Muhammad Hassan had a very short but incredibly eventful WWE career. Although he was only on WWE TV from December 2004 to July 05, Hassan wrestled against Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker on WWE televsision and pay-per-view. He was also at one point rumoured to beat WWE World Heavweight Champion Batista in Washington (Batistas home town) on July 4th. One can only imagine the heat that such a scene would generate and what a win of that magnitude would do for Hassans burgeoning career. Heat was something that Hassan was used to both inside and outside of the ring. Debuting with manager Khosrow Daivari, his character was initially that of an Arab-American who had been wrongly victimised and prejudiced since 9/11. Hassans preachy, anti-American character drew nuclear heat with WWEs patriotic fans and wrestlers. Meanwhile backstage, Hassan had begun to alienate colleagues and WWEs veterans with his prima-donna behaviour and attitude. Hassan was a regular victim of ribs and physical abuse in the ring and was also thrown out of the locker room on one occasion. Hassans time went from bad to worse when he found out that has character was to be written out of the storylines due to an angle WWE aired on the July 7th 2005 Smackdown. In the angle, The Undertaker (who was feuding with Hassan) was attacked by associates of Hassan who were dressed in black ski-masks and camo pants as they brandished clubs and garrotted Taker with paino wire. Airing the same day as the 7/7 London Bombings (the angle did not air in the UK) the angle resulted in UPN demanding the removal of the Hassan character, following major backlash from the mainstream American media. Hassan was destroyed by The Undertaker at The Great American Bash and never appeared on WWE TV again. He was released from his contract in September 2005 and retired from wrestling altogether. Few were sad to see him go.
