Muhammad Hassan On The Controversial Storyline That Got Him Fired

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Muhammad Hassan On The Controversial Storyline That Got Him Fired

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Ай бұрын

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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@CVVCLIPS Ай бұрын

Watch the full interview with Muhammad Hassan on my main channel here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppuqpIxnet6oi9E

@LobsterRoc Ай бұрын

It wasn't his fault for playing that character too well

@SilverFang2789 Ай бұрын

Imagine getting fired for giving 110%

@Venemofthe888 Ай бұрын

It was just a unfortunate timing and the episodes were already taped and sent before airing apparently

@rlouie05 8 сағат бұрын

Political characters are powder kegs as a bad news event will trigger complaints that are already pre-loaded when this dude started anti-USA stuff.

@AquaMaceEnt Ай бұрын

When you realize Muhammad was the babyface and the crowds were the heels

@shaneomacdaddy Ай бұрын

And the networks were the heels too.

@TheKingHelper639 Ай бұрын

Unpopular opinion: A LOT of wrestling (not all but, a lot) of wrestling is still like this.

@DG_Raizen Ай бұрын

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.

@torch469 Ай бұрын

Bro spoke the truth n got booed 😂

@M.Abbas7944 Ай бұрын

Facts.

@RunandLift2 Ай бұрын

Hassan was too good of a heel. He didn't have go away heat. He had don't get out of your car heat

@roy12525 Ай бұрын

He had jump out of the plane heat

@rageaxis9777 Ай бұрын

Don't promote Islamic filth!!!!!

@rlouie05 8 сағат бұрын

He has the loudest boos on RAW episodes at times.

@sarmadhabibkhan3036 Ай бұрын

Chris: Why did you get fired? Hassan: I did my job well

@stlfatman Ай бұрын

Sounds like working retail.

@D0ntTaseM3Br0 Ай бұрын

He legit was ahead of his time.

@yousafihsan167 Ай бұрын

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

@nysportsfan2576 Ай бұрын

He already is one of the best heels ever in his short time there.

@yousafihsan167 Ай бұрын

@@nysportsfan2576 imagine the heat he would’ve gotten if he won the world heavyweight championship from batista in batista’s hometown

@Venemofthe888 Ай бұрын

Hassan would have been the only person to make JBL a face during that time

@rlouie05 8 сағат бұрын

@@yousafihsan167Nuclear heat, though Batista wasn’t exactly beloved like that, was he?

@SuburbanProperty Ай бұрын

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.

@williammccormick984 Ай бұрын

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.

@madringking1119 Ай бұрын

If that bombing in London didn't happen, he would have been phased out by 2007-08 after the Benoit incident and PG transition

@Venemofthe888 Ай бұрын

Imagine a run with the US Title during that time too

@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot Ай бұрын

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

@BoRaiChoWins Ай бұрын

Hassan never got a fair shake. It’s so unfortunate.

@Ight180 Ай бұрын

Ironic being that was the essence of his character lol

@rafihossain3623 Ай бұрын

All because of the worthless marks back in the day

@Heyyouhello950 Ай бұрын

Shu up u was probably one of the ones who was hating on him

@Gamingniqqa Ай бұрын

Didn’t deserve a fair shake.

@rafihossain3623 Ай бұрын

@@Gamingniqqa Who deserved? The classless, uneducated marks who ended his career?

@SeanPynrose Ай бұрын

Marc was such a great foreign heel and performer, I wish the WWE could have found another angle or character for him.

@crashpal Ай бұрын

Poor guy became a victim of unfortunate timing and sad part is he was so amazing at his job he got axed for it

@samuellal1998 Ай бұрын

What happened? I’m too young to remember.

@khadka98 Ай бұрын

@@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."

@samuellal1998 Ай бұрын

@@khadka98Thanks for telling me. That’s a crazy story, He did nothing wrong!

@5150crazyfun Ай бұрын

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.

@rawfan102691 Ай бұрын

Muhammad Hassan in my opinion was one of the best heels WWE had in 2004-05.

@TheUnknownDanish Ай бұрын

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.

@Lionel212001 Ай бұрын

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.

@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva Ай бұрын

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.

@michaelfrazier629 Ай бұрын

He absolutely killed that character 😂 i dont think we'll ever see a heel as hated as he was again

@cerebralsamurai8382 Ай бұрын

Dude had Iron Sheik level Heat but his character became too extreme due to outside circumstances

@soitsdivine Ай бұрын

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 ❤

@jugghead82 Ай бұрын

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 ❤

@FireAngelChris Ай бұрын

I could never forget the heat he took back in the day.

@GnosticAtheist Ай бұрын

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.

@D0ntTaseM3Br0 Ай бұрын

Dude was way ahead of his time.

@knightshousegames Ай бұрын

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.

@michaelfrazier629 Ай бұрын

He was extremely underrated

@520Gotti Ай бұрын

If there ever was a time to bring him back, nowis the time

@actionfigurearchive9002 Ай бұрын

Wish you could come back! Favorite heal and entrance music popped

@bloodeagle6458 Ай бұрын

Odd now that's he's older he looks even more middle eastern 😮

@mattsmith4589 2 күн бұрын

0:14 I AM REWATCHING RAW AND IM AT THIS POINT HE JUST CAME OUT! I totally understand the character he is kinda supposed to educate people and also bring comraderie. Because Arabs did get ridiculed mercilessly around when 9/11 was fresh. It was a tough time. I could tell he was a good dude. I wish he was given a chance

@smallwang7 Ай бұрын

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.

@audenghaley Ай бұрын

AEW needs to bring him as coach or a special guest, this man still in form.

@spyder87 Ай бұрын

Keep up the good work Chris.

@ACFan3347 Ай бұрын

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.

@norlout Ай бұрын

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.

@dr.daredvil612 Ай бұрын

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.

@usmzn Ай бұрын

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.

@NuMetalfan1996 Ай бұрын

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.

@savage751 Ай бұрын

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

@Spinelli_Blues Ай бұрын

He's still so handsome

@Shadow_2055 Ай бұрын

Wrong place wrong time. WWE, what the heck were they thinking SMH 🤦‍♂️.

@firstinstinct420 Ай бұрын

Iconic gimmick. interview idea baby boy smith jr.

@NoGoodNames20 Ай бұрын

It’s not that the storyline was controversial it’s just the timing that was horrible

@hang1893 Ай бұрын

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.

@JohnHarrisIV Ай бұрын

Hassan looking fine in 2024. Totally surprised 😲

@dnakatomiuk Ай бұрын

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

@awkt13 22 күн бұрын

And the funny thing is may be you guys know that the guy with Muhammad Hassan who used to translate is not speaking in Arabic but in Persian 😂

@HawaiiFoodAndFun Ай бұрын

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. KZbin Best Neckbreaker in Wrestling History.

@chadcload1349 Ай бұрын

I was always bored w alot of those sorta story lines but he was a good worker

@Hinderz Ай бұрын

Crazy that they didn’t take him off tv and repackage him

@Hackaveli 11 күн бұрын

Lmao he bodied that role, real heat 😂

@ARCAlpha12 Ай бұрын

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

@lsl1318 Ай бұрын

Hassan could get heat out of a freezer. I hope he can continue to work within the wrestling world

@jspres86 Ай бұрын

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.

@James.chalmers Ай бұрын

Man’s character was a suicidal bomber… wild stuff 😮

@AlyTheCutiestPie Ай бұрын

Who's he and what happened to him ?

@bigdaddydiesel5520 Ай бұрын

He might be gray but he's still jacked!

@doug7428 Ай бұрын

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

@Freedomboy006 Ай бұрын

should’ve hired him back after taking him off tv

@bpc701 Ай бұрын

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.

@justinsane5590 Ай бұрын

Just a case of flying too close to the sun.

@MangobingoTv 26 күн бұрын

Why he dont return back now 😂 they will pop like carzy

@VicHD Ай бұрын

It wasn't his fault the London Bombings coincided with his run.

@watersandblue6001 Ай бұрын

crazy coincidence

@danielhetue6968 Ай бұрын

How old is Mark Copani?

@glynmillett7193 Ай бұрын

honestly he could and should of sued the wwe for unfair dismissal as its such a open and shut case

@y2kblackout Ай бұрын

Is an independent contractor

@temperedglass1130 Ай бұрын

America is so sick in the head now. You could bring this character back now and they would clap him.

@superlegoman2003 Ай бұрын

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

@frankstallone3864 Ай бұрын

@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.

@ibrohiem Ай бұрын

@@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

@TB-wn9xk Ай бұрын

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.

@stlfatman Ай бұрын

@@TB-wn9xk Nah, he'd get booed everywhere.

@jamessteffen2215 Ай бұрын

He looks like someone tried to create Michael Cole as a WWE wrestler. 😂

@cmnights5158 Ай бұрын

wwe: what if?

@b-den5019 Ай бұрын

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.

@PraiseThaDon Ай бұрын

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.

@MickFoley299 Ай бұрын

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.

@Venemofthe888 Ай бұрын

@@MickFoley299I think RAW could have brought him back since Daivari came back onto RAW at the end of the year anyway.

@TurtleGod1984-lt8ui 19 күн бұрын

@@PraiseThaDon 🐔💩

@nicology13 Ай бұрын

He is still hot

@MrAllmightyCornholioz Ай бұрын

Shame that this gimmick will never some back, especially since WWE decide to sell out to the Saudis.

@kangarooswild Ай бұрын

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...