10 Things You Didn't Know About Sean O'Haire

One of the WWE's biggest wasted opportunities: the man who could do it all.

By Jack Morrell /

When wrestling fans get all liquored up and talk smack to each other about the WWF/WWE€™s most ridiculous wasted opportunities, there are a fair few that surface again and again. Shane Helms€ Drew McIntyre€ the Nexus€ and, riding high at the top of so many lists, the late Sean O€™Haire, who died this past Monday 8th September at the terribly young age of 43. Born Sean Christopher Haire, the 6 foot 6 inch powerhouse debuted in WCW in 2000 after graduating from the company€™s training programme at their development facility The Power Plant, and nailed the WCW tag titles with partner Mark Jindrak only three months later, a title he€™d on to hold three times with both Jindrak and later Chuck Palumbo. O€™Haire was green and full of himself, but he could go. More than that, he was a contender: big, incredibly strong, with a fantastic look and, astonishingly, the ability to flawlessly perform moves like the senton bomb and the standing moonsault that were traditionally reserved for high flyers. In interviews, O€™Haire€™s called himself €œa small man in a big man€™s body.€ That€™s an accurate description €“ the man was capable of leaping to the top turnbuckle in one bound (like a Rob Van Dam or Kofi Kingston) and flipping backwards over a charging opponent. That€™s incredibly rare for someone of his size. Going on to compete in kickboxing and mixed martial arts after his release from WWE in April 2004, O€™Haire never attempted to rejoin the WWE, so modern fans might not even remember his stint there. For every pro wrestling fan out there, then, this is Sean O€™Haire: one of the biggest dropped balls in WWE€™s lurid history.