TNA: Interview With Sheik Abdul Bashir

[fireserpent26]

calling it as he sees it! doesn't matter if you don't like what's being said,the truth is the truth. suck it up sheep! or better yet,wake UP!

[Congiggity25]

this was a crazy arguement

[jr07alr07]

هذا المصارع ليس عربي هذا ايراني وايران ليست دوله عربيه الايرانيين لايتحدثون العربيه

[queensthug]

davari sucks

[wowwow180]

too bad he was released

[bringbackevoution]

i love you bashir 

[AssKillshot]

Dude i fucking hate that commentator guy...what a bitch

[ViolentJk]

9/11..... the guy behind it... and killed them people in the towers...

BUSH!!!!....BUSH BUSH BUSH BUSH BUSH BUSH BUSH!!!!

GEORGE W BUSH!.....

you people need to wake the fuck up!

[thething9495]

bashir ur awsome, the american ppl are brain washed and screwed.

[vlad013]

Muslim didnt do 9/11

[021music]

@vlad013

Everybody knows that fucking American did it to themselves because they wanted to come to the middle east.

this is old story, I love Americans but hate the ones that try to push their thoughts into my head.

[vlad013]

@021music 9/11 still The story ... at least for muslim. now do i hate any nation even if that is children of israel. there is will always be clash of civlization ideologically or military, or culturally or morally. Islam supersedes all the way of lives. God willing we shall replace NWO with islam as soon as possible. peace for all hate for none

[rebelgirl34]

i hate bashir!! he sucks big time!!

[HevyMetalSnap624]

Hes a hero man, its time you americans wake up. Credit to those who already have!

[rebelgirl34]

omg how can you say stop using patriotism! i will always use patriotism!! it's good to be a patriot!! anyways i don't like sheik abdul bashir at all! he's an idiot! it's good that he's being discriminated!! he's an evil person! i'm not a redneck! and you ought to be ashamed with yourself for taking his side and saying that i shouldn't use patriotism! are you his kind to defend him? well if you are then go screw yourself! because the muslims are bad people and i'm always glad to use patriotism!!

[88Kobe88]

@rebelgirl34 bla bla bla the Muslims r bad ppl huh? all u American fat pink pigs understand is violence n terror. U deserve what ever u get.

[thething9495]

@88Kobe88 u know bashir is right! im american and im stuck in a liffe of lies

[thething9495]

@88Kobe88 u know bashir is right! im american and im stuck in a liffe of lies, and the war is lies too were told muslims are terrooists but american troops are killing innocent  citizens

[88Kobe88]

@thething9495 Your one of the good ones. First it was the Indians then blacks, then Russians, and now they are turning on Muslims. Its America up to its old racist ways.

[BaSbooSa159]

@rebelgirl34 It's really stupid to call a whole nation 'bad'.

[sadat417]

bashir i love you bro

[sledgehammerer1]

Bashirs talking the truth, the interviewer is a tool

[brusie15]

is this real?

[bobster231]

This guy bashir has a POINT! GOOD FOR HIM TO STAND UP FOR HIMSELF! not all people his skin colour are terrorists.

[BaSbooSa159]

@bobster231 It's not the skin colour, it's where he comes from, people always call Muslims 'terrorists' but that's not true. :)

[ssn708]

Well, a lot of you are proving his point. BTW, he is from America, so telling him to go back somewhere he is not really from is a little stupid.

[rebelgirl34]

sheik abdul bashir is an idiot! he should go back to iran! that creep! he's ugly and a jerk! he is a bad guy!

[BaSbooSa159]

@rebelgirl34 A bad guy? How old are you?!

[rebelgirl34]

sheik abdul bashir is an idiot! i hate him!! he should go back to his country because he's an evil muslim! he should fuck off!!! islam is a bad religion!

[rebelgirl34]

i hate sheik abdul bashir! he's an idiot! he comes out with horrible comments towards american people and he expects the american wrestling fans to show respect to him with those kinds of horrible comments! he's horrible person!

[ECWExtremeMoments]

@rebelgirl34 Because he was discriminated after 9/11 like the rest of the people who look like him. And the media makes his people look bad. So stop acting like a redneck no one likes patriotism.

[GhaudePhaede]

This was really exciting to watch.

[bc5620]

interviewer is an idiot

[faisalmasoodqasim]

Abdul Bashir is speaking truth......ppl of America should clean their brain.........

[rcacad]

Bashir is a tru champ. I want to shake his hand. More people need to speak out, like him.

[Tamryn69]

The ameriKan sheeple will start bleating when the curtains of the new world order are lowered around them, when the tsunami of taxes hit and when the food shortages come, the sheeple will ask.." What happened?" They will have no one to blame but themselves as they continue to wallow in their ignorance of the truth, stupidity and programmed brainwashing. I have never watched wrestling, but at least this guy has the guts to say what he sees... And he's SPOT ON!

[ryno99]

So true....Wreslting is finally getting real. Realer than the US Media

[bc5620]

@ryno99 sad to say but true in this case LOL!

[xtremixt1]

speak english already ... lol...

[TheBarney97]

apparently hassan was going to be one of the big stars on smackdown but upn wanted him off.

[Liberation11]

He is referencing what happened to himself and Muhammad Hassan in the WWE at the end at 2:43

[PlagueRiddenGoat]

I'm glad Davari left the WWE. They were using him as nothing but a stereotype joke and a worse than pathetic jobber, despite the fact he's show he can really wrestle. I wish him much more success in TNA.

[snitchow]

Im sure this is all an act - but he speaks the truth

[JordanSayz]

tenay was really the bad guy in this promo lol wants to talk that shit then bashir talks back, he cant handle it-good promo on both parties though

[Juggalo972]

I love the Shiek Abdul Bashir character, he speaks the truth and backs it up. He brings great heat and with that, he turns heads with his ability.

He's one of those you love to hate and hate to love. TNA did something with him and it sticks out greatly.

[dvodvodvofffgdfgdfdf]

its normal!!!! he makes every interview a fight!!! hi is pathetic little loser!!!! i hate him!!!

its normal! hi's moslim, but he don't have to pray every time in the middle off the ring when all around are christians!!!!!!

his a cheap, not americans!!!!! fuckin bashir crazy loser

[RatedRKOEdgeheads]

everything he said is true

[atsignyahoodotcom]

Bashir, we Iranians love you

[ohyeah180]

sad but it is true

the vast majority of america does hate Arabs and Muslim

in truth most of them are just as good, even better behaved people than the avrage american

[HITpadawan]

Its weird how amid the ongoing steroid controversy in wrestling, pretty much all the X-Division stars (thats right, the 'little guys') are juiced up these days - Bashir, Lethal, Creed, and former stars like Dutt and Petey Williams.

Tells you alot about the state of the industry...

[ahmadsanandreas]

rate is thumbs down

[xtremixt1]

bashir was actually honest about reality here....

[winr1954]

Yall realize this is staged like a movie ??

[SethBrundleify]

@winr1954 Its staged but the message is true. The man is being looked upon as a villian because of how he looks. Its classic racisam. If your German then you must be a nazi. If your Italian you must be a mob boss. If your Irish your a drunk. If your Catholic your a child molester and so on and so on.

[historian111z]

guys relax, its acting.

[Zillaroo]

americans take wrestling seriously lol

[koolkidaustin]

This is actually true.. TNA is starting to get real and more Attitude then WWE

[huyurloo]

Why do the Fans Boo foreign wrestlers. If they do every thing right 4 some reason they still get Boooo-ed & THEY start 2 shout USA !!! USA !!! Whuts up with that. There is no such thing as an American. We are all frum either Europe Asia Africa South America or Australia. The REAL North Americans were Native Indians of many different kinds.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

He's actually right. Hell people can't even get over WWI, II or the Cold War and usually American Wrestling Companies, if your Russian, Japanese, German or Arabic your automatically put an Anti-American heel storyline and you end up going nowhere. Sad really.

[Hordified]

its scripted, he doesn't believe this crap. He is american.

[yellow0191]

go daivari! i love you so much! your right! wish youd be number 1!

[xNeverEverBeTheSamex]

LOL

[nimaa0123]

persian empire forever

[iamveryangery777]

iranian daivari rules

[julianannon]

lmao!!!!!!

[Buckeyecat2002]

"sheik abdul bashir" is not Arab. He was born in America. He is of Iranian/Persian descent.

[Nelly69H]

"OH speak english already" hahahaha rolFlmao!!

[1991525]

speak arabian please daivari

[faatto]

allah akbar allah akbar laa ilaaha illallah laailaaha illallah....

[faatto]

yeah hez ryt!! think about ur life and think about whats next when u peaple die.....

[fzmiqdadi]

Do You Know Whats The Problem In This Life ?

American People Open The T.V 6 O'clock News They See Bin Laden Or Whatever And They Say Muslim Are Terrorist Because The Actions Of This Idiot In The Name Of Islam !!

In The Other Hand Arabs Open The T.V And See What Bush Does In Iraq And Say "Look At These Americans!!" .. Because The Actions Of These POLITICS !!

But When Both Arab + Americans See Each Other In The REAL WORLD .. They Both Will Be Shocked To Find Out Thats Not True !!!

POLITICS !!

[XeroCode]

thats so true

[faatto]

Iam a muslim! So u fukin christian jesus Waht ever!! Juxt Shut ur fuckin mouth!!!!! :@

[fzmiqdadi]

I Am Also A Muslim .. Dont Judge Christians Because Of T.V .. The Same Talk For Christian People .. Dont Just Follow What News And POLITICS Say .. Think For Once In Your Life People ..

[ViolentRiC]

Agreed. If you can't see that you should be ashamed of yourself. Watch it over and over again and tell me why we should disagree with Shiek and boo him.

WWE did this with Hassan and TNA is irresponsible enough to continue EVEN AFTER seeing the affect the original angle had.

Give me reason to boo him or don't set him up as a heel. If the fans boo him, let it be their choice - don't make him a heel simply because he don't like being treated unfairly due to racism. It's disgusting.

[ViolentRiC]

TNA, listen. This would be a good angle if he was Shiek was not supposed to be booed. As it stands it's a disgusting reflection of the very real racism and bigoted attitudes towards middle eastern and Muslim people. Listen to this interview. You need a better script if you're going to do this because Shiek said nothing that was untrue or hateful. Tenay acted with disdain towards Shiek. How does this look? And how does it look when you have Rhino talking to Shiek as a Klansmen would a black man?

[reeceunderwood2]

hey look, its Daivari from WWE. Just another superstar TNA stole

[wwetnasux]

I just hope TNA don't ruin this gimmick the way WWE ruined the Muhammad Hassan gimmick

[wwetnasux]

Bashir is speaking the truth, especially when it comes to white America.

[KingofTheMountain900]

controversial...but VERY EFFECTIVE!

[stevenemuri]

Sheik was being honest!

[superpetras]

Fuckin muslim bastard

[attie3]

this shit in a got damn storyline wtf tna needs to stop this shit

[TheThunderCunt]

ahahahahahaha the "sheik" is a fucking joke!!!!!!! what a fucking disgrace!!!!!!!!

[gekadeol]

sheik abdul bashir speakiing the truth

[TNAWRESTLINGOFFICIAL]

before christian cage goes back to wwe he should double think where he was treated as a real man, in wwe he was treated like a waste, everytime he lost a match he cried about it, he wasnt anywhere near getting the wwe title or the heavyweight title, in tna he was treated as a man with balls who never backed down, he was always in the title picture and at the top, so people should he stay or go

[Jumpingfabio]

daivari!! haha he sucks

[dy1an8]

every thing he said is the truth (lmao) they treat him bad cause he a packistani

[GoxCaNuCkZxGo]

nope, he's Irainian.

[Snwrestling]

Sheik talks the truth!!

9/11 was just an inside job to brainwash people and I couldn't agree more with 0:49

[dy1an8]

americans are mean if i was a packistani they would treat me like a piece of shit

[samoafanatics]

thats true

[Raptor717]

this guy is hard as fuck

[travisrashawn216]

Speak English already

LMAO

[verycoldice2]

oh no, terrorist attacks

[BundeyHardy]

TNA Should singed muhammad hassan and daviri should be his manager again because hassan is better than davari

[neoscooter]

Am I the only one who thinks Bashir could make a great face loving america with him being of arab descent and maybe even taking shots at terrorists etc it could work. that would be much better and it wouldn't be racist like this character is

[ViolentRiC]

You're certainly not the only one. People don't get it. What people see on TV affects people's perceptions, it's that simple. If all people ever see are negative portrayls it will stick; they have to be intelligent to resist this and truly not enough people are.

It wouldn't bother me if TNA THEMSELVES didn't push him as a heel and treat him with contempt. To do this you MUST HAVE HIM ACT DEPLORABLY and not just talk about hating racist bigots. Imagine you're a young Muslim fan watching this.

[USHARDY]

i hope a war or something non-wrestling related doesn't screws his push,like Hassan

[LancerJak]

WWE let this guy go, dumbass, he's pretty good, channel in the iron shiek heel heat! go davari!

[skyler2dope]

Screw USA and obama

[eagleclaww]

and the illuminati that he represents

[KUNGLO]

I like TNA but this is same gimic as WWE boring. And Sheik wrestling style is boring out of the guys that they brouht in from the X Cup and they put the belt on him ? Y ? This guy is nothing compared Sonjay Dutt. They should of given the belt to Doug Williams or 1 of those Dragon Gate guys. Abdul's style is typical WWE, and is making the X div look 3rd rate. BRING BACK AMAZING RED & LOWKI & PRIMETIME

[rockandawe88]

With Obama President, these types of storylines should stop. If the middle eastern american guy is not a terrorist wrestler, he has to hate americans? why? And seriously, TNA should not exploit 9/11 for a storyline. It may be seven years, but the wounds are still fresh

I was totally starting to like TNA too...

Although, I'll still watch the Knockouts Division *sees Raisha Saeed*, blah

[eagleclaww]

rhino had a racist promo

[crazyseandx]

9/11 reely is the worst...i feel bad for daivari...

2:58 - ...ok...calm down abdul just calm down...

[WrestlingKid1993]

tna is so racist sumtimes

[neoscooter]

To be honest TNA is racist towards Bashir but it could be worse remember what wwe did on the day of the 7/7 bombings now that was just sad

[jamille5150]

hell yea and it got wwe's best heel eva fired n hell dat was da greatest assult on undertaker eva like the man was attack by terrioist n he still comes back

[SaintJust101]

I would doubt his wrestling ability. He's ok, does an ok promo but he's no petey, lethal, dutt, sabin, shelly or daniels. People who should be X champ.

[bryanero]

bashir is soooo right about the american peeps

[BaiLong45]

I really like this promo. Bashir could really be seen as a heel, since he brings out some very strong points.

[felixpo]

Mike Tenay is turning into heel? LOL

Great segment

[KokaneRemedy]

Nicely done promo by the Sheik!

[liberate29]

I think it's ridiculous Rhino is feuding up with this guy.

Rhino shouls joing the MEM and turn on them, that would make it weird but nice

[buffbeenstuffed]

sometimes wrestling, really asks for it

[angelcaido79]

wow that was a good segment hope he succeeds more as a heel

[scribb831]

lol at "speak english already!" man he and muhammad hassan, as controversial as they were, could've done a lot. Hope he succeeds as face or heel cuz i hear he's a very good guy.

[GenerationXeroFilms]

Well, American people are mindless sheep...

And whoever writes this shit needs to get pushed into a volcano.

Why does the middle eastern guy always have to be a fucking heel.

"OOOH look he's Muslim, lets make him a heel who talks about hating america, and 9/11 9/11 9/11"

[AfflictionCity89]

It's basically the same old cookie cutter middle-eastern 9-11 gimmick..it's pretty typical now.

[jahdanza]

I agree but i am guessing it's because arrogant yanks like it & it sells. And this is coming from a white British citizen!

[bluethunder25]

It's just like with Vladimir Kozlov.

[superdestructo]

Yeah, it's nothing new. Pro-wrestling ran the same type of gimmicks long before 9-11 even happened. Foreigners are usually the bad guys.

[ViolentRiC]

Forget whether or not it's new. It contributes to the intolerant attitudes of a genereation. There's so much that could be done with this angle, but instead TNA chooses to have a guy saying "people boo me because of my religion and ethnicity" - and then have the guys talk to him like he's worthy of contempt and verify everything he's said about racism in today's America.

TNA I follow your product, but you're fanning the flames of bigotry and that disgusts me. It also makes YOU look racist.

[tommytee90]

It's just his character man. it's a marketable character and the crowd gets behind him by booing him out of the building. It's all about the crowd reaction. and the money he draws of course

[ViolentRiC]

That doesn't mean it has no effect. Put yourself in the position of a Middle Eastern Muslim in America - this is just a storyline but the things he talks about are 100% real. The racist attitudes are real, and if you're going to bring them up on TV you shouldn't be making it worse.

Imagine he was black and this was the 70s. He's complaining about the racism he has to put up with and the fans are being encouraged to boo him for THAT. Not because he's evil, but because he dislikes racism!

[Cynsis]

sigh russo...sigh..