Muhammad Hassan: WWE's Best Heel Got Fired For MASSIVE Heat, What He Does For Work Now

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Marc Copani (@marccopani) is a retired professional wrestler known for his time as Muhammad Hassan in WWE. He joins Chris Van Vliet in Philadelphia, PA to talk about His short but impactful run in WWE, how his character was originally pitched to him, not actually being Arab-American, getting heat from the locker room, always staying in character even outside of the ring, plans for him to beat Batista to become World Champion, being written off of TV following pressure from the network, what he is doing today, working in education, if he still gets recognized, any plans for another match and more! Quote I'm thinking about: "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life" - Muhammad Ali Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/ PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! TIMELINE NUTRITION: Save 10% off your first order of Mitopure at http://timeline.com/INSIGHT BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv BETTERHELP: Get 10% off your first month with the code INSIGHT at http://betterhelp.com/insight PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Chris Benfleet.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:06.0	Benbleed.
0:07.0	Oh, it is so good to see you, my friends. Welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:25.0	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and with the plethora of podcasts out there. Thank you for being with us on this one.
0:32.4	And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:39.2	If you're one of the thousands of people who listen but don't follow the show,
0:43.7	I don't want to call you out or anything,
0:46.0	but if you could just take a few seconds today to hit that follow button,
0:49.8	that would mean so much to me.
0:50.9	I know it's super small, super insignificant,
0:53.0	and you're like, man, why do you bring this up on every single intro? It means that much to me. It's literally you
0:59.4	clicking a button on your phone, but for me, it helps the show so much. And the bigger the show
1:05.7	gets, the bigger the guests can keep getting. This is a special one today because Mark Koppani, better known as
1:13.2	Muhammad Hassan in WWE, really doesn't do a lot of interviews at all. We did one four years ago.
1:19.7	That was over Zoom, though. It's never the same when it's not in person. This one was in person.
1:26.3	And his story is just so interesting. He was asked to play an Arab-American
1:30.2	character in the heart of this post-9-11 world. Tensions were so high then. And it's been pointed
1:37.9	out before. But it bears repeating. He is not Arab-American. He was born in Syracuse, New York. His family is of Sicilian descent.
1:47.1	The thing is, he played the character so convincingly, and he got so much heat that it led to him getting taken off TV and then eventually released.
1:56.2	Like, he had people legitimately mad at him because he was so good at his job.
2:02.6	He then left wrestling altogether after he got released, and he's had a very successful
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