5 shocking storylines the WWE said no to

#2 Muhammad Hassan, WWE World Champion

Hassan should've won the World Heavyweight Championship before real-life conflict derailed his career

Muhammad Hassan was a truly groundbreaking character for his time. An Arab-American, Hassan would say how he loved his country but was disgusted by the mistreatment of Arab-American citizens following 9/11.

Despite commentators and fans missing the point, saying Hassan hated the U.S and should move, the Detroit-star was very successful and reportedly was planned to dethrone Batista at Summerslam 2005 for the World Heavyweight Championship.

In July though, Hassan's career would come to a halt, after he cut a scathing promo that aired on the same day as the 7/7 bombings in London.

Quickly written off television, Hassan would be gone from the company not long after, and Batista would hold the championship until January the next year, where he was forced to forfeit it due to injury.