Muhammad Hassan Recalls Return To Ring In 2018

Muhammad Hassan made his return to the ring for a few matches in 2018, something he looked back on in a recent interview.

The WWE alumnus spoke with Fightfuls Sean Ross Sapp about working a trio of matches for independent company The Dynasty, and you can see highlights below: On deciding to step back into the ring after some interviews: Yeah, it kind of did.

Again, I hadnt talked about it.

I had a really good interview with them.

They were great.

It really gave me a lot of perspective on myself and what I had been doing for the last decade or so.

Someone reached out to me after that interview and asked if I wanted to come and do an appearance, which I hadnt done a lot of appearances at that point.

I really still havent, but it was local and it was kind of like, Okay, Ill come to an appearance.

When you got there, you always bring your ring gear.

I got in and I had been in a ring in a long time.

So I got in with some of the kids that were down there, rolled around a bit and he offered me a match and it was just that spontaneous.

I was like, Sure.

I had no intention of making a comeback.

I wasnt trying to break the internet.

It was just like, You know what? Its a Saturday night.

I havent wrestled in a decade.

Lets see if I could still do it.

From that point, I did one or two more matches with some of local talent.

But that was it.

I dont have any plans of going back.

But yeah, that interview kind of springboarded my desire to kind of get in the ring and just relive it a little bit.

It was fun.

Im glad I did.

On fans praising his physical shape at the time: Its funny because Im 45 and Ive kind of grown up working out and nutrition and Ive always been very big on that even when I was in college, I used to write down everything I ate and calculate my protein, my carbs, my fat.

So I appreciate that compliment.

I will tell you that I can run in a straight line and I can lift weights and anything that deviates from those two very simple things, I will be popping joints and falling down.

I mean, Im pretty sure I have a broken foot right now from playing basketball with my son.

A broken finger.

Its just the older Ive gotten, the less time I have to dedicate to some of more important things to staying agile and in ring shape such as stretching, things like that, but, I still enjoy working out.

I still enjoy running and I still enjoy the nutritional aspect of it.

So physically, for all aesthetic purposes, I look like Im in great shape, but to be in ring shape, to be able to go, and to be able to get in there and move, its a whole other beast.

I dont think I would last very long in a ring today.

On the differences between working on the indies and in WWE: I felt okay.

The rings are a little different.

Theyre a little smaller.

So theyre a little stiffer.

The first couple of bumps, like anytime you do it again, it jars you a little bit.

I didnt bump a lot.

This was seven years ago still, but the fact that I was older and being a baby face, I didnt have to do a lot of bumping and feeding like I would as a heel.

So I felt pretty good.

Definitely been some lagging injuries and I was in wrestling for such a short time.

If you look at guys who I came up with, Randy Orton and John Cena, and those guys, I dont know how they pull themselves out of bed every day.

Ive had two neck surgeries, actually three in the last year, and I was only in wrestling for five years.

The amount of punishment that you put your body through, it really takes a toll after a while.

Like I said, I was very fortunate that I was out of there pretty quick.

I cant imagine some of these guys.

Ive experienced it.

Ive seen some of my friends and when youre younger and you watch some of the older veterans kind of get up and walk around and you see the pain that theyre in, it just becomes part of your day.

But at the same time, I could not imagine getting in the ring three or four days a week at 45 years old like some of the guys that I see do it..

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