Update on Hassan (Insider Spoilers, Info)

[Guest jumpingbombangel]

If this is used for any so-called insider report, just credit TSM.  Thanks

 

"Hassan" left the PPV immediately after his match.  He was told by WWE that he is their #1 priority and that they're going to do everything to repackage his character.  However, it was a "don't call us, we'll call you" type of thing.

 

At this moment, "Hassan" has no idea what's going to happen.  He is currently spending time with his family.

 

Also,  Davairi has been told the same thing.

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If the WWE was smart (shut up that laughing) they'd turn lemons into lemonade by keeping these two in the background for the rest of the year and reintroducing them next year as Kerwin White's Mean Street Posse. If you can't beat whitey...

 

With that said, it's just wrong to blame Hassan directly for what he's going through; especially when it's so very obvious that the WWE has once again set pro-wrestling two paces backward in the eyes of its beloved entertainment industry by first writing too complicated an angle and then flaking on it by lamely attempting to spin it when controversy arose (and not long afterward abandoning the idea entirely).

[Guest MikeSC]

That's actually a good idea.

[Guest JMA]

Reliable sources have informed WWE.com that Muhammad Hassan will be out indefinitely as a result of the Last Ride delivered to him by the Undertaker at The Great American Bash. At this point, it is doubtful that he will return to action.

[Guest jumpingbombangel]

Reliable sources have informed WWE.com that Muhammad Hassan will be out indefinitely as a result of the Last Ride delivered to him by the Undertaker at The Great American Bash. At this point, it is doubtful that he will return to action.

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Poochie died on the way back to his home planet.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

I have better (well, faster) sources than WWE.com

[Guest Zinfandel]

:fist:

 

http://www.peopleforhassan.com seems to be really picking up steam as I have seen it posted many places on the internet and heard about it during last night's Live Audio Wrestling broadcast.

 

Please dont' hesitate to visit it and tell your friends as well.

[SuperJerk 0]

:finger:

 

I think the character sucks and the WWE should be ashamed of themselves.

 

I'd tell my friends, but none of them like wrestling anymore because the WWE has become so idiotic.

 

And thanks for spamming the board, asshole.

[Guest Trecko]

*proudly "spoke out" against the INJUSTICES Hassan is currently facing last night*

 

I love the internet for shit like that.

[natey2k4 0]

Do you think WWE cares if we remember people Matt Morgan came back... 6 months latter and somehow devolped a stutter and not to mention... even though he was on PAY PER VIEW 6 MONTHS PRIOR.. never had a match in the WWE Anymore..

 

WWE could care less about their own history.

[NYU 0]

:finger:

 

I think the character sucks and the WWE should be ashamed of themselves.

 

I'd tell my friends, but none of them like wrestling anymore because the WWE has become so idiotic.

 

And thanks for spamming the board, asshole.

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Who is Muhammad Hassan?

 

Has he done anything important to make me know who he is?

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I think its funny

 

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-07-25/#tv4

 

Hassan's real name is Mark Copani; he is an Italian-American Buddhist.

 

Vince and Co. missed the golden oppertunity to have a wrestling buddhist.

[SuperJerk 0]

:finger:

 

I think the character sucks and the WWE should be ashamed of themselves.

 

I'd tell my friends, but none of them like wrestling anymore because the WWE has become so idiotic.

 

And thanks for spamming the board, asshole.

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Who is Muhammad Hassan?

 

Has he done anything important to make me know who he is?

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You've been living under a rock for three years and must not like hot chicks.

[cabbageboy 0]

Well one thing is that Matt Morgan never did much of anything notable. I mean did he ever cut many promos so that people would remember offhand that he didn't have a stutter before? He was certainly never pushed beyond being on Team Lesnar at a Survivor Series.

 

Ah well, send Magnus back down here to OVW. Pay those dues, rookie! Pay those dues!

[Guest Brian]

Fuck paying dues. The man needs to be ready. And he is far from it.

[cabbageboy 0]

Well in theory paying the dues should make him ready. To me paying dues isn't carrying JBL's luggage around, it's actually focusing on in ring improvement and mic skills.

[krease 0]

I could see them going with putting him behind a mask for a while, not saying anything, and making him into a face. Then after some big win and the crowd is cheering him, rips off the mask...

 

"You people cheered me when you didn't know who I was - now that you know, will you still cheer me, or let your prejudice and racism take over?"

[Guest JMA]

A wrestling Buddhist would've actually been a cool and unique gimmick.

 

If they HAD to do the "angry Arab" thing, it would've been better if Daivari was controlling Magnus and not the other way around. Also, Magnus should've not been portrayed as an Arab, rather he would be Daivari's American servant and maybe his translator. Daivari could've been the ultimate pussy heel and Magnus would've been able to turn face later on.

[Jobber of the Week 0]

When they announced the plans for this character, I was against it, but I still thought it was pretty deep. The problem came when they hit the brakes on the "Hmm, you know, although he waves his ethnicity around like a heel, the things he's saying really make sense" angle and turned it into a "BOOO! USA! USA!" angle.

 

This was not a character I wanted to boo, but at the same time they coerced you into booing him so much that I didn't really want to cheer him either. They made him another 2D charicature.

 

Heck, I could cheer a guy who complains that America passes judgment on people based on ultimately meaningless factors like nationality. That's pretty true, actually. But then when you follow that up with "AND BECAUSE OF THAT YOU ARE ALL THE GREAT SATAN INFIDEL" then I have difficulty caring, because they're obviously going for cheap heat.

 

This is the kind of guy that the "What?" chant was invented for. Too cheap to boo, too stupid to care about.

 

I have to agree with MikeSC, a feud with Shelton would have been good for this guy. Plus you'd have the interesting angle development that he's feuding with another American minority. Kerwin White is more cheap heat, though. Wouldn't go that route.

[Cherry Blossom Viscount 0]

Sigh, this topic just exemplifies the stupidity that sometimes overwhelms the WWE forum. A man could lose his livelyhood because of incompetent "writers" who could not pen a storyline that a ten year old autistic could do in it's sleep, yet, you people are discussing workrate and cheap heat? Good grief you fools, Kurt Angle's whole heel career is built off of cheap heat, there is rarely a moment when he is not engaged in some form of it. And workrate, oh yes, THAT. Since when has the WWE been a bastion of the wrestling gifted anyways? Even workrate gods Benoit and Guerrero are on the decline with no one in sight to replace them.

 

Mark Magnus is not at fault here, the "braintrust" of the WWE is at fault. That man went out there and got booed every night, cheap or not, he did his job. He wrestled to the best of his ability and did not kill anyone, he did his job. Now because others could not do their jobs, his is in jeapordy. Why can't you so called "smart" people see that? Stop being blinded by the stereotypical behavior that you detest even being attributed to the community.

[King Cucaracha 0]

I feel sorry that the guy was lumbered with bad writing, but why should I care that someone who didn't entertain me in the slightest isn't in the company anymore (if he's indeed fired or let go)?

 

It's like crying if the guy in McDonalds, who seems like a very nice guy and works the till like a pro, gets fired for not cooking my fries properly.

[Cherry Blossom Viscount 0]

You you you. It's not about YOU. Hassan is not gone indefinitely because he did not entertain you, thus making your pathetic McDonalds analogy moot, he is gone because the writers did not do their jobs properly. If you're going to use analogies, let's make them proper, such as:

 

That's like me crying over the guy at McDonalds that works the grill like a pro but gets fired because his boss wasn't doing his job properly.

 

And just as the real life situation it mimics, it's totally unfair. Sad, the best thing you can think of his being 'entertained." If the writers did their job, many more people besides yourself would be entertained.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

I like this seyss guy

[Promoter 0]

Am I the only person who actually thinks Hassan will return, but will be tweaked in a fashion to play off all this negativity? Hassan is getting the type of reaction Vince wants. It's just that UPN threw them a curve. Vince went ahead with Slaughter/Hogan which was worse imo because they actually showed photoshopped pictures of Slaughter with Saddam for crying out loud. It didn't stop Vince then. Hell, JBL is STILL getting pushed as a damn main eventer simply because he gained some heel heat last year in Germany. I think the original poster's comments about the "scoop" could be very true. I bet Hassan returns and wins the US title. The wwe will just not have him as the main champion on the show.

[King Cucaracha 0]

You you you. It's not about YOU.

 

Last time I checked, I was the one buying the PPVs and tuning into the TV shows. Hassan/Magnus' job was to go out and wrestle (as in WWrestlingE) and entertain (as in WWEntertainment).

 

Hassan is not gone indefinitely because he did not entertain you, thus making your pathetic McDonalds analogy moot, he is gone because the writers did not do their jobs properly.

 

I know that. Doesn't mean I should care that a mediocre wrestling isn't wrestling for the #1 promotion for a while.

 

And just as the real life situation it mimics, it's totally unfair.  Sad, the best thing you can think of his being 'entertained."  If the writers did their job, many more people besides yourself would be entertained.

 

I watch the WWE to be entertained. Hassan worked for the WWE. Put 2 and 2 together, please. As for the writers comments...Well, duh.

[Cherry Blossom Viscount 0]

You're a fool. If you were the only person watching WWE TV, your points, selfish as they are, would be valid. However, there are millions watching on TV and thousands in attendance at the show who may or may not have been entertained by Hassan. You have no way of gauging opinion in your favor and vice versa for me. However, what you seem to fail to realize is that "entertainment" has to be a group effort in the WWE. Everyone from the top down has to contribute, so blaming one man for not entertaining YOU is quite unfair and silly. There are a number of factors involved in this debacle with the Hassan character and the man actually playing the character is the least of these factors.

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

So we have some kind of moral obligation to feel sorry for Hassan? That's pretty funny, actually.

[Cherry Blossom Viscount 0]

Yes, just as funny as the moral obligation you have to feel sorry for all of those screwed over by HHH, JBL, Undertaker etc. etc.

[Rendclaw 0]

He might have the subtlety and tact of an oncoming freight train, but he makes good points.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

:finger:

 

I think the character sucks and the WWE should be ashamed of themselves.

 

I'd tell my friends, but none of them like wrestling anymore because the WWE has become so idiotic.

 

And thanks for spamming the board, asshole.

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Who is Muhammad Hassan?

 

Has he done anything important to make me know who he is?

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You've been living under a rock for three years and must not like hot chicks.

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Eat a dick you uninformed twat. How clever of you to try and flame me in a thread in a different folder about an unrelated topic.

[NYU 0]

Curry, calm yourself. I'm the one that set up the punchline anyway.