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Post by MichaelTheMartian on May 31, 2009 0:52:05 GMT -5
He was pure gold. Gosh, just watching him cutting some promos, and wow. The heel heat he got was amazing top heels today like Edge, Orton & Jericho don't get knowhere near as much as he did. Really unfortunate how he had to go because of the whole 9/11 bombing.
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Post by Drdoom on May 31, 2009 0:53:48 GMT -5
Thread 1,095 with this same topic And the attack happend BEFORE he debuted.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on May 31, 2009 0:54:44 GMT -5
he wasnt banned for 9/11. It was for some hawaiian hostage thing i think.
And he was great. He shuld be brought back. Back in the 80's they would use that real life incident to get him over even more.
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Post by Self-Savior on May 31, 2009 0:59:19 GMT -5
No, it was mostly because of the 7-7-2005 bombings in England (?) and the fact that that night on SmackDown!, he was going to lead a group of 'Muslim Extremists' to attack The Undertaker, hence the warning before the episode as well as him not being on TV until his sendoff at The Great American Bash.
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Post by Jimmy on May 31, 2009 1:42:42 GMT -5
Fact: Hassan and his gimmick sucked. It was generic evil foreigner (no, being from Detroit doesn't make it any more cutting edge) gimmick #4343.
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Post by pineappleexpress on May 31, 2009 1:51:22 GMT -5
Yeah, he was axed because of the London bombings, which is a shame. He knew how to work a crowd so well.
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Post by cenaroxorz123 on May 31, 2009 2:47:18 GMT -5
Yeah, he was axed because of the London bombings, which is a shame. He knew how to work a crowd so well. He knew how to be foreign.
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Post by pineappleexpress on May 31, 2009 2:50:39 GMT -5
Yeah, he was axed because of the London bombings, which is a shame. He knew how to work a crowd so well. He knew how to be foreign. I know it can be said that it's the classic rinse and repeat gimmick, but Hasaan was... I don't know. Different. He stood out more than any other cookie cutter wrestlers who have had the foreign, "I hate America" gimmick.
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Post by jfinnomore on May 31, 2009 2:54:20 GMT -5
dude was a beast as well. shame they could of gave him something other then a "terrorist" gimmick
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Post by scoobypat on May 31, 2009 3:16:39 GMT -5
He knew how to be foreign. I know it can be said that it's the classic rinse and repeat gimmick, but Hasaan was... I don't know. Different. He stood out more than any other cookie cutter wrestlers who have had the foreign, "I hate America" gimmick. Because his take on the gimmick was different. Hassan never claimed to hate America, or to identify with anti-American sentiments. He was just about people who hated on him because of his culture, but he painted that as being the entire audience and WWE roster. It was never "I hate America!" it was "You hate me because I'm muslim and you're ignorant!" I gurantee alot of the moves that did Hassan in were upper management decisions trying to take credit for his heat. Having the masked men attack Undertaker made no sense for Hassan from a character stand point, his whole thing was how Americans were ignorant not how he was a terrorist, ironically ignorance did his character in.
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Post by figurefanatic316 on May 31, 2009 6:16:18 GMT -5
Thread 1,095 with this same topic And the attack happend BEFORE he debuted. i have never read this topic as i am a newish member, thanks for starting the thread .Λ-M@ň™
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Post by MVH on May 31, 2009 6:43:57 GMT -5
I remember he was actually booked to defeat the Undertaker at TGAB 2005 to face Batista at Summerslam for the World Title before he was asked to be removed from SD!
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Post by flying-shorty on May 31, 2009 6:55:36 GMT -5
he was good! edgy character like the iron sheik and sgt slaugheter in the gulf war... hassan was the equivelant. but he decided to go elsewhere
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Post by Guy Incognito on May 31, 2009 7:14:14 GMT -5
Too bad he only lasted Dec 04 to Sept 05. He had skill and certainly would have held the world title by now.
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Post by perilloboy123 on May 31, 2009 8:47:23 GMT -5
To this day, I still pray that Hassan will return to the WWE. I definitely saw him as a future WWE or World Heavyweight Champion.
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Post by Flava Dave on May 31, 2009 10:33:52 GMT -5
Fact: Hassan and his gimmick sucked. It was generic evil foreigner (no, being from Detroit doesn't make it any more cutting edge) gimmick #4343. Exactly. Besides, Lance Storm thinks he's a douche bag and Lance Storm never lies.
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Post by jfinnomore on May 31, 2009 10:52:01 GMT -5
Fact: Hassan and his gimmick sucked. It was generic evil foreigner (no, being from Detroit doesn't make it any more cutting edge) gimmick #4343. he was born in Jordan and was raised in NY.
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Post by HugoOne on May 31, 2009 12:23:29 GMT -5
Lame, tired gimmick and he never showed any signs of being a good wrestler. I'm not sure why he has such a strong following. He really did NOTHING to stand out, at least nothing new or innovative. No, nothing at all actually.
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Post by Brock F'n Lesnar on May 31, 2009 12:40:43 GMT -5
He was excellent, the last time i remember seeing Hassan was when he was last rided by Taker on the stage, if he was kept in, he would be the Champ already
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Post by Patrick Bateman on May 31, 2009 12:47:34 GMT -5
He was green, and definitely not a technical wonder, but he's the most over heel the WWE has ever seen in the past half decade, and maybe longer. He raised amazing points on the microphone, and showed off charisma and presence that even establish vets wish they had. It's just unfortunate that when Hassan went to Smackdown, his seven month winning streak was shattered instantly by John Cena and he fell into a COMPLETELY stereotypical 'Arabic terrorist' gimmick.
That's not Mark Copani's fault though.
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