Looking back 10 years on, this was clearly the greatest heel in WWE history

[sweggeh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgfGdmwCr0

Disgraceful how WWE ruined his career. Dude was a bonafide superstar and had one of the GOAT controversial gimmicks. Would have loved to see how far he could take it before he got taken off air.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Anything that went farther would have been detrimental to the Wwe. Making this dude a world champion or making him win most of his matches would have brought in horrible ratings and bad for marketing. His career went perfect. Show up act like a d bag, and get his ass kicked.

[SugarHill]

people were saying that even then.

[sweggeh]

Anything that went farther would have been detrimental to the Wwe. Making this dude a world champion or making him win most of his matches would have brought in horrible ratings and bad for marketing. His career went perfect. Show up act like a d bag, and get his ass kicked.

You are probably a little kid who doesnt remember him, cause what you described is the opposite of what actually went on. Muhammad Hassan was a ratings magnet.

He was one of the most entertaining characters in WWE history and probably the number one most hated. His character was amazingly well thought out.

WWE would never have taken him off air if it wasnt for UPN and their other partners forcing them to do so. He was just too controversial. But from a fan standpoint he was great.

[sweggeh]

An interview from 2013 I found from the man himself -

[QUOTE]Q) How did the idea for the Muhammad Hassan character come about, and what was your initial reaction when they approached you with it?

It came from the offices. Jim Cornette came to me one day and said

[Knicks101]

Overrated.

[BurningHammer]

The guy was an atomic heel heat button that WWE hadn't had another one til Vicky Guerrero.

I can say the same as Knicko but he lived his gimmick to the perfection that's for sure.

[Nick Young]

Hulk Hogan is the greatest heel in wrestling, kayfabe and non-kayfabe.

[sweggeh]

The guy was an atomic heel heat button that WWE hadn't had another one til Vicky Guerrero.

I can say the same as Knicko but he lived his gimmick to the perfection that's for sure.

Really?

Come on man. Vicky got booed because it was the cool think to do and her voice was annoying.

But Hassan literally got death threats on a daily basis. On his debut his theme song got crazy boos before people could even see who was coming out.

WWE knew it too. They were planning to put the world title on him after he beat Batista for it after Summerslam. The guy, in just 9 short months in the WWE, fought with Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Hulk Hogan, John Cena, and more huge names. And he was going to become World Heavyweight Champion less than 12 months after his debut. And he was only 23 years of age.

The guy is still remembered as one of the greatest heels in WWE history a decade later, and was only on TV for a few months.

People who play down the impact Muhammad Hassan had either didnt watch WWE at the time or have beef with him for some reason.

Respect the legend.

http://media.kayfabenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Muhammad_Hassan.jpg

[Knicks101]

Vince McMahon is the greatest heel in wrestling history. This guy had a good gimmick, pretty average to below average overall performer.

[JohnnySic]

LOL, why would a pro wrestler received death threats? Dont people know its all for show? :oldlol: :confusedshrug:

[sweggeh]

Vince McMahon is the greatest heel in wrestling history. This guy had a good gimmick, pretty average to below average overall performer.

At no time did Vince ever get the level of heat Muhammad Hassan used to draw on a weekly basis.

Did you even watch Hassan? I dont think so. Judging from your profile you love Cena so you probably weren't even old enough to know who Hassan is.

Makes sense.

[sweggeh]

LOL, why would a pro wrestler received death threats? Dont people know its all for show? :oldlol: :confusedshrug:

Some people are retarded. And the thing is, until he got weird and terrorist-y late on in his run, the majority of the things he was saying were absolutely spot on. Guess some people cant handle the truth.

[Knicks101]

At no time did Vince ever get the level of heat Muhammad Hassan used to draw on a weekly basis.

Did you even watch Hassan? I dont think so. Judging from your profile you love Cena so you probably weren't even old enough to know who Hassan is.

Makes sense.

Favorite Hassan match?

[sweggeh]

Favorite Hassan match?

He had plenty of good matches. vs Shawn Michaels, vs Shelton Benjamin, vs Chris Benoit, vs Undertaker at GAB (just for the last ride through the ramp) etc.

But the point Im making is not about his matches per se. Just about the HEAT he was able to draw from the crowd.

Answer me any one of these questions and I will say he isnt the greatest heel of all time.

1. Which other wrestler got such intense crowd heat on his DEBUT.
2. Which other wrestler had theme music the crowd hated so much?
3. Which other wrestler fought and had beef with as many big time wrestlers and legends as he did in just a few short months?
4. Which wrestler was booked to win the title at just aged 23?
5. Which wrestler was so controversial, the network Smackdown was running on demanded he was removed from tv immediately, other wise they would sue the WWE?
6. Which wrestler was only in professional wrestling for less than a year, yet has such a big legacy and people still talk about him more than a decade later?

If you want to know more about him, watch the video in the OP.

[Knicks101]

I was watching when he was around, he was not nearly as big of a deal as you're making him out to be. It was just cheap foreign heel heat that they did for years and years. Yes, I realize he wasn't a foreigner. They didn't want him off tv because he was controversial, they wanted him off because of the timing of that angle.

[BlakFrankWhite]

He was a piss poor version of Iron Sheik

[L.Kizzle]

I said this years ago. This guy sparked my interest in wrasslin again. I had stopped watching, I believe after the nwo angle came and went. WWE was gettin stale and I was getting older. Even when Steiner and Goldberg came around, I checked it out for a little while but it didn't keep my attention. But I started seeing adds for this character and I was like "damn, I gotta check this dude out (no homo.)"

McMahon dropped the ball big time. For someone who lived on the edge, he punked out with this characterl.

[BurningHammer]

He was a piss poor version of Iron Sheik
Sheiky is a straight-up foreign wrestling heel. Hassan is more complicate than that, yet the crowd chose to have him playing out like a straight-up foreign wrestling heel.

Hassan would get mixed reactions in certain places in today's pro wrestling.

[Kblaze8855]

An Arab safter 9/11 is just cheap heat. Can't be the greatest heel that easily.

It's like a guy who always talks up the town for easy cheers.

Not getting full credit.

[sweggeh]

I was watching when he was around, he was not nearly as big of a deal as you're making him out to be. It was just cheap foreign heel heat that they did for years and years. Yes, I realize he wasn't a foreigner. They didn't want him off tv because he was controversial, they wanted him off because of the timing of that angle.

But it wasnt.

Name me one foreign guy that got as much consistent heat as he did?

[sweggeh]

I said this years ago. This guy sparked my interest in wrasslin again. I had stopped watching, I believe after the nwo angle came and went. WWE was gettin stale and I was getting older. Even when Steiner and Goldberg came around, I checked it out for a little while but it didn't keep my attention. But I started seeing adds for this character and I was like "damn, I gotta check this dude out (no homo.)"

McMahon dropped the ball big time. For someone who lived on the edge, he punked out with this characterl.

Yes, this is a man who understands :applause:

[Kblaze8855]

Consistent heat isn't a few months or even a year.

He had an amazingly brief run due to Arab hate.

He didn't show he could get reactions due to anything about his personality or crowd skills.

A great heel can do it on command. That dude is nothing in any other setting.

Nothing about his heat was generated by his talent.

[TheMarkMadsen]

I was watching when he was around, he was not nearly as big of a deal as you're making him out to be. It was just cheap foreign heel heat that they did for years and years.

yup exactly..

[TheMarkMadsen]

Consistent heat isn't a few months or even a year.

He had an amazingly brief run due to Arab hate.

He didn't show he could get reactions due to anything about his personality or crowd skills.

A great heel can do it on command. That dude is nothing in any other setting.

Nothing about his heat was generated by his talent.

K Blaze watches wrestling

:applause: :applause:

[warriorfan]

WWF was so much more entertaining when the wrestlers were smoking crack

[SugarHill]

An Arab safter 9/11 is just cheap heat. Can't be the greatest heel that easily.

It's like a guy who always talks up the town for easy cheers.

Not getting full credit.
It was 3 years after. it's like get over it mane

[TheMarkMadsen]

it is hard to name the best heel in WWE the last 10 years.. these days everybody flip flops ever year or so..

Cena has probably been getting the most heat out of anybody on the roster consistently for the past 6 years or so..

[ArbitraryWater]

Edge by far GOAT

[ThePhantomCreep]

But it wasnt.

Name me one foreign guy that got as much consistent heat as he did?
Not quite foreign, but Sgt Slaughter during his Gulf War heel turn got insane heat.

Vince had to move Wrestlemania from the Coliseum to the smaller LA Sports Arena because of bomb threats IIRC.

[Lebron23]

Muhammad Hassan was a great heel sucks Vince turned him into a terrorist, and that was the reason the made him lost to the Undertaker in the Great American Bash.

[ItsMillerTime]

Muhammad Hassan was a great heel sucks Vince turned him into a terrorist, and that was the reason the made him lost to the Undertaker in the Great American Bash.

Stop bumping old ass threads that nobody cares about.