Shane Helms on Muhammad Hassan getting a lot of heat from other wrestlers (Wrestler's Court)

Shoot Interview from July 2014
Kayfabe Commentaries - Youshoot with Shane Helms

[@antx8563]

Muhammad Hassan arguably had the best run in the shortest amount of time

[@michaelbull4344]

He was a very underrated heel and like helms said Hassan got real lucky cause he got to work with all top guys cena hbk hogan undertaker in my opinion wasn’t his fault creative put him in that position lol

[@_WF23]

Nah that’s Brock

[@donaldb93]

He got fired for being too good of a heel and ppl nowadays want likable heel wrestlers that’s not a real heel

[@Lionel212001]

He was so talented. Keep in mind that he was only 23 at that time. WWE could have repackaged him of the gimmick didn't work. Such a shame!

[@brianmiller5750]

Ummmm......Goldust?

[@AbdulGabagool83]

Shane looks more Muslim here than Hassan ever did

[@awesome1ru]

Brother Helms 😂

[@dylonmartinez7946]

One of the reasons I don’t like WWEs culture, a person has a right to be free with his personality as long as it’s not hurting others

[@onehand-yusuf7212]

True the wwe backstage culture is so toxic and you can really tell by watching the product

[@mistanderson]

So how you know other culture is not bad? Because there are stories of ALOT OF THEM

[@gemmovies4114]

​@Anon Anon you so ridiculous

[@catchwreck928]

@Anon Anon elaborate please, i always thought he was overrated

[@drewjames2237]

Hassan went and got in Eddie Guerreros face for using the camel clutch. Eddie's grandfather invented the camel clutch. Hassan earned his heat with his ignorant disrespectful actions and I'm proud of everyone in that bar for doing that

[@RatedRRaj]

What a total shame. Shame on every jealous loser that hated on him, I bet they got kicked out of wwe once they were made jobbers lmao.

[@bulletchains8205]

yeah but what kinda jackass tries to go to the SON OF THE INVENTOR OF YOUR FINISH, and suggest they stop tryna steal... your fucking finish- EDDIE HAD BEEN AROUND FOR LIKE A DECADE AT THAT POINT, wtf was wrong with that guy. honestly i know they were jealous too, but he let it get to his head too fucking quickly yo

[@The1Floyd]

The guy who stands out is always Hardcore Holly. A below average wrestler who spent most of his career focusing on the politics in the back as opposed to what's going on in his matches. Brock Lesnar famously beat the shit out of him when he tried to bully him.

[@RatedRRaj]

@@The1Floyd Ive heard about the tough enough incident with Bob Holly. Al Snow gave a real good narrative of it which you can watch here.

[@drewjames2237]

He told Eddie Guerrero to not use the camel clutch. Eddie's grandfather invented the camel clutch. He earned his heat. It wasn't unwarranted or unprecedented. Respect is earned to those who came before you and since dip shit wanted to get in Eddie's face over his grandpa's move is ultimate disrespect

[@RatedRRaj]

@@drewjames2237 Yea you’re just a Muhammad Hassan hater spamming the same lines over and over again on here lol. What Hassan did was not intentional or on purpose, there’s no evidence to support that. But it was mostly the other wrestlers gaslighting the situation and stirring the pot. Here’s a statement from Hassan himself: “The story is that Eddie Guerrero used the Camel Clutch, which was my finisher. Kurt Angle, got in my ear and said ‘Eddie shouldn’t be using your finisher, it’s disrespectful to the business.’ Not to Eddie, nothing to with Eddie it was like ‘You shouldn’t let someone use your finisher, you’re a top guy, you have to say something.’ This is Kurt Angle, so I do what he says. Lo and behold, it was Eddie’s father who invented the Camel Clutch, so I felt like a gigantic a**hole, and I got some heat for it in Tokyo” . Also it was Eddie’s father that invented it, not his grandfather lol.

[@Hatim_Supreme_Salaam]

Vince dropped the ball on this guy. Hassan should've at least had a IC title run. He had the look, was a decent worker, and struck gold with the gimmick. He's not even Arabic, he's Italian. One of the best short-termed heels ever.

[@impassivepanda667]

It wasn’t Vince’s fault, it was mainly bc the timing of the “ attack “ on the undertaker was the same day as the London bombings and the networks freaked out and demanded he be off TV. Hassan was scheduled to be a world champion

[@night6724]

@@impassivepanda667 how about just don’t have a white guy pretend to be an Arab terrorist?

[@salamyaya162]

He's American of Italian descent.

[@andrew-rn9ui]

​@@impassivepanda667so lame , america was legit terrified of brown people for over a decade 😂

[@James.Gatsby]

Actually Hasaan confirm it today that Hasan character was Vince's prized baby. it was the network who pushed for tge cancelation of the character

[@r33z35]

Expose those disrespectful jealous sobs!!!!!

[@TheFlamingPike]

Right. We want names.

[@ITSHIM1294]

Probably a lot of jealous jobbers/midcarders (Rhyno, Tajiri, Richards, Snitsky, Val Venis, Tomko, Sylvain, Rob Conway, Maven, Simon Dean etc etc)

[@chillinwtheenemy]

@@ITSHIM1294I’m curious to know if Rene Dupree was part of it

[@ITSHIM1294]

@@chillinwtheenemy definitely

[@ryanjenki7948]

​@@ITSHIM1294Simon Dean tried hard to get people over and new people over why would he go at him?

[@chrisratcliff7466]

Somebody release this shoot interview....so we can stand back!!!!....

[@princejustin5465]

Of course booker t likes Hennessy 😂

[@202Kev]

I thought the same thing 😂

[@palatialslumlord4938]

Ofc a wrestling fan likes racial stereotypes

[@sheepdavis]

​@@palatialslumlord4938 of course you're an idiot!

[@blainethemono19]

When somebody gets naturally over at a fast rate, the douchebags who lack charisma and relatability just can't handle. Hassan was arguably the most impactful heel per minute of screen time and WWE blew it with that stupid ass masked assailant angle. Such a shame.

[@umairbutt1355]

He was the total package for sure. Fooking vince was probably like "let's make him into a terrorist"

[@IrishKyokushin]

It was more of a victim of bad timing. Nobody could have predicted it would air the week of the London Terror attacks.

[@LoveEatingBricks]

​@@IrishKyokushinBut the angle was terrible in and of itself. Hassan was a great heel because he was relatable and spoke the truth, and this is why the fans hated him - they hated being called on their bigotry. Suggesting that he is indeed a terrorist was just extremely flat and pretty exploitative as well, in my opinion

[@animegamesmoviesandotherst3037]

Muhammad Hassan run was cut short, because a butch of children got upset someone newer then then was getting a push. The more I hear of the WWE locker room, the more you see that if these wrestlers had to get a real job, they be fired or arrested for half the crap they pulled. like Wrestlers Court others places do not do this, why because it should managers, HR, or the boss dealing with things if there is real trouble, He got great heat with the fans, was pretty good in the ring, okay on the mic. And all this was when he was still green, if he had gotten more time he would have been he could have been The Iron Sheik of his day,

[@FicheirosRetro16]

The Kliq was even worse than Wrestler's Court

[@animegamesmoviesandotherst3037]

@@FicheirosRetro16 For sure but by then it was gone,

[@JayJope]

The London bombings didn’t help.

[@MiguelLopez-yc2rh]

I wonder who were those people that held a great grudge against Hassan

[@nickonite]

Bob Holly is one of the most likely

[@analiysanchez9949]

Every wrestler that never drew a dime

[@KickYourFace10]

Eddie Guerrero is where it started because Kurt Angle ribbed Hassan and hold him to go up to Eddie and tell him to stop using the camel clutch because it was his finish. Eddie was not in the wrong for getting pissed. Kurt Angle just pulled a Curt Hennig haha.

[@win-wd3hj]

That's sad

[@tw475]

Edge and Christian did it right they went straight to the Undertaker and bribed him lol

[@sleezboy992]

Teddy Long in way too by getting Mae Young to defend him.

[@losgaba]

Ironically, seems like the wrestler's court was toxic.

[@bretmartinez2832]

I wonder how it would have gone down if they tried wrestlers court on New Jack. I bet he would have made then regret fucking with him.

[@miguel20012]

I'm pretty sure nobody will mess will new jack

[@bretmartinez2832]

@@miguel20012 New Jack would not play their little games. He was awesome.

[@miguel20012]

@@bretmartinez2832 yep and not give a shit what anyone says about him

[@richhomieant]

New Jack would've laughed and walked off 😂 he literally didn't give a fuck

[@TheFlamingPike]

@@bretmartinez2832 Right. New Jack in WWE eventually would've clashed with the bullies at the time. JBL and Benoit come to mind.

[@JibzCastor]

I can tell the WWE locker room back then and now is very different. You can watch Maven's video with M&M. From people getting high and drunk to just playing video games all night.

[@hyperchord]

Bunch of fukin losers

[@bludika]

he definitely earned it, he was amazing on the mic, his gimmick was so well done, it was TOO good that he got so much heat, he had to be removed from TV sadly

[@James.Gatsby]

Just finish Hassan interview with cvv man he was pushed to the moon with nuclear heat and matter few month he will win the top title.

[@wfow1448]

I know once that Muhammad Hassan told Eddie he should stop using the camel clutch because it was disrespectful to the Iron Sheik. Eddie's father created the camel clutch, though. Could that have caused the heat?

[@markrobinson9394]

Kurt Angle told him to do it. Hassan, being ignorant to the history of the business, did as he was told and the rest was history.

[@mrg1566]

Kurt Angle told him to, I wonder if it was set up

[@DJObiSmalls]

LOL what kind of made up statement is this? He didn't say it was "disrespectful to the Iron Sheik"... Why would he care about Iron Sheik? LOOOOOOOOOL. He said it cause it was his finishing move and Eddie was using it as a normal manoeuvre.

[@PX_Kev]

@@DJObiSmalls this sounds more plausible

[@JesusChristmyMESSIAH]

The name was disrespectfull not him using the move.

[@ishmael802]

1:45 lmao Shane is funny

[@quentinramecourt6628]

here's a story full of heavy symbols

[@bulletchains8205]

soon as i heard that they POURED, THE SHOT OUT ON THE GROUNDS... Yikesss. i'm no alcholic, but if you gimme free liquor? shiiiit give a fuck if you Bill Cosby i'ma sip me some. Yeah that boy was dead meat, lol. also his Camel Clutch situation with Eddie did him no favours

[@19SantaMariaValley13]

that camel clutch situation was Kurt Angle's fault, I Remember some wrestler mentioning that incident

[@alecjordan6100]

Matt Striker probably got heat just by being himself.

[@theholymackerel072]

This was an Italian man forced to perform this angle, and he sold it incredibly.

[@haroldjoseph8296]

Hassan should be on the hall of fame

[@ghazi2392]

Shane totally looks like John Bernthal here

[@1roundleft821]

Lemme tell you somethin!

[@TheTMNTurtle]

Crazy how quickly other wrestlers can move up with no problem because of family ties or because they were “monster” characters, but if you’re not you need to be working a decade to earn it? Glad that shit is over with. So many good matches we coulda had if it weren’t for that line of thinking

[@spacecase7504]

Wish Hassan addressed this in his recent interview

[@Professorrob2k24]

The timing wasn’t good, if 9/11 didn’t happen, Hassan would’ve gone far in the business and have a successful career.

[@2ruehenderson]

9/11 happened several years earlier pal

[@IrishKyokushin]

@@2ruehenderson He means the London Terror attack on 7-7-05.

[@dougthedon2972]

I think you mean the 7/7 London bombings. Hassan's whole gimmick was based on anti Arab racism after 9/11

[@smellymewi]

It was fine until the London bombings in 2005 that killed Hassan's run in WWE.

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Hassan's entire gimmick was an Arab/Muslim in a post-9/11 USA

[@stephenwright509]

🤣 Matt striker was right WWE is like high school

[@awesome1ru]

Every work place is tbf

[@chillinwtheenemy]

Hassan deserves to be paid

[@ANDCFC95]

He has bills too

[@asifadnan2813]

Hassan could've been the face of wwe alongside with Cena during that prime if all the people were nice and treat him with utter respect instead of bringing irrevalent nonsense international politics and war game. WWE is having karma now for losing the ratings.

[@TheFlamingPike]

I think people were actually okay with Hassan, most people loved to hate him. Of course there probably were a few lunatics out there but they didn't matter. It was the dudes in skyscrapers handling television contracts with WWE who put pressure on them to pull Hassan off of the screen. People who probably never watch wrestling in the first place.

[@TheFailedmessiah]

Especially with shows In Saudi Arabia, he would be over huge, think of the merch

[@asifadnan2813]

@@TheFailedmessiah He is for every fan around the world if they love him,not only for Saudis. I believe he is better than Boring Reign lol.

[@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift]

Hassan wouldve been an early bridge for wrestling fans in the arabic world if WWE creative did not do that whole terroist shit. that gimmick only alienated arabs from not touching WWE for a long time. he came out right at the time when anti-arab sentiments were at deadly levels with hate crimes. the potential of him being a face wouldve done society good. but vince and company wanted to placate the racists

[@michaelfrazier629]

He was an amazing heel. Literally ive mevwr heard a wrestler get booed as extremely loud as muhammad hassan 😂

[@xavierspicer4718]

A bunch of wrestlers acting like big ass babies

[@juncruz6266]

hassan did in 7 months more than this guy in all his career

[@nysportsfan2576]

Hey now Helms did have a nice run as cruiserweight champ once he dropped the superhero thing haha

[@vinnydurham8964]

What are you talking about?

[@lklkv5237]

And he is now school principal lol

[@TheFlamingPike]

@@nysportsfan2576 Besides there's no reason to shit on Helms. In this video he's not bashing Hassan in any way, he's actually more on Hassan's side. Helms sounds like a pretty cool laidback kind of guy. Seems like all the assholes get to be main eventers though.

[@alexsabre1323]

Tf you going after helms for? 😂

[@benjaminvermeylen3784]

Hassan was amazing. Too bad.

[@KnowPhere]

They really did Hassan dirty. It’s that kinda bs why I can’t support WWE

[@SonnyK248]

Hassan was supposedly set to beat Undertaker at Great American Bash and then beat Batista at Summerslam to become the youngest WWE champions of all time. But his gimmick was so nuclear he ended up getting blackballed from television not just wrestling 🤣 No company would touch him. And honestly go back and watch some of those early Hassan promos. He'd be a total babyface of he was doing that today. Dude would come out and say that he is an American. American born and raised. But since 9/11 he's been treated like a second class citizen by his own nation because of the color of his skin. And then one of the "faces" would come out and tell him if he doesn't love America then he can leave America 😅 Like leave and go where? He's from there... 🤣

[@awesome1ru]

Sounds like some high-school drama 🙄

[@ThaOneChrisJONES]

Muhammad Hassan: "THE DISRESPECT !!! I buy you all shots and you callously pour them on the ground ! Why ?!?! Because I'm ARAB AMERICAN !!!"

[@gaysonmartinocho5262]

why didnt bianca get heat. she was a loser in nxt. i bet the wwe is covering it up

[@JesusChristmyMESSIAH]

Hassan was a hero. Hogan was not. May god save terry bolleas soul if he hasnt already. Muhammad hassan wasnt evil. Before u judge hassan. Watch three kings. And the passion of the christ.