Remember Muhammed Hassan?

[Hoss]

They were shortening the life of his character when they decided to make him a terrorist.

That character was originally just an Arab-American dude who was tired of being stereotyped as a terrorist by American society after 9/11. He was angry about intolerance, but there was nothing to suggest he was a terrorist.

Then the writers took it way too far in the most unimaginative direction they could have (no surprise there) by just making him a terrorist in that Undertaker angle. So that probably would have been the beginning of the end anyway, but the timing of the London Bombing removed all doubt.

Very unlikely that he ever could have changed the landscape of wrestling, but a short-term run as world champ was certainly possible. Slaughter got there with a similar kind of heat, and it was more due to his mic work than his in-ring skill. Hassan was fire on the mic.

 

[madmoney]

I always thought his music was screaming "alien" over and over....



Cool wrestler though

 

[tremonthustler1]

The IWC loves Hassan because he was so politically incorrect and inflammatory, which is something the E doesn't do anymore. The only time the smarks /fans in crowd ever boo someone is when they're a face, and that's because the heels do enough for you to like them. Heels now don't do shyt so fukked up that you don't like them.

Look at the Dudley Boyz for example. They had no shame. They were powerbombing 80 year olds through tables, women, you name it, they went in. Eddie Guerrero, he was going after Rey's family and kids. Dean Malenko, he was out there stalking Lita. I could go on and on. All heels do now is go after faces nobody likes anyway, which defeats the purpose of being a heel in the first place.

 

[NYChase718]

if Vince wasnt a puussyy they couldve let him keep going

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Muhammad Hassan ends the streak at WM30

 

[SmoothOperator88]

I'm suprised they didn't repackage him in some way. The crazy part is that dude was only 23 when the character got the ax and hasn't been seen in a wrestling ring since.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Yea, he had potential there is no denying that, but he's HIGHLY overrated among the IWC, you would think he was gonna change the whole landscape of pro wrestling with the way some dudes speak about him

Yep, people were tired of him around the time he disappeared.

That happens in the #TSC and over on Wrestlingforum.com. Revisionist history will lead them to saying just about everybody should of been heavyweight champion

This is like a twice a year thread around here.

They were shortening the life of his character when they decided to make him a terrorist.

That character was originally just an Arab-American dude who was tired of being stereotyped as a terrorist by American society after 9/11. He was angry about intolerance, but there was nothing to suggest he was a terrorist.

And they dropped that aspect of the character early on. Early Hassan was getting mega heel heat and was speaking nothing but truth. I don't even remember him being too inflammatory during his first promos, just frustrated. That's what made him a unique heel. They could have gone a long way with that but the character was too complex for WWE creative to handle or the audience to understand.

EDIT: For the idiots who say Cena has been doing the same shtick for seven years, Cena circa 2005 is almost a totally different person from the you all love to hate in 2012.

 

[DaylitoJames]

The IWC loves Hassan because he was so politically incorrect and inflammatory, which is something the E doesn't do anymore. The only time the smarks /fans in crowd ever boo someone is when they're a face, and that's because the heels do enough for you to like them. Heels now don't do shyt so fukked up that you don't like them.

Look at the Dudley Boyz for example. They had no shame. They were powerbombing 80 year olds through tables, women, you name it, they went in. Eddie Guerrero, he was going after Rey's family and kids. Dean Malenko, he was out there stalking Lita. I could go on and on. All heels do now is go after faces nobody likes anyway, which defeats the purpose of being a heel in the first place.

Damn shame babyfaces aren't likeable no more: Cena... Mr. Steal Your Girl, Miz... a$$hole, Sheamus... corny on mic, Orton... doesn't know how to be proper babyface, etc...

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

The IWC loves Hassan because he was so politically incorrect and inflammatory, which is something the E doesn't do anymore. The only time the smarks /fans in crowd ever boo someone is when they're a face, and that's because the heels do enough for you to like them. Heels now don't do shyt so fukked up that you don't like them.

Look at the Dudley Boyz for example. They had no shame. They were powerbombing 80 year olds through tables, women, you name it, they went in. Eddie Guerrero, he was going after Rey's family and kids. Dean Malenko, he was out there stalking Lita. I could go on and on. All heels do now is go after faces nobody likes anyway, which defeats the purpose of being a heel in the first place.

Hassan reminded me a lot of pro-Canada Bret during his run. Nothing he said was false but the crowd still booed and hated him because he was dropping the truth.

Those are the best heels. CM Punk is sort of doing it now with the whole best in the world thing.

 

[mrken12]

Wanted to bump this. Salute to a great character.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

CM Punk is sort of doing it now with the whole best in the world thing.

 

[Stez]

The hypocrisy of taking that character off air though. Maybe we should all protest the characters in Homeland?

 

[NoMorePie]

Muhammad Hassan ends the streak at WM30

 

[jadden]

Muhammad Hassan ends the streak at WM30

Homie called the streak ending at 30 two years prior ,

 

[prophecypro]

Could have been a dope tweener if they properly evolved the character. Dude could wrestle and was booked well initially

Had matches and in ring segments with Austin, Hogan, Michaels, Benoit, Undertaker, Cena in just 6 months. Went over Benoit, had a Wrestlemania moment with Hogan, Raw moment with Austin. Good short run.

Probably would have been buried by Cena or DX though