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2007-12-02 08:26:23 · 22 answers · asked by booboocat15 4 in Sports Wrestling

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Agreed with Rocco...
Muhammad Hassan.

On the episode of SmackDown! taped on July 4, General Manager Teddy Long put Muhammad Hassan in a match against The Undertaker at the Great American Bash and placed Daivari in a match that night against the Undertaker. Daivari was defeated easily, but Hassan began to "pray" on the ramp, summoning five masked men, dressed almost completely in black. Armed with clubs and a piano wire, they beat and choked the Undertaker out, and Hassan put him in the Camel Clutch. Afterward, the masked men lifted Daivari above their heads and carried him away. Three days later, hours before the episode was scheduled to air, the London bombings took place.[21] Without sufficient time to properly edit the segment out of the show, UPN showed the footage unedited in America and on The Score in Canada with an advisory warning shown several times during the broadcast. It was removed from the Australian and European (including in the UK) broadcasts.[22]

The angle elicited national attention in the New York Post, TV Guide, Variety, and other major media outlets. In response to the criticism, UPN decided that it would monitor the storyline closely and that it did not want the Hassan character on its network that week.[23] Hassan later delivered a promo to the live crowd for the July 14 airing of SmackDown!, but when UPN announced that the segment would be edited, WWE decided to host the video of the segment on its official website. In the segment, Hassan, reiterates that he is an Arab-American and that the American people automatically and unfairly assume that he is a terrorist. Despite being in character, he referred to the real-world media coverage of the storyline, singling out the New York Post's Don Kaplan by name. On the July 14 episode of SmackDown!, Hassan's absence was explained by a statement delivered by his lawyer, which said that Hassan refused to appear on the show until that month's Great American Bash due to the way he had been treated by the media and WWE fans.[24]

It was revealed in late-July 2005 that UPN had pressured WWE to keep Hassan off of their network, effectively removing him from SmackDown![25] However, Hassan had been booked as the winner in his #1 Contender's match against the Undertaker at The Great American Bash, setting up a Batista-Hassan match for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. With no chance of having Hassan wrestle on SmackDown!, the Undertaker won the match instead. At the Great American Bash, after Hassan's loss, he was given the Last Ride through an open stage ramp onto a concrete floor where it was reported that he sustained serious injuries and had to be rushed to a nearby medical facility, apparently a solution aimed to end the Hassan character.[26] Several days later, WWE.com hosted a video of a kayfabe announcement from Theodore Long, where he reiterates the stipulation that Hassan would no longer appear on SmackDown!. He said to Hassan, "You can go to RAW, or you can go anywhere else in the world. But as far as I'm concerned, you can go to hell!!" Due to increasing public pressure, the WWE was forced to later drop the character altogether, sending Copani and Daivari to their developmental territories to alter their gimmicks. This resulted in huge fan backlash, mostly because Hassan had developed a cult following and had been booked to fight for the World Title at SummerSlam.[27]

Although Daivari would report to Deep South Wrestling (and later would return to WWE), wrestling reports indicated that Copani would not, and on September 21, 2005, Copani parted ways with WWE. While the WWE article detailing his release indicated that he may return in the future (possibly in his Hassan character),[28] Copani was quoted as being eager to pursue a career in acting. However, he has left open the possibility of returning to wrestling in WWE.

2007-12-02 08:31:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5 4

How is Kamala a racist wwe gimmick? First off Jim Harris (Kamala) hardly even wrestled for the wwe. He came up with that gimmick years ago at a time when he didn't work for the wwe. I still don't see how that is a racist gimmick anyway. In case you don't know it that is actually part of the heritage in Uganda. So there is NOTHING racist about it. Sorry if a counties heritage offends you but thats just the way it is.
And again the wwe had NOTHING to do with his gimmick other than to hire him a few times, but the gimmick was not that of the wwe.

2007-12-02 08:53:25 · answer #2 · answered by komets.geo 7 · 5 2

How the heel can Kamala's gimmick be racist.

I would have to agree with everyone that Muhammad Hassan's gimmick was the most racist gimmick probably ever.

2007-12-02 09:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by COB RULE 5 · 0 1

Mark Copani aka Muhammad Hassan very talented guy but they gave him a racist stereotypical gimmick that didn't pan over with american fans. Also Davari.

2007-12-02 08:30:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Muhammad Hassan

2007-12-02 08:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

Kamala is worst than any other gimmick. Ever.

2007-12-03 02:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by LILJON 3 · 0 1

Either Hassan or Nation Of Domination

2007-12-02 08:33:53 · answer #7 · answered by Jim#1 4 · 1 1

Cryme Tyme or Hassan' gimmick

2007-12-02 08:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Muhammad Hassan was a raciest gimmick next to Lax when they had konan.

2007-12-02 08:37:48 · answer #9 · answered by 24/7 - Muta Scale-FullMetal. 6 · 0 1

Agreed with Creepy, Muhammed Hassan's was the most racist. Khali's is sort-of too

2007-12-02 08:33:23 · answer #10 · answered by leilanixlucifer 5 · 2 1

Cryme Tyme's gimmick

2007-12-02 08:30:56 · answer #11 · answered by The Real Diva™ 4 · 1 3

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