Great American Bash 2005, featured on Wikipedia

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Of all the shows, GAB'05? It was kind of crappy if I remember correctly, but I guess it's because of the whole Hassan/'Taker stuff?

[WWFAttitudeEraFan]

Only 8,000 in attendence that holds close to 19,000

[The Sexy Psychotic]

I had no idea that Hassan was gonna win, man, he was gonna get pushed to , but some terrorists screwed ita ll up for him, god, some people are sensitive about stuff, its Wrestling, we all know its 'not real' and that its entertainment.

["The Visionary" Eldniw]

I miss the Muhammad Hassan character. I am proud to live in this great country, but damn that he did a good job with that character. He genuinely made people hate him for it.

[Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades]

Is it me, or did all of the SmackDown exclusive GAB's really suck?

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Apr 6, 2010 15:47:12 GMT -5 Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades said:

Is it me, or did all of the SmackDown exclusive GAB's really suck?

I was at '06, and it was fairly decent. King Booker winning the strap was fantastic.

[sicknicholas]

SmackDown! controversy

On the episode of SmackDown! taped on July 4, General Manager Theodore Long put Muhammad Hassan in a match against The Undertaker at The Great American Bash and placed Daivari in a match that night against the Undertaker. Daivari was defeated easily, but Hassan began to "pray" on the ramp, summoning five masked men, dressed in black shirts, ski-masks, and camo pants. Armed with clubs and a piano wire, they beat and choked the Undertaker out, and Hassan put him in the Camel Clutch. Afterward, the masked men lifted Daivari above their heads and carried him away. Three days later, hours before the episode was scheduled to air, the London bombings took place.[21] Without sufficient time to properly edit the segment out of the show, UPN showed the footage unedited in the United States and on The Score in Canada with an advisory warning shown several times during the broadcast. It was removed from the Australian and European (including in the UK) broadcasts.[22]

The angle elicited national attention in the New York Post, TV Guide, Variety, and other major media outlets. In response to the criticism, UPN decided that it would monitor the storyline closely and that it did not want the Hassan character on its network that week.[23] Hassan later delivered a promo to the live crowd for the July 14 airing of SmackDown!, but when UPN announced that the segment would be edited, WWE decided to host the video of the segment on its official website. In the segment, Hassan, reiterates that he is an Arab-American and that the American people automatically and unfairly assume that he is a terrorist. Despite being in character, he referred to the real-world media coverage of the storyline, singling out the New York Post's Don Kaplan by name, and denouncing his description of the events on SmackDown!, such as Kaplan's comment of the masked men being "Arabs in ski masks". On the July 14 episode of SmackDown!, Hassan's absence was explained by a statement delivered by his lawyer, which said that Hassan refused to appear on the show until that month's Great American Bash due to the way he had been treated by the media and WWE fans.[24]

It was revealed in late July 2005 that UPN had pressured WWE to keep Hassan off of their network, effectively removing him from SmackDown![25] However, Hassan had been booked as the winner in his number one contender's match against the Undertaker at The Great American Bash, setting up a Batista-Hassan match for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. With no chance of having Hassan wrestle on SmackDown!, the Undertaker won the match instead. At the Great American Bash, after Hassan's loss, he was given the Last Ride through an open stage ramp onto a concrete floor where it was reported that he sustained serious injuries and had to be rushed to a nearby medical facility, apparently a solution aimed to end the Hassan character.[26] Several days later, WWE.com hosted a video of a kayfabe announcement from Theodore Long, where he reiterates the stipulation that Hassan would no longer appear on SmackDown!. He said to Hassan, "You can go to Raw, or you can go anywhere else in the world. But as far as I'm concerned, you can go to hell!!" Due to increasing public pressure, the WWE was forced to later drop the character altogether, sending Copani and Daivari to their developmental territories to alter their gimmicks. This resulted in huge fan backlash, mostly because Hassan was at the height of popularity (or notoriety, as it would be, since the character was a villain). Copani was released from his WWE contract on September 21, 2005.

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[ECFS]

where is hassan? bring him back

[Jimmy]

Hassan sucked.

[kahnspiricy]

muhammadhassan.ytmnd.com/

[King Silva]

Interesting.

One time I saw Jigglypuff featured there.

LOL

;D

[downwardspiral: Hostility]

I was there front row! It was only a mediocre event but I think the fact that this was the end of Hassan was the worst part of it.

[Lord Ragnarok]

I liked Hasaan but terrorists or not he still probably would have been released sooner or later. Maybe I'm wrong but I doubt it.

[Byron F'N Saxton Fan]

I remember watching that PPV. My God was it terrible. The only good part was Hussan getting thrown through the front of the Announce Table and kind of the stage, and that was just because that stuff looked cool.

Seriously, a WWE Championship Match ending in a DQ from outside interference from Orlando Jordan!? Really!? REALLY!?

[gravedigger3]

Hassan needs to come back to the WWE

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Apr 6, 2010 18:22:18 GMT -5 Byron F'N Saxton Fan said:

I remember watching that PPV. My God was it terrible. The only good part was Hussan getting thrown through the front of the Announce Table and kind of the stage, and that was just because that stuff looked cool.

Seriously, a WWE Championship Match ending in a DQ from outside interference from Orlando Jordan!? Really!? REALLY!?

[davie™]

Hassan was awesome

He was one of the best heels in pro-wrestling imo

[Nix Hex]

Apr 6, 2010 15:47:12 GMT -5 Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades said:

Is it me, or did all of the SmackDown exclusive GAB's really suck?

It's not you..They sucked bad...

[k5]

2005 was one of the worst years of wrestling. almost pure stagnation.

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Apr 6, 2010 23:25:37 GMT -5 k5 said:

2005 was one of the worst years of wrestling. almost pure stagnation.