5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Marc Copani talks journey from WWE's controversial Muhammad Hassan to history teacher: ‘Blurred the lines'
Marc Copani was on the verge of potentially becoming a world champion in WWE before arguably the company's most controversial character collided with real-life tragedy
Copani, an Italian American, had been playing the hated Middle Eastern character Muhammad Hassan so well since September 2004 that he became one of WWE's top bad guys at the time.
Hassan began as someone railing against the mistreatment of Arab Americans three years after 9/11 and the beginning of the War on Terror and more than a year after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
By 2005, the Syracuse native found himself in a feud with The Undertaker, with the payoff planned to be him beating World Heavyweight champion Batista at SummerSlam in Washington D.C. in August.
