Reportedly, UPN has ordered WWE to drop the
Muhammad Hassan plot completely from Smackdown! They will, apparently,
no longer air footage of Hassan on the show.
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Reportedly, UPN has ordered WWE to drop the
Muhammad Hassan plot completely from Smackdown! They will, apparently,
no longer air footage of Hassan on the show.
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This included a Hasssan (Mark Copani) routine, that was deemed to be a mock of a suicide bomber's funeral. The first airing occured, sadly, on the same day as the first London bombings..
s a result, WWE is said to have agreed to pull Hassan off the air until the Great American Bash pay per view, aired on Sunday July 24, 2005. It had been thought a plan to move Hassan and his sidekick, Daivari (who participaed in the act) back to Monday night's Raw, however, reports indicate the character would be dropped after the pay per view episode.
Additional reports, however, reveal Hassan will, indeed, will be leaving Smackdown, but returning to Ohio Valley Wrestling. That, basically, sends him back to the so-called "minor leagues" of WWE, until the writers develop a new identity..
Informed sources say Gary Davis,WWE Vice President of Corporate Communications, termed the events "unfortunate," because some people associated the wresting routine with terrosim..
