him. He's proof that one door closing doesnt stop Gods plan for your life.
I love you Muhammad Hassan. I get on WWE videos every week and suggest bringing you back with Davari. I listen to your theme song weekly. Also, you were right about America. You were the true face of the company. WWE needs to bring you back. With Davari.
Maven, great interview, may I suggest something? Let your guest complete their sentences before jumping in. Couple of times you cut him off and he was going to say something interesting. But I love the MHassan character and he is true to himself!
Since he's Sicilian, I bet he's used to it. We tend to do that a lot in Italy
Shut up
It looks natural specifically between these 2. I think they might know each other or something?
Both maven and marc are both teachers, I can tell it's a back and forth conversation naturally
Holy crap this guy is still super jacked
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Big pharma for the ewin!
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Despite needing surgery
So glad he's doing well. He was given the No Winingest of No Win angles and still made a memorable character.I wish he was able to be repackaged and had a longer WWE Career, he was so good in the ring.
And i thought the last video with Spike Dudley was great, this one was also a great one. Well done, Maven. Hope to see you with more guests like this. Makes for some great content.
Muhammad Hassan is genuinely one of the greatest heels of all time. What an indelible legacy he left in only a matter of months. More memorable than some people who have been in the industry 15+ years.
As a kid: Hassan was a pure heat magnet.
As an adult: he would have been one of my favorites
Mav!
I loved this video. I feel like this interview is the happy ending Marc/Muhammad Hassan deserved.
Thank you for it!
I am glad to see Marc be successful outside his wrestling career and happy!
I hope you continue to do videos with other past/present talent.
Love your channel! Keep it up 🙂
Met Hassan at WrestleCon in 2016 and he’s one of the best wrestlers I’ve met. Took time to make sure we had a good conversation and was extremely kind. I’m glad to see he’s happy and thriving now
Also that WM 21 Segment with Eugene & Hogan was a moment I watched over and over again as a kid. WrestleMania 21 was the first dvd I got as a kid and that segment was a standout moment on a card filled with amazing moments.
This is sweet. Over the years I only heard how Hassan had heat backstage and how his life was made miserable during his time in WWE so it's really great to see him in good spirits and happy.
Muhammad Hassan walked so Jinder Mahal could run
Muhammad Hassan would have worked well with Jinder Mahal if he would have been able to stick around. Both played excellent heels!
Jinder didn't have Muhammad's aura.
The thing is Mahal never ran 💀
Mahal was never taken seriously.
@@watersandblue6001 how is he a former WWE champ then? On top of that beat Randy Orton of all ppl
This 40 minutes absolutely flew by.
Yup.. i thought it's 20 minutes video 😮😮
Another home run video Maven! It’s Awesome watching your channel continue to grow.
Shawn Daivari's still a producer for WWE too
Every other wrestling channel look for stories of top guys this is the only genuine channel that goes and look for stories of mid card guys and that's so cool specially from that era 2002-2008 so many stories such a different era!
Considering i havent watched wrestling in over 20 years and barely remember Maven, this channel is addictive and he's killing it
Good for you dude
I remember when he was a fad on YTMND. “You just got Hassan’d”.
Alien alien alien alien alien
Love to see the longer videos like this. Great content as always.
Oh Man. This Is the video i dream of! I Love Muhammad Hassan! So Glad seeing him with Maven :D Thank you Maven for making this possible, Never thought seeing Muhammad Hassan with Maven. MANNN I Love this man You can't imagine how happy am i.
What a time to be a wrestling fan! That muhammed hassan era was gold 😂 wrestling will never be the same
Muhammad hassan was one of the best heels of the Rutheless aggression era imo.
Yess….
Mohammed Hassan
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Mordacai
@@nlee4566La Resistance
He was portrayed as a heel getting heel heat. But was he really a heel though? He spoke the truth.
This interview was great, l knew Mohammed Hassan was 💯% Sicilian, but glad I got the full back story.
He had the best theme music and gimmick. It was a shame that they forced WWE to get rid of him.
I'm usually not a fan of the Middle-Eastern type of music but Hassan's theme song was so good
And to this day still push that gimmick under the carpet, it was genuinely one of the few "real" characters that came out of that time. It really deserved it's flowers
They went over board with the terrorist stuff they did.
Hey, it’s Josh. Hi Josh.
Real character??? He was an Arab American who was speaking out about discrimination and got heavily booed, then they turned him into a terrorist, a caricature of America's racism, nothing real about him suddenly becoming a terrorist, because that means discrimination is retroactively justified 😂😂
Thanks for the video! I wish Marc and successful surgery and recovery.
Vince wrote this.
Vince McMahon offended the audience with the character.
Vince McMahon fired an employee who did what he was told.
And Vince was the hero for firing the guy who had nothing to do with the idea but did what Vince told him to do.
we live in an evil world.
Agreed
Now Vince got what he deserves
@@ironiccookies2320 He really did.
And, some of his co-workers hated him for his spot. A spot …he did not book himself into or politic for.
You care too much about this.
It is a genuinely nice thing to see a man that was outright wronged by the business being so positive.
Thanks for your time man and for the passion you put in this character.
Met both of you at different times after a house show in grand forks North Dakota in 2005. Both of you were really nice
Imagine getting sent to the principal's office when the principal looks like he can tear a desk apart with his bare hands.
You know he bench presses during assemblies to lift the spirit
most underrated wrestler of all time
On behalf of all of us from the Metro Detroit are, we adore Muhammad Hassan. I still get the tingles when the ring announcer would say, "Dearborn, Michigan".
Mark, beautiful family, my friend Yates looks just like you and he's in the teaching field. EMU!!!
My favorite Hassan memory was when I was really nervous to go flying on a plane, DTW to Boston and it was in the morning and the area was real quiet at 10 a.m.
It's me and 5 friends and I'm nervous AF to fly, so for fun, I busted the Muhammad Hassan theme to lighten the mood. We got the look of concern from the Karens and Darrens, but also some laughs, including one of the Pilots, who I'm guessing is a fan of the biz. I got a free beer on that flight.
Awesome video Mark and Maven - Teachers/Principals do it best. Yeet!
As a weightlifter, I hope to look half as good at his age. That's a little more than ten years away. He looks great, at any age.
PEDs baby
@@vikdaddyNo doubt about it.
He's only 42 LOL, 42 isn't that old.
@@challenger516lmao, seriously. If 42 is considered “old”, then I’m nursing home bound in the next few years
@@challenger516 Most people that I know, see or meet are fat. Thus, my prior comment.
Not gonna lie, as an Arab American born and raised in Brooklyn NY, I resonated with the character LoL.
My father owns a restaurant in Brooklyn, and as a sick joke somebody called the FBI and said he had explosives hidden there. The investigators knew it was a horrible prank. No wonder I liked Muhammad Hassan hahaha
Great heel. He should've had a WWE Championship run and the dude still looks great today.
If it wasn't for UPN, he would be the legendary heel but MJF can't outlevel this guy
There was a plan for him to Beat Batista and become Champion at SummerSlam but certain events cancelled that storyline
Mave! This might be my favorite video y’all have made. Interesting, insightful, funny, and as always laid back. Your channel is a blessing brother 👍
That ending was uplifting and heartwarming. Bravo, Maven!! 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Maven you slay these interviews EVERYTIME!... Hats off to you!.. I have never seen Mark talk about his character and matches in such detail in an interview EVER!...
Please do an interview with Eugene! That would be amazing to watch!
Eugene is amazing!
Thank Maven for bringing us those characters ❤️ we really appreciate it and I subscribed to Marc’s son channel
I would love more interviews like this with your friends and former WWE/OVW coworkers.
Everytime I see Daivari pop up as an agent in a Monday Night Raw segment I start singing Hassan's theme
@@iRajiv Why'd they keep Daivari for six more years, but never rehire Muhammad?
@@Speedyreedy1218 Daivari is still there, honestly he was a much better talent without the baggage. Was never going to be a top star though
@@iRajiv He's not "still there." He got cut, went to TNA, left there and opened a school with Molly Holly in 2017. So he must have been recently rehired within the last five years.
Muhammad had no baggage.
@@Speedyreedy1218 I don't follow his career as much as you but that's good to know he's been doing well. I just saw him on Raw last week during the Strowman/Reed match as one of the extras and sung the Hassan theme.
Thank you for this interview Maven. It's great to see Mr. Caponi talk some more about his time. It was extra special that you interviewed him. To hear y'all's stories was great. I was mad when he was taken off TV but happy he's doing good now.
Only love for Mohamed Hassan, one of the few to represent Arabs in WWE
Portray** he is actually Sicilian.
@@Rainn404 😆i Know
Sami Zayn
Don’t forget Jinder.
@@BillBiggs1Jinder is Indian
Great video! I love when you get to catch up with other wrestlers from your era.
Maven vs Hassan vs Eugene vs Rene Dupree
Dammit, maven, you're gonna make me cry!
Thank you both for this interview ❤
Muhammad Hassan for Hall of Fame
Maven, this has to be one of the best videos yet! Please keep these coming. I look forward to every one!
Imagine doing so good at your job just to get fired for it
Man what a good interview, over twenty years and he was right the heat that team got back then was legit and profound 💯🙏😎
Hey Mave, Manuel here. Thanks for another great video kind sir. May all your dreams come true.
Did not expect this but this was probably one of my favourite videos! 👏🏻 Absolutely love this Maven!
Muhammad Hassan Was A Great Heel Character Back In The Days...!
Amazing interview Maven! Keep ‘em coming
The Hassan/Stone Cold promo was gold
That ending was a really nice surprise. So good. It left a really great taste in my mouth. Hassan was one of my favorite characters back in the day. So sad when he disappeared. Was a blast to see the real life person and see how he is doing. More of this please.
It's insane see you guys in Fulton high school auditorium, that's where I went to highschool. Being a kid watching Muhammad Hassan, it's crazy seeing him in my highschool
I loved the Muhammad Hassan character. It was really thought provoking. Also, I wonder what Daivari said everytime he yelled in Farsi. Was it random stuff or maybe obscenities? 😆
Muhammad Hassan not only generated heat, he made the babyface pop even louder than they normally got. Even someone like Hogan, when he came out at MSG to save HBK from Hassan and Davairi, the pop that he got made the Garden erupt! No exaggeration, Hulk and HBK got a 15 minute long standing ovation as they posed for the fans.
Loved that ending! So heartwarming. Beyond proud of Marc for bouncing back from the way his wrestling career ended. Thanks for putting this together, Maven. ❤
40 min Maven video let’s fucking go
Man I’m loving the Mavan/Hassan collab. Good stuff guys!💪
As a kid we saw him as a heal but now we see him as a hero
*Heel not heal.
@@โทนี่นะค่ะพร่อง yes I forgot how to spell it
Heal is like healing the wound while the Heel is the wrestling term of a bad guy
@@โทนี่นะค่ะพร่อง, It must've been a typo.
@@mgofficial5470 He was a hero to me then.
Whoa!!!! This guy was such an amazing character. He may not know it, but within his short time frame, he accomplished so much. Thank you for ur time, Mark
I wish this character can come back at least just one episode guest appearance. I think we are at a point that we can accept Muhammad Hassan as a product of its time and just seeing him in the ring just one more time would feel nostalgic.
Loved this video. Full respect to Marc/Muhammad and Maven for this interview.
Muhammad Hassan would be such a babyface in this generation of WWE
Maven, you were an underrated wrestler, but damn man, you’re one well of a human being. For me, that’s why this channel shines just that little bit brighter. Respect to you brother, it’s damn good to see.
Shout out Marc great dude
Great interview boys! Loved the behind the scene stuff!
Selling the Muhammad Hassan attire for $2000 on eBay? I say it's worth it.