Would Muhammad Hassan worked in the Attitude Era

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His character was very controversial, but I felt the WWE had to drop the ball on it after the 7/7/07 attacks. It was interesting that he was an Arab Muslim but got a lot of heat from the fans by exploiting their racist side.

If he was to be dropped in the Attitude Era, how far do you think he could have gone? I could see him fueding with Val Venis/Godfather in differences on how they see women. I could also see a small feud with Steve Austin.

[Stu]

Considering his character was derived from then-current events, he would have needed adjusting in the Attitude Era.

[The Sam]

Probably would of been stuck with Tiger Ali Singh on Shotgun Saturday Night.

[Crappler El 0 M]

He would not have played an Arab (or Arab-American) in the Attitude Era. They gave him that character because they thought an Arab character would work as a heel during that time period following 9/11 and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was an American from New York. His name sounds Italian.

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That is absolutely true. I guess he would have a completely different backstory if it was pre-911 WWE era. Maybe a Saddam Hussein sympathizer?

[Tony Schiavontay]

Mar 7, 2015 22:08:12 GMT -5 The Sam said:

Probably would of been stuck with Tiger Ali Singh on Shotgun Saturday Night.

He would have been Babu.

[Kevin Hamilton]

He didn't even really work in the context of the times. They had him all over the map character wise. At first he was the angry Arab-American who felt persecuted for things he had nothing to do with; then in pretty short order they had him go full terrorist.