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It’s funny hearing about Mark playing the Arab character and have people look at him funny in public and the hypocrisy of America ….now you know how it feels to be a black man in America 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ you talk about 2001 lol yea Arabs got some dirty looks for a couple years but just imagine 400 years 😂😭😂🤣 but I digress Happy 4th of July 😂🤣😂🙄🙄🙄
This man has every right to be sour about his WWE run, but all he shows is love and respect for both the business and the people in it. PLUS he is a happily retired wrestler living his life to the fullest, able to have put it all behind him in the best way possible. A really rare sight.
Most of the wrestlers that have grievances have nothing else to do for a job and are to lazy to try working doing something else. The ones that can find other jobs are not bitter
🎵: "ALELAYIAH ALELAYIAH LALELAYIAH" Maaan, I loved Muhammad Hassan's theme song as a kid. He was such a great heel for that time period of WWE/post-911 USA. Glad to see him doing well. Great interview Chris 👏🏾
Marc Copani’s portrayal of Muhammad Hassan in WWE was truly captivating. His controversial character left a lasting impact, and it’s fascinating to hear about his journey. Thanks f😢or sharing this interview, Chris!😊👏
They derailed what would have been a morally complex character that forced fans to look at themselves as the real heels. But fans also collectively aren’t that smart like the chanting USA in a match where Rob Conway was the only American.
Great interview. As an Arab American my brothers and I loved this guy. He was the only one who spoke FACTS in the face of bigotry we were experiencing in America after 9/11
It is so sad how bad Arab Americans, or Arabs in general were treated after 9/11. Pissed me off all the time when I would hear (and still hear) from people in my own extended family. Every Arab I have ever met has been the nicest, most humble & giving people I have ever met. I am sorry you had to deal with all the bigotry. I hope you are not on the receiving end anymore.
Even as a 13 year old kid I loved this guy and appreciated his work, to me he wasn't a heel because everything he was saying was the truth! To think he was only 23 or 24 when he left, to be that good that young, imagine how good he would've become as he got older and more experienced. He was only on the main roster for about 8 months and people still talk about him to this day, just shows what an impact he made. Glad to see him doing well, seems like such a cool, down to earth and humble human being.
ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIS ENTRANCE THEME BACK THEN AND TO THIS DAY BROUGHT SO MANY MEMORIES BACK AND THIS MAN IS BEING HUMBLE … HE DEFINITELY HAD POTENTIAL TO BE A WORLD CHAMPION 🙌🤲 MUHAMMAD HASSAAAAN 🤲🙌
Worst shaft job in the history of wrestling , he got over in a time when NO newer guys outside of Cena were actually getting over in the WWE , damn shame …I was the kid that cheered for the Heels and Muhammad Hassan was definitely one of my all time favorites
I'm from New Zealand & I remember his run & I was all for it. Absolute fire. He was brilliant & captured the full essence of that character. I legit thought it was a shoot. He was that good.
Muhammad Hassan was a great heel, and a great wrestler, and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. He was very underrated. Its crazy because I witnessed 9/11, and I never got caught up in the hate towards him that most fans had. I didn't understand as a teenager, but as an adult, now I understand why I didn't hate him.
ARGUABLY THE BEST HEEL OF THE MODERN ERA THE SMART FANS WERE ROBBED WE APPRECIATED HIS HEEL WORK THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF ON THE INTERNET WASN’T THAT BIG OTHERWISE IM SURE WE WOULDVE HAS HIM BACK AFTER VOICING OUR CONCERNS LIKE TODAY
No brother Smart Fans like us are why his work has been praised for years upon years He couldn’t return because if the majority of casual viewers who were unfamiliar with how deep Pro Wrestling goes in other words people who go “you know that wrestling is fake right ?”
Well, he’s only 42, and current wrestlers in their 40s (Finn Balor, Damien Priest, Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Carlito etc.) are killing it right now. It’s time for a Muhammad Hassan return!
I get what you’re saying but those guys have been wrestling all that time where as someone who haven’t wrestled full time in 19-20 years, it would be hard to just get back in a ring for a return in their 40s.
He's an American it was so funny like he was born there. It's even funnier when they're all Christians including you. america really is that woke and triggered unless you look like Sheamus.
Thank you! This is brilliant. I remember watching Mark Magnus on the old OVW DVDs, such a fantastic character and wrestler. Love seeing that he's living his passion still.
He was so good in his job that as a Persian, I could only see how it all aligned to his story and character, he actually made me believe he was an Arab and Sean Daivari was also great, such a great job he did back then
Thankyou so much for doing his interview, M.H was my fav heel back in those days, and seeing him doing so well, as his fan, gives such a pleasure to get a glimpse of him every now and then. Love. Respect.Peace.
This is one of my best friends when I first started a Ovw along with Johnny Jeter, Chris Cage, and Nova and Kevin, Fertig and Travis Tomko and Renee Dupree and Mickey James. Mark is not lying about how good he was at Ovw‘s gimmick they had for him at the time called “this year‘s model Mark Magnus“ they honestly could’ve put that on television the next week for raw/SmackDown and we would be seeing a very different story about him today and wrestling history in my opinion. They also screwed the pooch royally on Johnny Jeter! That everybody and their mother could see was one of the best selling baby faces and high flyers that we were all comparing to a modern day Ricky Morton at the time. And that’s no hyperbole! These guys were really that damn good! And they both busted their ass for years without a wrestling contract, but kept up with everyone of us that were under contract until WWE finally, signed them both. Super happy for my brother Mark Copani & what he’s doing with his life today
I would love to hear him again but talking about the guys and girls that he was around in the locker room and his memories of them. He was in SUCH an interesting time
When ppl ask “who is the greatest heel in all of wrestling” I always say Muhammad Hassan! I mean no one can say they were released for being to good of a heel except for HASSAN! 👏👏👏
I'm from Portugal, and at the tine i was watching Muhammad Hassan in WWE i was 14, 15 years old, and i didn't understand why he was hated so much, and was at the time my favorite wrestler, and when he had the match with The Undertaker at the Great American Match i fought for real that he was killed by The Undertaker, i didn't have internet so could not knew what was happening, and really fought he was dead lol, thanks Chris for this interview!!!!
Even though his career was so short the guy left a mark on wrestling and is still remembered. The obscene talent he had at his age especially then being 23? That's astounding. So many even now struggle to be that level of promo. Always been in my boy stable of boys and bah gawd he's locked in there forever more xD
Ive said it before on videos but CVV this year hands down in any industry is hands down interviewer kf the year. The lineup of people hes had on this year is incredible!
I know him! He was principal at my junior high school in Fulton NY and now like he said he's the director of human resources. He's so nice and welcoming lol I would always bug him about wrestling stories because obviously I was and still am a big fan
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It’s funny hearing about Mark playing the Arab character and have people look at him funny in public and the hypocrisy of America ….now you know how it feels to be a black man in America 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ you talk about 2001 lol yea Arabs got some dirty looks for a couple years but just imagine 400 years 😂😭😂🤣 but I digress Happy 4th of July 😂🤣😂🙄🙄🙄
Another great chat buddy. You gotta get hunter on the show, and hbk, seems like they would absolutely do it!
Good job 👏
When are we getting the full AJ Styles interview.
Interview with Bret hart?
CVV being a true heel releasing Hassan interview on July 4.
Well played, bro! Well played 😂
The Patriots are whining rn
So what? Muhammad Hassan character was a proud American of Arab descent.
BETA. I bet you’re working for UPN too
HAAAAA!!!!
A Sicilian playing an Arab who is supposed to be American. This guy deserves an award.
Many Sicilians have North African & Pheonician ancestry. So they are kinda related to Arabs in a way lol
This man has every right to be sour about his WWE run, but all he shows is love and respect for both the business and the people in it. PLUS he is a happily retired wrestler living his life to the fullest, able to have put it all behind him in the best way possible. A really rare sight.
Most of the wrestlers that have grievances have nothing else to do for a job and are to lazy to try working doing something else. The ones that can find other jobs are not bitter
Would be such a great WTF Royal rumble moment if he were to rise from flames of the stage to come back to life.
He doesn't have a victim mindset unlike a lot of aew super marks
@@Bman32xthat had me die laughing 😂
Like Ryback
Worst part is, it wasn’t even his fault, he didn’t even do anything wrong. That was just the character and storylines he was given.
It was also the absolute worst time for him to debut around the London Bombings. Unfortunate circumstances.
True. One of the worst situations where you're dealt a bad hand.
@@ifgwelf they had time to cut that segment but didn't.
You know who else it wasn't their fault. Snitsky
@@ABD-pc3jfexactly what I was thinking haha.
Muhammad Hassan should be in the Hall of Fame. No heel got as much heat as he did.
All because they though he was a Muslim 😂
As much as I agree with that, I take it you're too young to know about the Triangle Of Terror years and years before that
We know why an Arab American "agitator" got tons of heat on WWE tv though
@@geedee1264exactly lol same with Iron Shiek
I agree
🎵: "ALELAYIAH ALELAYIAH LALELAYIAH"
Maaan, I loved Muhammad Hassan's theme song as a kid. He was such a great heel for that time period of WWE/post-911 USA.
Glad to see him doing well. Great interview Chris 👏🏾
It's actually saying alien as in illegal alien. Such a genius character.
@@TheFinisher669you’re an idiot lol
@@TheFinisher669it's actually saying night night night
I guess it's inspired by 1000 of nights
Marc Copani’s portrayal of Muhammad Hassan in WWE was truly captivating. His controversial character left a lasting impact, and it’s fascinating to hear about his journey. Thanks f😢or sharing this interview, Chris!😊👏
They derailed what would have been a morally complex character that forced fans to look at themselves as the real heels. But fans also collectively aren’t that smart like the chanting USA in a match where Rob Conway was the only American.
@@Bman32xindeed
He was especially respectful to the role despite not being of the culture. His passion contained all the truth.
Thank you Chris for these amazing interviews back to back!
More to come!
@@ChrisVanVlietHow come you didn’t ask him if he is opened to a WWE return?
Great interview. As an Arab American my brothers and I loved this guy. He was the only one who spoke FACTS in the face of bigotry we were experiencing in America after 9/11
It is so sad how bad Arab Americans, or Arabs in general were treated after 9/11. Pissed me off all the time when I would hear (and still hear) from people in my own extended family. Every Arab I have ever met has been the nicest, most humble & giving people I have ever met. I am sorry you had to deal with all the bigotry. I hope you are not on the receiving end anymore.
Apparently even South Asians specifically Sikhs were killed because a large part of Americans thought they were "arabs" or "middle eastern"
Crazy this interview is on July 4th
Ironic 💯💯
It's just Thursday
@Ight180 BETA‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️. You’re a UPN worker
Nothing crazy about that at all, just a normal interview on a Thursday.. nigga reaching 😂
Would have been more crazy if it were Sept 11
Even as a 13 year old kid I loved this guy and appreciated his work, to me he wasn't a heel because everything he was saying was the truth! To think he was only 23 or 24 when he left, to be that good that young, imagine how good he would've become as he got older and more experienced. He was only on the main roster for about 8 months and people still talk about him to this day, just shows what an impact he made. Glad to see him doing well, seems like such a cool, down to earth and humble human being.
ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIS ENTRANCE THEME BACK THEN AND TO THIS DAY
BROUGHT SO MANY MEMORIES BACK
AND THIS MAN IS BEING HUMBLE … HE DEFINITELY HAD POTENTIAL TO BE A WORLD CHAMPION
🙌🤲 MUHAMMAD HASSAAAAN 🤲🙌
Can't imagine losing my career for doing everything my boss told me to the T. But I'm glad fans NEVER blamed this fellow
Great interview!! I always viewed Muhammad Hassan as what Sgt. Slaughter was like during his heel run in 1990-1991. Same exact thing.
This guy needs to come out at least in the royal rumble, Muhammad Hassan for royal rumble
Stg I hear that theme at the rumble..
Copani was my Vice Principal and I got to work out with him sometimes during sports season genuinely such a cool guy, loved seeing him on here
He's a lovely guy and he is such a respectful person to muslims and all cultures. What was he like to train with?
@@vajidalishah3595 tough when he’s benching more plates then I could ever dream of squatting 💀💀
I would have liked to seen Muhammad Hassan VS Jack Swagger during his WE THE PEOPLE gimmick. That would have been FIRE!
That was definitely a missed opportunity that could have generated so much heat. 🔥
Muhammad Hassan has to have his place in HOF. Even though it was short-lived, the character had a huge impact in WWE
Worst shaft job in the history of wrestling , he got over in a time when NO newer guys outside of Cena were actually getting over in the WWE , damn shame …I was the kid that cheered for the Heels and Muhammad Hassan was definitely one of my all time favorites
I never cared for babyfaces myself I used to love JBL type heat. Muhammad Hassan was so good he even made JBL turn babyface for 1 segment 😂😂
I'm from New Zealand & I remember his run & I was all for it. Absolute fire. He was brilliant & captured the full essence of that character. I legit thought it was a shoot. He was that good.
Muhammad Hassan was a great heel, and a great wrestler, and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. He was very underrated. Its crazy because I witnessed 9/11, and I never got caught up in the hate towards him that most fans had. I didn't understand as a teenager, but as an adult, now I understand why I didn't hate him.
ARGUABLY THE BEST HEEL OF THE MODERN ERA
THE SMART FANS WERE ROBBED
WE APPRECIATED HIS HEEL WORK
THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF ON THE INTERNET WASN’T THAT BIG OTHERWISE IM SURE WE WOULDVE HAS HIM BACK AFTER VOICING OUR CONCERNS LIKE TODAY
The smart fans are the reason why he can never come back as that character. Cancel Culture runs deep in the smart fan community.
No brother Smart Fans like us are why his work has been praised for years upon years
He couldn’t return because if the majority of casual viewers who were unfamiliar with how deep Pro Wrestling goes
in other words people who go “you know that wrestling is fake right ?”
Got to wrestle hogan, hbk and undertaker. Thats a pretty good career right there
I got to meet him at WrestleCon in Dallas and what a gentleman he is. Class act.
I’d love to get a Muhammad Hassan autograph. He was one of the best heels.
His theme was a banger. Was perfect for that kind of character
“That character would never have flown today.” Interesting word choice.
Oh no he could, but the amount of Liberals could try to cancel him 😂
I was waiting for CVV to be like “Well it couldn’t fly then” 😂
@@cHriiSzbEe You aren't wrong in the very least, the far left tards would be crying like new borns, lol!
@@cHriiSzbEehis promos were full of stuff liberals would agree with especially with the prejudice and racism he called out lol
It's been 19 years and I'm still TIGHT about that situation.
20 years later, and there would be a MASSIVE pop if this man returned. Whether as Marc Coppani or Muhammad Hassan.
Nothing but respect and appreciation for Mr. Caponi. Thanks for great memories
One of the biggest what ifs in 2000s wrestling
I remember seeing Muhammad Hassan debut with Mic Foley, and I absolutely LOVED him immediately! My favorite WWE character when I was a kid!
Well, he’s only 42, and current wrestlers in their 40s (Finn Balor, Damien Priest, Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Carlito etc.) are killing it right now. It’s time for a Muhammad Hassan return!
I get what you’re saying but those guys have been wrestling all that time where as someone who haven’t wrestled full time in 19-20 years, it would be hard to just get back in a ring for a return in their 40s.
As Arab my self i laughed when i relise he is Italian i was a kid and it worked on me 😅
He's an American it was so funny like he was born there. It's even funnier when they're all Christians including you. america really is that woke and triggered unless you look like Sheamus.
alot of southern italians are actually arab to a degree and he is one of them so his character was true in a way
@frankomontana168 no he his not unless Arab is European he might have about 10-25 percent Arab blood rest is European
@@frankomontana168 They might have north African blood but not Arab, that's very unlikely
@@noone3367 You DO know that northern African countries like Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt are considered Arabic right?
What a guy to be honest. Nothing but respect. Also his run lasted only 9 months and was legendary 😂 aleilia aleilia leleiliaaaaa 🗣️🗣️🗣️
He was in Café de Rene, he revealed he would indeed had beaten Batista at Summerslam '05 to become the youngest World Champion
oooh my god
Even if it was for a brief time ⏲️.
Such a lost opportunity
And Bruce Prichard says that was never going to happen. It was just one of those things that are randomly brought up once durig a meeting.
@@adamvega4736hell no
love the july 4th timing of this release hahah another GREAT episode!
He interviewed him the same day 4 years ago
It took him 10 years to get over it and he avoided it 24/7 thats crazy, glad he's doing great now what a great guy!
As always, Chris makes these interviews a great watch. Great rapport with the guests and puts them at ease to get comments from them.
Thank you! This is brilliant. I remember watching Mark Magnus on the old OVW DVDs, such a fantastic character and wrestler. Love seeing that he's living his passion still.
i am still waiting for WWE Music Group to release Muhammad Hassan theme music...
This interview is the closure I needed.
Thanks for watching it!
Hulk Hogan returning to beat up Hassan and Davari at Wrestlemania 21 is my all time favourite WM moment. He's part of history for me.
He was so good in his job that as a Persian, I could only see how it all aligned to his story and character, he actually made me believe he was an Arab and Sean Daivari was also great, such a great job he did back then
Muhammad hassan is one of my favorite characters of all time he was so good
Thankyou so much for doing his interview, M.H was my fav heel back in those days, and seeing him doing so well, as his fan, gives such a pleasure to get a glimpse of him every now and then. Love. Respect.Peace.
He was the reason I started watching wrestling again after years of not watching it, this man was brilliant, top man
Always wondered what happened to him, great interview! Glad to see he's doing well
Imagine getting fired for something you were dealt a bad hand by. The way Muhammad was fired was unfair.
He was a great heel and got a tremendous amount of heat from audiences.
His theme is a banger!
Truly a great heel. He was fired for doing a good job controversially.
Approved!
I’m really happy I got to watch this interview.
I’m happy you did too!
Best one out here. Big fan of this interview. Wish this man the best.
What better way to celebrate 4th of July than listening to our American Hero, Muhammad Hassan
One of my favorite wrestlers in that era damn he played him so well. He still looks great till this day 🤩😍
Dude got so much heat telling the truth.
This is one of my best friends when I first started a Ovw along with Johnny Jeter, Chris Cage, and Nova and Kevin, Fertig and Travis Tomko and Renee Dupree and Mickey James. Mark is not lying about how good he was at Ovw‘s gimmick they had for him at the time called “this year‘s model Mark Magnus“ they honestly could’ve put that on television the next week for raw/SmackDown and we would be seeing a very different story about him today and wrestling history in my opinion. They also screwed the pooch royally on Johnny Jeter! That everybody and their mother could see was one of the best selling baby faces and high flyers that we were all comparing to a modern day Ricky Morton at the time. And that’s no hyperbole! These guys were really that damn good! And they both busted their ass for years without a wrestling contract, but kept up with everyone of us that were under contract until WWE finally, signed them both. Super happy for my brother Mark Copani & what he’s doing with his life today
He did such an excellent job with that character; I think if they rebranded him he would have excelled at whatever they wanted him to portray.
He was my vice principal in high school, he was awesome
His potential was immeasurable. They definitely made a mistake getting rid of him.
I would love to hear him again but talking about the guys and girls that he was around in the locker room and his memories of them. He was in SUCH an interesting time
He was super memorable! I remember him fondly.
I remember as a kid I put the heavyweight championship on him on Raw vs smackdown. So in my wwe he's held almost every championship
Great guy. No bitterness. Walked away from the business, never looked back & started a new career.
Wish it was a longer interview
he might one be best heel in mid 2000s in short min of time in my opinion
When ppl ask “who is the greatest heel in all of wrestling” I always say Muhammad Hassan! I mean no one can say they were released for being to good of a heel except for HASSAN! 👏👏👏
He’s so articulate, and this interview was a breeze.
The best cvv interview
I'm from Portugal, and at the tine i was watching Muhammad Hassan in WWE i was 14, 15 years old, and i didn't understand why he was hated so much, and was at the time my favorite wrestler, and when he had the match with The Undertaker at the Great American Match i fought for real that he was killed by The Undertaker, i didn't have internet so could not knew what was happening, and really fought he was dead lol, thanks Chris for this interview!!!!
Eu também!!
He looks amazing and he’s so humble and moved on. Good for him.
It's crazy watching the shoot interviews with Marc and the image of the riled up Hassan with the turban on runs through your head at the same time 😂
One of my favorite charcaters. Sooo underrated. While I understand, it is still a shame WWE got rid of him
Was very interested in this interview! Was a big fan of his heel work! Good to hear from him and looking good 💪🏽
Brilliant having the upload arrive on July 4th from a Canadian as well as I am and happy belated Canada Day
You dropped this on the 4 of July
Muhammad Hassan is top 10 greatest heels of all time. It’s ashame his career was cut short. Seems like a really cool guy too
Classic entrance theme 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Imagine if Muhammad Hassan won either the World Title or WWE Title, the nuclear heat.
Hassan was the *LAST TRUE HEEL!*
Even though his career was so short the guy left a mark on wrestling and is still remembered. The obscene talent he had at his age especially then being 23? That's astounding. So many even now struggle to be that level of promo. Always been in my boy stable of boys and bah gawd he's locked in there forever more xD
His theme song was one of the best. Jim Johnston with those heavy guitars
As short as it was, no doubt one of the best heels in wrestling history 💪 look forward to this
He’s a good sport about the whole fucked up situation glad to see it
One of the best heels, I remember watching him a kid and now I think back and realise how much he really nailed the role!
It's always good to hear former wrestlers are succeeding in other avenues besides wrestling.
This man had some of the best entrance music and promos
I'm glad he bounced back and got a wonderful job being Principle.
Ive said it before on videos but CVV this year hands down in any industry is hands down interviewer kf the year. The lineup of people hes had on this year is incredible!
A feud between Muhammad Hassan vs Santino Marella would've been Gold
Yes! Another interview with Muhammad Hassan 🙏
Dude, me personally, i thought you played your role perfectly. Thank, you!!!
He was such an awesome heel. I remember playing Smackdown vs Raw franchise mode and having him be my WWE champ.
Undertaker need to have him on his podcast ill definitely watch it
I know him! He was principal at my junior high school in Fulton NY and now like he said he's the director of human resources. He's so nice and welcoming lol I would always bug him about wrestling stories because obviously I was and still am a big fan
He wasn’t too controversial for the WWE, he was TOO REAL for the WWE.
Imagine if won the WWE Title.
In their first interview, he was originally supposed to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Batista.
Learning Hassan is a full Italian its mind blowing
Why? Are Italians suppose to only look a certain way?
Mediterranean region. By the way Mojo Rawley, Mansoor and Sami Zayne were the only real arabs in WWE. Daivari Brothers were Persians.
@@lbo87 Sandow is Lebanese and Armando Estrada is Palestinian
😅 man Im getting old I'm 34 but I was like 14 and I remember it like it was yesterday his WWE run
that theme was INSTANT mega heat
🤣