Mark Caponi (Hassan) Rumor
 

Yeah I know news from Wiki is about as credible as the Ruse Report but IF he does come back as another character Do you think he can pull it off?

I wish they would just let him be Hassan, damn it. It was a phenomonal character. Maybe he could play a different character, but I'd probably get sad that he wasn't Hassan every time I saw him.

Bring him in as Hassan to ECW and have him feud with Sabu. Fonzie, if he's still around, is doing a Sabu promo, and out of nowhere....














ALLYALALAYALLAYYAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Didn't they want to use him under a mask after the UPN thing? In that case, yeah he could.

I'd still rather see him as Muhammad Hasssan though, just put him back on Raw. :mad:

LOL, who wants to bet they'll put him in the FBI?

Even if he wore a mask, he's got that tattoo, ya know?

Just put him in a La Parka bodysuit thing then.

Then have him dominate the cruiserweight division. Or Have a La Parka vs La Parka match. :cool:

Two La Parkas beats the hell out of two Kanes. :y:

Easier to make up a convincing suit too. None of this wig malarky.

I want Hassan. But if his potential new character (if this news bit is for real) is as good as the Hassan character, then why not?

Oh, and who DIDN'T think his acting career would fall through?

I want Hassan. But if his potential new character (if this news bit is for real) is as good as the Hassan character, then why not?

Oh, and who DIDN'T think his acting career would fall through?

Of course he could. Not sure how he would be welcomed back (if he were to return) but I have no doubts that he could. Great talent - if he returned as Hassan, it would be the greatest mark out moment ever.

I would mark out seriously if the Hassan character returned, but I'm not sure if he could actually pull anything else off.

Who here doesn't think the Ruse Report is reliable? :mad:

:shifty:

"The WWE said that they have open gates for the superstar so he can return."

So I'm guessing Vince is turning the company into some type of an amusement park instead of sports entertainment. But it's been that way for a while now hasn't it?

I'd trust the Ruse Report before I'd trust Wikipedia.

Yeah, everyone gets to return. But in Hassan's case, at least he didn't burn bridges. I mean, some of the people they hire back make no sense.

I hope he does return. Why not at The Great American Bash? The Undertaker finally has Khali down and out. AYEYEELAYEYAAYAYEYAYA! Muhammad Hassan comes out, one year after being given the Last Ride off the 2005 Great American Bash set, Hassan beats the crap out of The Undertaker.

Then have him appear on RAW as Muhammad Hassan. :y:

Actually him joining a stable with Khali would be interesting if they could get him on SD in the Hassan character.

Though, it's on Wikipedia and I have not heard ANYTHING on his return on any other site.

Remember we are all dumb wrestling fans to the WWE, so we wouldn't be able to put 2 + 2 together. :shifty:

Hey, isn't there a wrestler who used to be a dentist? He's a psycho or a chef or something now...

I thought that Caponi burnt his bridges with the wwe badily

Dunno OWW says he did but I haven't read it anywhere else.

Alienoid's idea wo8uld actually be worth trying because of another element: Davari. Wasn't Davari the manager of Hassan, and now Davari is Khali's manager, it may make sense for Hassn to team up once more with Davari and help Khali (plus, it WAS Taker that "killed" him).

And it WAS at the Bash that Hassan was "killed". Maybe him come up from the grave or something.

Why the love on these boards for Hassan? He is one of the lamest wrestlers to come through the WWE in years. His character was interesting but his wrestling skills were subpar. With the censorship of his gimmick anyway, I have no desire to ever see him back.

Supposedly (and I know it's wrong to use hearsay statements like these as evidence) when Hassan was in OVW under the name "Mark Magnus" he showed A LOT of talent. His finishing move, "The Finishing Touch", got a lot of attention as well.

If the WWE brought Hassan back, I would hope to see him work with guys like Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Rey Mysterio, etc. Guys who can carry a beat in the ring. I would also hope to see him use The Finishing Touch, as well as something else innovative.

That was Kane, actually. See, walking out of WWE corporate, Muhammed Hassan mentioned May 19th....

for the fans of Hassan

his last promo

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I'd like to see a Hassan, Khali, Daivari stable

Ruse Report > Meltzer

Just wondering here...

Very soon there will be no more UPN. Who's to say that the people of the CW would react as badly to the character?

And, yes, I know that SOME of the same people will be there, but there will be some new faces as well, I'm sure.

I don't see why they don't just put him back on Raw. I thought it was only UPN that had a problem with his character. Even Spike were fine with it, and now Raw's on USA surely it would be alright. I remember sitting my hotel room in NYC and I was watching CNN, and the news ticker read: "World Wrestling Entertainment have agreed to remove their arab-american character Muhammad Hassan from their programming, after a controversial scene on an episode of Smackdown, on July 7th the same day as the London bombings." That was hard to read. :'(

How exactly do we know spike was fine with it?

Well Spike didn't force WWE to take him off the air for starters.

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Spike wasn't in that position.

it was funny how they did the 'Undertaker assault' promo (taped on Tuesday) and the London Bombing didnt it happen after like on Wednesday. Then they aired SD! on Thursday which obviosuly makes the situation look worse

oh shit, I voted no thinking that it said "Should Caponi be another charaTCER"

I do think he could pull off another character, but it ain't gonna be the same as when he was Hassan. I prefer the Hassan character

UPN were?

Anyway, isn't it actually "Copani"?, not "Caponi", as everyone's been calling him?

Let's not break balls here. At least we're not calling him Mark Mangus anymore.

Magnus.

;)

Instead of making him a terroist perhaps he could be like an evil dictator. he could have broze statues of himself.

It aired the day of the bombing.

Are you trying to be retarded, or is your logic really this convoluted?

UPN were the network upon which Smackdown, the show in question, aired. Since they are in the position to remove or alter the programming, they were the ones capable of pressuring Hassan off TV. I don't even know where Spike comes in on this, as they didn't air the programming that was catching flak and did not have to deal with this at all. You might as well be talking about PBS as Spike.

In other words, of course Spike didn't force Hassan off the air. It would have never been their call. Hassan was pulled at the request of UPN, and his next segment was put on WWE.com as a result.

Spike never commented. Spike didn't have to. There is no reason to presume Spike was fine with it, because they never came into the equation, in either case.

Are you trying to be retarded, or is your logic really this convoluted?

UPN were the network upon which Smackdown, the show in question, aired. Since they are in the position to remove or alter the programming, they were the ones capable of pressuring Hassan off TV. I don't even know where Spike comes in on this, as they didn't air the programming that was catching flak and did not have to deal with this at all. You might as well be talking about PBS as Spike.

In other words, of course Spike didn't force Hassan off the air. It would have never been their call. Hassan was pulled at the request of UPN, and his next segment was put on WWE.com as a result.

Spike never commented. Spike didn't have to. There is no reason to presume Spike was fine with it, because they never came into the equation, in either case.

Spike said: "Ewwww sand people"

You dumbass, I'm talking about when Hassan was on Raw, Spike never expressed any concern over his character during his time on their network.

Jesus Christ.

Neither did UPN until "The Incident", which any decent network would edit out under the circumstances. That was UPN's call.

True. Was a tough break for Hassan though, for that very episode to air on that date. Although it was a dumb move by WWE to bring a thing like terrorists onto their show, as people were bound to get sensitive over it, regardless of any bombings.

That clearly doesn't releate, idiot, as the character never garotted anyone. Jesus Christ, we're talking about a whole different subject, in which public outrage would have never pressured them.

In other words, I'm right: The issue never arose.

Stop being so stupid. I know what you're talking about, it's just not fucking relevant.

The incident happened on Smackdown. The incident was the reason people wanted him gone. This was after his Raw stint was over. Spike never needed to make this call.

Which is, funnily, exactly what I was saying all along. Funny how that works. :lol:

I don't think there's such a thing as a "decent" network. I also doubt any network that would let Smackdown on would count, even if there were such a thing.

I do, however, think it was a rather sleazy thing to take the middle ground and run a disclaimer that it might be offensive in light of the bombings. That means they recognised it was offensive, but decided to run it and hide behind a disclaimers.

I don't particularly find white men in ski masks garotting a zombie cowboy to be offensive, even in the light of a bombing, but if they were worried, then they probably shouldn't have, you know, run it. And clearly, they were.

Brillant.
I know his new gimmick now.

He can be the Master of Magnitism Mageneto. It would be the perfect way for the wwe to catch on the comic book movie craze.

I think that the only way that he can NOT be hassan is if he comes back as himself, a ex-wrestler and failed actor. j/k. but I liked hassan, and dont think that he should never have left in the first place. their reasoning was stupid. Do you think that Britain cancelled all movies with terrorist when 9-11 happened, Fuck NO. Americans are so ass backwards sometimes.

Dunno if this was brought up before, but what about Hassan in ECW? No?

LOL, I suggested him join the FBI, being an Italian.

I also said he could come in with the Hassan character and feud with Sabu.

Good then. Yeah.

Probably not.

Sci Fi may not be network TV, but they seem to have more concerns than USA, and at least as many as UPN.