Muhammad Hassan Was Going To Beat Batista For The Championship

Muhammad Hassan was supposed to beat Batista at Wrestlemania in Batista's hometown for the World Title! #wwe #wrestling #batista

[@CVVCLIPS]

Hit a Batista Bomb on that subscribe button 🔥

[@Michael-fb6ve]

Muhammad Hassan recieving the batista bomb is crazy

[@Kvpzer0]

🐪 clutch *

[@pair882]

Honestly is really cool that Chris is interviewing these former wwe stars. Never in my life would I think I'd here a interview with Muhammad hassan.

[@erics8018]

You must have a lot of things that you'd think never happen in your lifetime, happen then

[@Hewhoislifex]

@@erics8018🌽

[@jackfry]

Lol his real name is Marc.

[@trentejames9773]

​@@erics8018 as do most people living on earth lol no wrestling fan probly thought theyd ever hear of this dude again or cate about his storylines lol stop being simplistic and be realistic

[@KRTHK9]

​@@jackfrybut no one knows him as "marc"

[@FifiraJsutn]

This storyline was ALMOST really well done.

[@mykiemansin4611]

It was done very well up until they suddenly axed it.

[@ooobang9121]

@@mykiemansin4611suddenly ? Nah USA or one of the networks demanded they remove or they will take them off the air so Vince killed it

[@aaronpanesar]

We were so close ... 19 years to the day that the event happened. Oh the irony 😢

[@Bob53019]

@@ooobang9121they stopped the storyline because 9/11 happened

[@UnderwaterAlexJones]

@@Bob53019 no, they killed the storyline because while they taped on tuesday a terror event happened in England on the day of air Thursday and that coincided with Hassan having 6 masked men in military gear lay waste to taker in a terror fashion. UPN/CW demanded he never be put on TV again, so they killed off the character. Please use common sense before spouting off nonsense, The Great Satan of NYC was attacked in 2001, this event happened in 2005.

[@BStudd1182]

He’s thinking of Summerslam 2005 which was in DC. It’s a shame they had to release him. Dude had nuclear heat and that’s hard to get a heel to that level.

[@fupalover]

Heat for?

[@SuperNitroZ64]

​@@fupaloverbeing an Arab American, especially after what happened in 9/11.

[@Halfort57]

​@@SuperNitroZ64and it was exactly that segment with the Undertaker or rather, what the masked men did to Undertaker that made WWE nervously sweaty. Which led them to take Hassan off TV.

[@Pirustae]

​@Halfort57 yeah that's Vincent's fault. Producing racist storylines for no reason.

[@Bryan_T]

​@@Pirustae Pffft 😂

[@LukeSherrow]

MUHAMMAD HASSAN WAS A REALLY GOOD, AND CONVINCING HEAL. ONE OF MY FAVORITES IN THAT ERA

[@SuperStarUncannyMarvelous]

Facts

[@jinfin221]

Heel*

[@FirstnameLastname-le3sk]

It supposed to be SummerSlam at Washington DC not Wrestlemania

[@theict104]

He clearly Moved on…once they killed off his Character

[@CVVCLIPS]

Ya, he meant to say SummerSlam 2005

[@wrathofnerds]

I was womdering this too. Thanks

[@tubbymontana7090]

@@CVVCLIPSaccidents happen especially when remembering a story from 19 years ago !!! can’t blame Hassan the man lived a busy life he had to drive town to town be on tv and wrestle non stop all year long ofc he’s going to forget one small detail god forbid you get 10 percent of your story wrong by accident 😂

[@elijahhill6602]

Man….DC needs a WrestleMania…hopefully when it turns 50.

[@Disneymagic24]

that heat would have been nuclear

[@ondeado6013]

I guess you can say, explosive

[@hessiankyojin]

Washington, DC show happened in SummerSlam. WrestleMania 22 took place in Chicago.

[@mr.snapdazzle5416]

He meant Summerslam

[@terrylilly7891]

Somebody may have shot the poor dude by that point cause he had so much heat.

[@remylucai]

You are not lying.

[@thomasmacalpine2747]

The dude had patriotic heat lol

[@terrylilly7891]

@@thomasmacalpine2747 and we all know, in pro wrestling that kinda heat can get very dangerous.

[@MSH786]

I loved his character because everything he was saying was absolutely true!

[@terrylilly7891]

@MSH786 IKR same here. I was bummed when they made him disappear.

[@joetheman8550]

It's kind of surprising WWE never held WrestleMania at Washington DC. HHH should make some arrangements

[@BryanDBostic]

Come on back Muhammad u still got it in you bro your work was never over

[@zacheatsworld]

Man, I remember how much heat Hassan got as a kid and if he beat Batista in DC…. Nuclear 🔥

[@tonyrandall4364]

He would have had heat like Sgt Slaughter did back in the day when he won the title.

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

It would have been glorious. Hassan would have (not could have) paved the way for others (non-cookie cutter generic wrestlers). 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.

[@rjuniverse7289]

He already had so much heat, that then TV network forced WWE to remove him from TV, and the backlash it got by medias and fans was so high, that he got no choice but to retire from Wrestling after being released by WWE. His character is literally the most controversial character in WWE history.

[@HeteroMeatLoverPetrolLov-nk8qx]

😂😂😂the heat got him lose his job .

[@d.52555]

@@HawaiiFoodAndFun I keep telling you to do a video talking about your time in FCW 😂

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

@@d.52555 Thank you. I should since as time goes by I forget a little each time. I do remember that Sheamus and Drew were main eventing FCW. And AJ Lee and Adam Rose were in my class, all while doing promos in front of Dusty Rhodes.

[@mre053]

That story line would’ve been really dope F up times for real 💀💀💀💀

[@BobSaget-ig6dt]

Muhammad did an amazing job generating heat. He was everything a heel strives to be. Absolutely loves hating that man. Have a new respect for him also knowing everything he went through backstage

[@juansaenz4113]

Honestly him beating Batista in DC woulda been awesome. I love Batista but having the wrestler win in their hometown is always so predictable

[@nlee4566]

That fued would have been classic! Batista was actually starting to become even bigger in 05 while Hassan was the biggest heel character in years.

[@GStampedeIII]

WWE is like boxing, alot of booking based on race

[@fupalover]

Vince is racist. Only makes sense it stems down to the company he owned for years.

[@theartistformerlyknownaslu3871]

I believe it. This was Vince’s project

[@shaun5497]

It was unfortunate what happened to him. That was given to him and wwe acted like he was doing it independently. He was great on the mic and he could preform

[@honeyjm8324]

If real life didn’t happen this would have been a heated story Damn!

[@Blade44-tb7zn]

exactly I was like 25 at the time and I had been serving. The whole mimicking a beheading thing and masked men was not a great idea on Vince and the writers part. Idk if they told him to do his own thing or they recommended it but that was not a good move. Especially in the mid 2000's since that's when that kind of bs was at epic proportions over in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was great for ratings and TV but a really bad call. In fact that particular segment could have had everything but that moment and he would have likely been fine. I'm not some crazy patriotic person but I still was serving during that whole period and it was disturbing, Despite the whole suspended disbelief thing. I'm definitely not the sensitive or overly emotional type, but that even triggered me.

[@isaacgarduno2007]

That would have been dope af. Great heat

[@TheCuadman]

The Hassan story was a very cool one. Sad it didnt ended like it was supposed to. Very fun stuff that put a lot of eyeballs on the product.

[@camtimmy9905]

Love to hate him as a kid but even as I kid I only hated him cause he was a heel not what others where hating on him for dude seemed awesome but John Cena was my father figure when I didn't have a dad to look up to but their fued goes under the Rader for most it's so epic

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

He would’ve made a great transitional champion

[@raveoreynolds6049]

Everyone is a transitional champion. It's such a stupid, nothing phrase.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@raveoreynolds6049 no but it has a clear definition. It’s not just some throwaway term lol, nor is it a disparaging remark.

[@purenightwolf4758]

I remember watching him as kid. I understand it was very bad timing for his character. They should’ve repackaged him. Give new theme music and entrance. New character development. He had the looks to be big talent.

[@erickh82082]

He should make a comeback and win the title rightfully so

[@leef78]

Hassan was awesome! Great heat! Really miss him,!!

[@lukethomas6900]

He may not have been overly spectacular in the ring, but man did Hassan have a such great heel gimmick, and that type of character was/is tailor made for World title material.

[@tadiwamakova4315]

Vince was doing a lot of edgy sh*t. The network 100% pulled the plug on this storyline

[@SuperStarUncannyMarvelous]

This dudes was one of my favorites. It's sad how he was treated

[@dacbiet]

If he won that title at DC, his run would’ve been monumental.

[@kayskreed]

Favorite heel at the time. He made the fans and babyfaces look like bigger heels than he was, it was a great subversion. Too bad WWE pushed the angle to far at the wrong time and he paid for it. They should have repackaged him and started over.

[@studentNEET319]

The OG Jinder Mahal

[@TKK951]

Completely different nationality moron One is arab and one is Indian/Canadian!

[@D_Moore-k1h]

Tiger Ali Singh?

[@jinfin221]

Jinder is Indian, he's supposed to be Arab. Lol

[@studentNEET319]

@@jinfin221 I mean, the gimmick was he's Anti American,did heelish gimmicks,+that with the camel clutch pre khalas

[@owl509]

I would've loved to see that reaction

[@brianf1132]

He got screwed through no fault of his own.

[@sheeeeesh3628]

Prichard confirmed that it was never really considered and was mostly said in passing during a meeting once. I mentioned this on the full vid, but thought I do so again.

[@jb4626]

Wrestlemania or not, he was definitely on the fast-track to win that championship. He was THAT good. I’ll never forget the work he did.

[@lbcanor1848]

Dude was so hated for his short time in WWE. He did what he supposed to do. He did his work really good. 👏🏽

[@lallen3327]

Beating Bautista in D.C. the heat would've blurred the lines for sure.

[@TrapKing1017.]

This man is a class act 🙌🏾

[@edvinparmeza1298]

It wasn't WWE Championship, it was World Heavy Weight Championship, and it was in Summerslam, not Wrestlemania

[@HussleSince97]

I hope you can interview ruckus from CZW

[@mr.j7632]

I love that guy and his story line.

[@joeycavazos4817]

I remember Hassan.... he had so much heat on him that it reminds me of Dominic

[@craigshannon6011]

Couldn't they have found another character for this guy? Or go in a different direction with him? Seems like a waste that he never worked again.

[@philwill0123]

Unfortunately no. It was a huge storyline they had to drop as it was the wrong tone with regards to real life terrorist attacks. You suddenly can't "make nice" with the storyline. As for coming back, the crowd would be like "Muhammed Hassan, why you under a different name, we know it's you!"

[@craigshannon6011]

@@philwill0123 Not if he went away to somewhere like TNA under his real name maybe for a while, Then return to WWE, I feel most fans knew it was just a character anyway. Look at guys like Goldust for example, We all knew it was Dustin Rhodes or Isacc Yankem and Kane characters still got popular. If he was good enough it would have worked.

[@nuraby_9228]

The yt southern rednecks wouldn't have been able to handle it.

[@soitsdivine]

😭😭😭🤩😍 I still miss him.

[@maritalturnip8344]

Good god history rewrite there. That be a multiverse thing I would of love to see

[@miketsamasiros3960]

When was Wrestlemania in Washington DC??? They book arenas well in advance, so there's no way they changed the venue after firing him.

[@angier4748]

He was the biggest heel character in Wwe in my opinion, character should have been bigger

[@jamieevans1387]

I really liked him! It was so sad when they ended his entire storyline/career

[@JMHStudioproductionsLLC]

I actually like this just bad timing

[@tallthinkev]

The 7th July London attacks had a big part to play on his downfall, and Vince not knowing what to do

[@HamanKarn567]

Me and my brother really liked Muhammad Hussan. I mean he's obviously not a Magnum TA or Brian Pillman but he definitely is a what if missed opportunity of what could have been for sure for BS that wasn't his own fault.

[@remylucai]

The heat he would have gotten would have been Legendary.

[@CallumRSU30]

...SummerSlam, no?

[@Jett000006]

With Hassan unfairly dropped to Mr Kennedy flopping and the whole Chris Benoit thing, WWE really had a solid base for the future and all their major investments didn't work out, somehow almost not in their control. The only ones that worked out was the JBL gimmick and Cena being the guy

[@romerogamezjorgeluis4218]

I know he doesn't remember what PPV was, but man a WrestleMania in Washington D.C. sounds amazing

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

I don’t care what anyone says - he was SO fine back in the day. One of the best looking talent along with Chris Masters and Randy Orton.

[@Jedithedrummer]

Doods looks ruff for 44

[@deadmansgulf911]

They should have just cut the angle from the end of the Smackdown after the London attacks in July 2005. Just run anything else and eat the segment. Could have just waited a week or two and resume his character slightly toned down for a bit. It’s unfortunate for him since after that character he couldn’t be repackaged to anything else and essentially ended his career.

[@BigTrevo]

Nah idk if he done one but a Luther Reigns interview is needed

[@TheHuskyK9]

WWE has this knack of having Italian wrestlers play any other ethnicity other than Italian 💀💀

[@angelomorales7800]

He could have been such a great heel tbh

[@Schmidtactular]

Imagine if wrestlemania 22 went as originally planned. Muhammad Hassan vs. Batista, Shawn Michaels vs. Eddie Guerrero.

[@joshuadity]

That would’ve been disheartening around 06? A war? ….

[@looneylogic6479]

The world title from Batista you mean….although it did get unified with the Wwe title 🤔

[@TheMrCruzExperience]

I liked Hassan, didn’t realize at the time just how big his heat was but man it’s sad how they treated him. Could have been a decent star.

[@topnotch4564]

His Gimmick Was "Eye Opening" Heat tho.

[@hellishrain1835]

That would’ve been so f****ng sick.

[@NuMetalfan1996]

Personally I think that would’ve been a mistake. I think the Summer of 2006 would’ve been the right time to put the tile on Hassan. So maybe 1 more year.

[@realmicahrose]

Imagine the amount of nuclear heat he would of received for that win. That's tuff!

[@ChristianJamesMuylon-co3uy]

Yes

[@etoileedmonds]

That would’ve been crazy

[@Janeonthebrain]

He could have been the biggest heel of all time.

[@tmynxtdoor]

funny how they had an Italian American play someone from the Middle East 😂

[@strNpwrKC]

Riiiight

[@brianwatts5185]

It's sad my man didn't get to fulfill that...

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

Man, did he have heat with a writer? Lol "And after this show, you won't make it out alive." 😳

[@lavarball9652]

Worse, heat with the network.

[@scalamaski]

WM in DC?? Which one is he talking about? I’m guessing 22 but that took place in Chicago

[@r3bel383]

It was SummerSlam '05 (which was in Washington DC) not Wrestlemania.

[@LiberatorGalore]

The massive heat Hassan could have gotten as a heel 😢

[@p.s.t9844]

Jinder Mahal did that thing but to Randy Orton

[@no-yj2cf]

Vintage Hassan!!!

[@dariusisrael8709]

His weight was up crazy 😮

[@yellowbear521]

In the nations capital is wild

[@glich86]

That would have been awesome. A better, not racist, storyteller could have booked that to nuclear heat while still being mindful of the times

[@livewire4519]

Summerslam was in D.C., not Wrestlemania.

[@kevinwhitfield6621]

The fans of Muhammad Hasan were robbed of a great storyline 😢

[@JalenPrice_252]

He should’ve won but at like a defining PPV. What they did with him at WM21 sure yea ok whatever. But like SummerSlam would’ve been good for him or even Survivor Series. He was gaining a lot of momentum. If not the World title he should’ve won the IC title. This man was hated and got heat worse than Dominic. It was in the palm of their hands. Like Iron Sheik 2.0 in a way.

[@memyselfmyvinyl894]

Like Kevin Von Erich...

[@redleopard777]

That would of been terrible for that character to win a major title, maybe the US title but that's about it.

[@loganmatthews5956]

Guy was obviously talented but as a little kid growing up in a post 9/11 America its clear he never had a true shot

[@xXDutchNinjaXx]

He looks like jeff goldblum

[@gjace26]

Is there. Truth. To the. Fact. ... is there ... TRUTH.... to the .... FACT

[@thebrownbaldy]

Hassan's story mirrors that of David D Schultz, both guys fired for doing their job

[@glitchsister]

looking back not even that long ago wwe was profiting off of bad racial stereotypes and xenophobia, i wish that was even part of the argument of people who dislike wrestling, its mostly it not being "real" enough and im not sure i want to know what that means at this point smh. i just wanna watch people do flips and have fun

[@philbinpar1]

Yeah it was gonna be Batista vs Hassan at Summerslam but then they aired the terrorist angle right after the 7/7 attacks in London and…well that ended all that

[@ShogunEorling]

What Wrestlemania in Washinghton? Lmfao some wrestlers can't even make their fake stories sound barely true

[@MarkDanger777]

I thought hassan came in before batistas rise