Hassan - Smackdown spoiler [Archive]

Danny Electric

07-05-2005, 02:25 PM

OK, I thought this might need it's own topic. Here is a description of said match.

Undertaker squashes Daivari with a chokeslam and Tombstone, but the big thing is Hassan summoning 5 or 6 masked men that just kinda look like terrorists to destroy the Undertaker, beating him and choking him out with piano wire. Hassan adds on a camel clutch for extra measure, and if that wasn’t enough, the masked terrorists lift Daivari up above their heads like a martyr and carry him to the back. I sincerely wish I was making this up.

http://www.rajah.com/base/2005/3568

I think this is going too far, what do you guys think?

Chavo Classic

07-05-2005, 02:28 PM

If it distracts all the fucking smarks in the world still whining about Matt Hardy then it's ok with me.

Danny Electric

07-05-2005, 02:31 PM

Lol
Nothing can do that.

Somebody's Gotta Die

07-05-2005, 02:31 PM

If it distracts all the fucking smarks in the world still whining about Matt Hardy then it's ok with me.

Matt Hardy = dirtbag

Chavo Classic

07-05-2005, 02:37 PM

Matt Hardy = dirtbag

Fuck off, that's fucking wrong.

It's actaully Matt Hardy < Dirtbag

Ol Dirty Dastard

07-05-2005, 02:39 PM

lol, it "may be going too far" but I dunno, it's kinda cool.

Xero

07-05-2005, 02:40 PM

I say that the only way they can really cross the line is to do a storyline about blowing shit up or killing people or something. Although this IS pushing it....

Danny Electric

07-05-2005, 02:45 PM

I don't know, I liked how Hassan's character was just this Arab-American who saw his rights restricted, now their portraying him as somewhat of a terrorist.

Chavo Classic

07-05-2005, 02:49 PM

I say that the only way they can really cross the line is to do a storyline about blowing shit up or killing people or something. Although this IS pushing it....

Lol, something along the lines of this...

The terrorists strap explosives to the ring posts. Just as Billy Kidman is ascending the turnbuckles for a shooting star press, they ring the WWE with an annonymous tip off that if Kidman leaves the turnbuckle the ring wil explode.

All the locker-room rushes down to the ring to stop Kidman jumping off seconds beforer his feet leave the pad. Then ensues a long, drawn out segment with Kidman sat on the turnbuckle unable to get off and Torrie Wilson crying in the background.

RATINGS! :D

Corkscrewed

07-05-2005, 02:51 PM

ROFL.. that's just wrong. :rofl:

But man... the WWE has been ridiculously racist lately. I don't know how they haven't been sued yet, but this cutting edge beats Katie Vick cutting edge, so I guess I'm not complaining. :lol:

Chavo Classic

07-05-2005, 02:54 PM

I remember reading the spoiler for the Katie Vick episode of Raw and thought it was going to be horrendous and sickening. The spoilers were saying that HHH goes to the graveyard and actually digs up a real live Katie to hump.

When I saw it on Raw, aside from being relieved, I was actaully more amused. It was just stupid and pointless. The difference being that this new angle is being portrayed as real, with real emotions and real motives involved, so naturally, it might upset more. Fingers crossed hey?

MVP

07-05-2005, 02:58 PM

Corkscrewed

07-05-2005, 03:03 PM

Actually, now that I think about it, yeah, it's totally ruined his character if they've associated him with "terrorists." Number, it's dumb to begin with and will definitely make Arab Americans pissed off. Secondly, it does cross the line in terms of good taste. And thirdly... Hassan was a heel with a point. Now he's just on a jihad... which is stupid, cuz you might has well call him Osama. So it's plain stupid... he's been made to be a total hypocrite, and that was the one thing his gimmick could not fall into if it was to be successful.

Pretty stupid... besides, what happened to Orton? Sheesh.

Xero

07-05-2005, 03:05 PM

Wait, I thought the premise behind Hassan's gimmick is that he's an Arab-American as equal as anyone else. Now they turned him into a semi-terrorist. Way to ruin a profound gimmick and turn him into a total stereotype.
To most WWE fans (marks) he's a foreigner. They have (seriously) forgotten that Hassan is from America. Hassan DOES make notes of it during his earlier promos, but his promos as of late don't really touch on it. They're all about racism against himself.

What King and JR were saying didn't exactly help the lower-IQed (or very racist) fans. Like when they say 'love it or leave it', some fans must think "oh, he must have to leave because he's not from here. He needs to go back to fucking camels."

MVP

07-05-2005, 03:10 PM

They could make it a point to have Hassan reiterate to the fans that he is American. If they still boo him, tough shit, he still makes a great heel because he symbolizes the ignorance of Americans. Why should the fans be given a legitimate reason to boo him?

Innovator

07-05-2005, 03:14 PM

Xero

07-05-2005, 03:28 PM

Honestly can we even get offended anymore as wrestling fans? We have a guy denounce his mexican heritage, 3 Mexicans play up to their stereotypes, 2 Frenchies (I'm not counting Conway), 2 Arab Americans who were pointing out stereotypes, a guy whose fucked a dead girl, a guy shocking another guy's nuts on TV, and a guy who fucked a dead girl, a guy has been crucified, and did I mention HHH fucking Katie Vick?
I gave up being offended years ago. Probably at the Katie Vick angle, because I figure that that's as far as they can possibly go for shock value.

Although I'm still offended when they insult my intelligence. Because, you know, I want to see boobies and whores in a food fight every other week on a wrestling program.

Innovator

07-05-2005, 03:38 PM

When Chavo came up on TV and began his promo, my mom said, "you know i could find this offensive". She said that as I am laughing my ass off thinking what the hell did they do to Chavo.

BatistaBomb

07-05-2005, 03:51 PM

i agree innovator what the hell did they do to chavo and look under my name and you'll see my new quote

now onto this terrorist deal well you gotta look at it one way a bunch of hooded guys carry daivari away thats nothing compared to taker having druids carry people away all these years and hell they actually let taker attempt to sacrafice people so this really is nothing to be andgry about

Corkscrewed

07-05-2005, 03:59 PM

I wasn't offended at Chavo or by reading this (I've got a broad range of humor), but I can see this type of stuff pissing people off.

Oh well, whatever it takes I guess?

Danny Electric

07-05-2005, 04:01 PM

BatistaBomb it's just that terrorism is such a topic at the moment plus it has kinda ruined Hassan's character.

Watson

07-05-2005, 04:02 PM

Ok I was going to put this in the other thread about Hassan but it contained Smackdown spoilers and not everybody will read it. I was thinking the other day if Smackdown goes to Iraq this year, will Hassan go too? I can't imagine him wrestling over there as I think that would be pushing the envelope way too far. His gimmick would piss off the American soldiers over there not to mention the Iraqis. The only thing I can think of is he would either not go, have a gimmick change before then, or be traded back to RAW. But Smackdown usually goes to Iraq in December and I doubt he'll be traded by then. I just can't see Mark Magnus working that gimmick over there. He'd probably be scared shitless that something bad might happen to him and I can't say I blame him. Muhammad Hassan is a VERY controversial character. I don't think WWE thought about him going to Iraq when they traded him from RAW to Smackdown. I can only assume that they are not going to Iraq this year. Thoughts?

Nark Order

07-05-2005, 04:21 PM

I was there for the 'terrorists'. It wasn't as 'wtf' as you may think. It was still kinda radical though.

They made reference to Daivari being a "sacrifice for a greater cause" as well. Kida extreme, but stil lookin good.

BatistaBomb

07-05-2005, 04:27 PM

see i had'nt heard it from someone's point who was there
if they go racial with this which now it looks like they will then thats gonna be vinces downfall for real this time

Innovator

07-05-2005, 05:29 PM

We might wanna hold off on the terrorists until we actually see it

I think the WWE is desperately trying to be offensive, just to get some publicity.

Nark Order

07-05-2005, 05:33 PM

Wasn't as baltantly offensive as it seems to be. Alot of people there didn't even connect the masked men to terrorists. It'sa all a matter of perception. But, I could definately see how it could've easily been taken that way.

They haven't ruined assan by doing this, let's just say that. You'll se on Thursday. I actually thought it to be very entertaining.

Fox

07-05-2005, 05:48 PM

They should have some of those guys in black crash a plane into WWE headquarters, and reveal that it was Muhammad Hassan and Daivari who planned it. Then have Undertaker cut a promo about ending the axis of evil and The Deadman's War on Terrorism!

RATINGS!

Boondock Saint

07-05-2005, 06:38 PM

UGH wtf.

Wait to see how it looks on TV I guess.

Loose Cannon

07-05-2005, 07:26 PM

lol, sweet

Yea, nothing offends me anymore in wrestling, so whatever.

Boondock Saint

07-05-2005, 08:16 PM

lol, sweet

Yea, nothing offends me anymore in wrestling, so whatever.

Me either. It could just turn out to look really ridiculous on TV is my concern.

The CyNick

07-05-2005, 08:27 PM

07-05-2005, 08:33 PM

Okay so how long before Hassan and Daivari take someone as a hostage demanding a title shot for their safe return.

What Would Kevin Do?

07-05-2005, 09:02 PM

This hasn't ruined the character at all. They could do something great with this. One, Hassan could denounce the terrorism and dump Davari claiming he's giving him a bad name...

Or, they could reveal the terrorist to be other minorities including Arab Americans (Like the Mexicools, Orlando Jordan, etc,) who could talk about America holding them down and stereotyping them due to their race)

They CAN recover from this.... Doesn't mean they will.

Batsu

07-05-2005, 11:23 PM

Gay...

just when I was getting used to...

ALEYEEEEEYEAAH
LEEEEYLEEEEAH
LEEYEYEYAYAYE....

They throw a monkey wrench in the game.

Corkscrewed

07-06-2005, 01:48 AM

Of course they could work it into Hassan's character. He could just say the treatment he has recieved has forced him to become what he has become. He keeps getting passed over and over looked, so now he's got these "cells" to help him so that its impossible to overlook him. Yeah, that's the only thing I can think of as well, but it still makes his past few months hypocritical, since the basis was that he was being discriminated for no GOOD reason.

Ah well, we'll see.

Lotus

07-06-2005, 02:16 AM

The WWE is definitely trying to appeal to the "hick" crowd of wrestling fans with this shit.

Joey Slugs

07-06-2005, 02:48 AM

I dont see the big deal.

I watch 24, and they have actors portraying Arab-American and foreign terrorists. Its a part of entertainment these days. If I dont get upset when a show like 24 does it, how can I get mad at WWE?

I guess you could say it hurts his gimmick, but as has been pointed out, at this point his gimmick is basically that he's Anti-American, so he might as well be a terrorist.

Of course they could work it into Hassan's character. He could just say the treatment he has recieved has forced him to become what he has become. He keeps getting passed over and over looked, so now he's got these "cells" to help him so that its impossible to overlook him.

I was going to comment about "24" as well. If they can pull it off on other shows without pissing off half the globe, why can't the WWE. (They pulled that shit with Sarge's heel turn against Hogan during the first Gulf War). I, for one, will be watching to see how this plays out. Could be good.

Gone Mad

07-06-2005, 03:06 AM

Very silly all this. Honestly, they MUST make all their great characters cartoon-like, don't they? Hussan has reached cartoon super-villiany with this over the top attack, but I leave the rest of my judgement on what is onscreen.

And yeah, after the Vick incident, nothing shocks me anymore. Good god, was that horrible!!

Londoner

07-06-2005, 03:38 AM

To most WWE fans (marks) he's a foreigner. They have (seriously) forgotten that Hassan is from America. Hassan DOES make notes of it during his earlier promos, but his promos as of late don't really touch on it. They're all about racism against himself.

What King and JR were saying didn't exactly help the lower-IQed (or very racist) fans. Like when they say 'love it or leave it', some fans must think "oh, he must have to leave because he's not from here. He needs to go back to fucking camels."

When JR said 'love it or leave it' that reminded me of the ignorance of America. Although not everyone says that, i gather that seems to be the overall opinion there. Which is fucking stupid and one reason why i hate that country so much and sort of why i enjoyed Hassan's promo's so far but this terroist thing is the wrong way to go and is reminding me of the racism and ignorance of the wwe writers. What's worse is they're telling us arabs are terroists when the guy they are using to do this isn't even an arab.

Danny Electric

07-06-2005, 08:57 AM

It's funny because Shawn Daivari recieved death threats about a month ago, I wonder if those will go up.

Ol Dirty Dastard

07-06-2005, 02:57 PM

I dont see the big deal.

I watch 24, and they have actors portraying Arab-American and foreign terrorists. Its a part of entertainment these days. If I dont get upset when a show like 24 does it, how can I get mad at WWE?

I guess you could say it hurts his gimmick, but as has been pointed out, at this point his gimmick is basically that he's Anti-American, so he might as well be a terrorist.

Of course they could work it into Hassan's character. He could just say the treatment he has recieved has forced him to become what he has become. He keeps getting passed over and over looked, so now he's got these "cells" to help him so that its impossible to overlook him.

Pretty much what you're saying, like it doesn't really hurt his gimmick...it makes him into a serious threat. Now you have 6 guys following him and doing everything he says, it makes him look like a charismatic leader, and turns him into more of a threat.

I mean think about it, before his only chrony was Davairi, but now he's got 6 terrorists on his side...makes him a pretty serious heel.