10 Awesome WWE Gimmicks That Were Dropped Way Too Soon

2. Muhammad Hassan

The Muhammad Hassan gimmick in the mid-2000s was done because WWE wanted to capitalize on the way Americans felt about Arab-Americans. What's interesting about the gimmick is the guy that portrayed Hassan wasn't even that experienced as a wrestler and he was actually an Italian guy named Marc Copani. He had a manager named Daivari too. Hassan said he was an Arab-American wrestler wanting relief from the increased prejudice and stereotypes created by the 9/11 attacks. It's not like he ever said he hated America or anything close to that. It was just a guy frustrated with how he was treated. At the time, a character like that drew a lot of heat just because of how much he complained. There were some memorable moments for him like when he was tossed out by a bunch of guys at the 2005 Royal Rumble or the memorable segment with Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 21. Then he feuded with The Undertaker. There were rumors that he might become a main eventer too although it didn't get that far. His run as Hassan lasted from December 2004 to July 2005 when he got destroyed by the Undertaker at the Great American Bash. It was the end of his character after he and masked wrestlers simulated a beheading of Undertaker to draw the kind of negative attention that forced WWE to kill the angle. Hassan was released soon after and never appeared in WWE again.