I recently came across an article from Slam! Sports, featuring former WWE wrestler Marc Copani aka Muhammed Hassan. This interview made me think about the core differences between his character and Sgt Slaughter's Iraqi sympathizer character, as both were created to generate heat based on timely events in US history.
The year was 1991, the United States was fully emerged in the Gulf War and the WWE decided to capitalize on it by making "American Hero" Sgt. Slaughter turn heel and become an Iraqi sympathizer. In order to do this, Slaughter had to make severa...
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