History YMMV / MuhammadHassan

* MisBlamed: He took a lot of crap in the locker room from other wrestlers for doing and saying things he was ordered to by Vince [=McMahon=], such as refusing to sell for [[Wrestling/SgtSlaughter Sergeant Slaughter]] or telling Wrestling/EddieGuerrero he couldn't use the camel clutch to honor his father, the man who ''invented'' the move.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: This thought is pretty much unanimous among wrestling fans. The general consensus was that, while he was still a little green in the ring, he was excellent on the mic and played the character really well. He had the makings of a big star, and could have gone down in history as one of the greatest and most unique characters in recent memory had WWE not axed the storyline abruptly. Even when he was active, people had this opinion, as they felt that he could have (and ''should'' have) been a babyface with his gimmick of not wanting to be MistakenForTerrorist as a result of 9/11, but that the fan reactions messed that all up.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Just look at the comments section on any Website/YouTube video featuring him. There are a lot more people who agree with the things he says than those who disagree. The week after the infamous segment with the Undertaker, Hassan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmQA6jsC3h4 responded]] to a ''New York Post'' article criticizing the segment. Among other things, he points out that the article refers to him and Daivari as [[MistakenForTerrorist terrorists]] despite not having met them before, and refers to the masked men as "Arabs in ski masks," even though the ski masks would prevent the writer from knowing whether they were Arabs or not.

* MemeticMutation: For a time, a popular fad on YTMND was to insert Hassan's music over various video clips to create the illusion that the people in the clip were being interrupted by Hassan's entrance.

* TheScrappy: He wasn't very popular in WWC and it wasn't in "please punch his face" way or even "Arab" race baiting. It was simply because he wasn't very good in the ring but kept getting on shows anyway, the tricks used to obscure the short comings of other OVW trainees not working in his case unfortunately.

* TheScrappy: He wasn't very popular in WWC or Puerto Rico, and it wasn't because of effective heel work or even race baiting. It was simply because he wasn't very good in the ring but kept getting on shows anyway, the tricks used to obscure the short comings of other OVW trainees not working in his case unfortunately.

* BaseBreaker: '''BIG TIME.''' Either this was a really brave and creative way to get a heel over, or it was a ridiculously offensive gimmick that got "over" because [[UnfortunateImplications it played off of racism, Islamophobia, and stoked post-9/11 paranoia]] for a cheap pop.\

* BaseBreaker: '''BIG TIME.''' Either this was a really brave and creative way to get a heel over, or it was a ridiculously offensive gimmick that got "over" because [[UnfortunateImplications it played off of racism, Islamophobia, and stoked post-9/11 paranoia]] for a cheap pop.

* MisBlamed: He took a lot of backstage from other wrestlers for doing and saying things he was ordered to by Vince [=McMahon=], such as refusing to sell for [[Wrestling/SgtSlaughter Sergeant Slaughter]] or telling Wrestling/EddieGuerrero he couldn't use the camel clutch to honor his father, the man who ''invented'' the move.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Just look at the comments section on any Website/YouTube video featuring him. There are a lot more people who agree with the things he says than those who disagree. The week after the infamous segment with the Undertaker, Hassan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmQA6jsC3h4 responded]] to a ''New York Post'' article criticizing the segment. Among other things, he points out that the article refers to him and Daivari as [[MistakenForTerrorist terrorists]] despite not having met them before, and refers to the masked men as "Arabs in ski masks," even though the ski masks would prevent the writer from knowing whether they were Arabs or not.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Just look at the comments section on any Website/YouTube video featuring him. There are a lot more people who agree with the things he says than those who disagree. The week after the infamous segment with the Undertaker, Hassan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmQA6jsC3h4 responded]] to a ''New York Post'' article criticizing the segment. Among other things, he points out that the article refers to him and Daivari as [[MistakenForTerrorist terrorists]] despite not having met them before, and refers to the masked men as "Arabs in ski masks," even though the ski masks would prevent the writer from knowing whether they were Arabs or not.
* UnfortunateImplications: His entire run was chock-full of them.
-->'''Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin''': I see sand people.

* MisBlamed: He took a lot of backstage from other wrestlers for doing and saying things he was ordered to by Vince [=McMahon=], such as refusing to sell for Sergeant Slaughter or telling Wrestling/EddieGuerrero he couldn't use the camel clutch to honor his father, the man who ''invented'' the move.

* MisBlamed: He took a lot of backstage from other wrestlers for doing and saying things he was ordered to by Vince McMahon, such as refusing to sell for Sergeant Slaughter or telling Wrestling/EddieGuerrero he couldn't use the camel clutch to honor his father, the man who ''invented'' the move.

* MisBlamed: He took a lot of backstage from other wrestlers for doing and saying things he was ordered to by Vince McMahon, such as refusing to sell for Wrestling/SergeantSlaughter or telling Wrestling/EddieGuerrero he couldn't use the camel clutch to honor his father, the man who ''invented'' the move.

* ReplacementScrappy: An odd case, as no one actually wanted what was replaced ''back''. Theodore Long and Rodney Mack were part of a reviled storyline where Long would complain about white people and society in general holding down black people. Finally that storyline is finished and not three months later we have two more guys in a race baiting angle, just replace "black" with "Arab". Problem was Davari and Hassan combined didn't have half of Rodney Mack's wrestling ability or Teddy Long's charisma. Worse, the Hassan angle was given more screen time than the Rodney Mack one ever had. People were just ready to see Rodney Mack and Teddy Long in more tasteful roles but the two were left on [[BShow Heat and Velocity]] with Mark Jindrak and Jazz while Hassan, little more than a basic brawler with an "Arab" manager who was really speaking Persian, got be on Pay Per View with Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels! All the same, [[ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing even his harshest critics still did not like how UPN and The Post screwed Hassan.]]

* ReplacementScrappy: An odd case, as no one actually wanted what was replaced ''back''. Theodore Long and Rodney Mack were part of a reviled storyline where Long would complain about white people and society in general holding down black people. Finally that storyline is finished and not three months later we have two more guys in a race baiting angle, just replace "black" with "Arab". Problem was Davari and Hassan combined didn't have half of Rodney Mack's wrestling ability or Teddy Long's charisma. Worse, the Hassan angle was given more screen time than the Rodney Mack one ever had. People were just ready to see Rodney Mack and Teddy Long in more tasteful roles but the two were left on [[BShow Heat and Velocity]] with Mark Jindrak and Jazz while Hassan, little more than a basic brawler with an "Arab" manager who was really speaking Persian, got be on Pay Per View with Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels! All the same, [[ItsThePrincipleOfTheMatter even his harshest critics still did not like how UPN and The Post screwed Hassan.]]

* ReplacementScrappy: An odd case, as no one actually wanted what was replaced ''back''. Theodore Long and Rodney Mack were part of a reviled storyline where Long would complain about white people and society in general holding down black people. Finally that storyline is finished and not three months later we have two more guys in a race baiting angle, just replace "black" with "Arab". Problem was Davari and Hassan combined didn't have half of Rodney Mack's wrestling ability or Teddy Long's charisma. Worse, the Hassan angle was given more screen time than the Rodney Mack one ever had. People were just ready to see Rodney Mack and Teddy Long in more tasteful roles but the two were left on [[BShow Heat and Velocity]] with Mark Jindrak and Jazz while Hassan, little more than a basic brawler with an "Arab" manager who was really speaking Persian, got be on Pay Per View with Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels! All the same, [[ItsThePrinicipleOfTheMatter even his harshest critics still did not like how UPN and The Post screwed Hassan.]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Just look at the comments section on any Website/YouTube video featuring him. There are a lot more people who agree with the things he says than those who disagree.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Went undefeated for months in the WWE, only to get squashed in two minutes by none other than JohnCena.
* DesignatedVillain: Many of his complaints about prejudice were completely valid ones (see StrawmanHasAPoint below), but he was still portrayed as the most evil villain in the WWE (his infamous Royal Rumble appearance had both faces and heels working together to eliminate him, much like [[EnemyMine the typical scenario where good and evil join together to fight a common enemy]]). In addition, the commentators would always speak of his actions as heelish even if he had a valid reason for whatever it was that he was doing. An example of this would be the time ChrisBenoit [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK15H6l3moU challenged him to a match]], and he agreed to a match at a later date due to not being properly prepared for one. Benoit responded by attacking Hassan, but he was overpowered by the combined efforts of Hassan and his manager. The commentators painted Hassan and Daivari as being cowardly and underhanded by saying "Benoit came out here to make a man-to-man challenge, and this is what he gets," though Hassan and Daivari only ganged up on Benoit because Benoit had attacked Hassan first.

-->'''StoneColdSteveAustin''': I see sand people.

* TooGoodToLast

* DesignatedVillain: Many of his complaints about prejudice were completely valid ones (see StrawmanHasAPoint below), but he was still portrayed as the most evil villain in the WWE (his infamous Royal Rumble appearance had both faces and heels working together to eliminate him, much like [[EnemyMine the typical scenario where good and evil join together to fight a common enemy]]). In addition, the commentators would always speak of his actions as heelish even if he had a valid reason for whatever it was that he was doing. An example of this would be the time ChrisBenoit challenged him to a match, and he agreed to a match at a later date due to not being properly prepared for a match. Benoit responded by attacking Hassan, but he was overpowered by the combined efforts of Hassan and his manager. The commentators acted as though Hassan was the coward, even though he was acting in self-defense.

* DesignatedVillain: Many of his complaints about prejudice were completely valid ones (see StrawmanHasAPoint below), but he was still portrayed as the most evil villain in the WWE (his infamous Royal Rumble appearance had both faces and heels working together to eliminate him, much like [[EnemyMine the typical scenario where good and evil join together to fight a common enemy]]). In addition, the commentators would always speak of his actions as heelish even if he had a valid reason for whatever it was that he was doing. An example of this would be the time ChrisBenoit challenged him to a match, and he agreed to a match at a later date due to not being properly prepared for a match. Benoit responded by attacking Hassan, but he was overpowered by the combined efforts of Hassan and his manager. The commentators acted as though Hassan was the coward, even though he was acting in self-defense.

* DesignatedVillain: Many of his complaints about prejudice were completely valid ones, but he was still portrayed as the most evil villain in the WWE (his infamous Royal Rumble appearance had both faces and heels working together to eliminate him, much like [[EnemyMine the typical scenario where good and evil join together to fight a common enemy]]). In addition, the commentators would always speak of his actions as heelish even if he had a valid reason for whatever it was that he was doing. An example of this would be the time ChrisBenoit challenged him to a match, and he agreed to a match at a later date due to not being properly prepared for a match. Benoit responded by attacking Hassan, but he was overpowered by the combined efforts of Hassan and his manager. The commentators acted as though Hassan was the coward, even though he was acting in self-defense.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Just look at the comments section on any YouTube video featuring him. There are a lot more people who agree with the things he says than those who disagree.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Went undefeated for months in the WWE, only to get squashed in two minutes by none other than JohnCena.