One of the bright spots during the dying days of WCW was its commitment to young talent. While it may have been too little, too late for the company to focus on building stars that could carry it into the future, its renewed efforts to present something outside of its tired old-timers was a breath of fresh air for fans disenfranchised with the pushing of Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair at a time when both were in their 50s. One of the brightest young stars to come out of the ordeal was Sean O'Haire. A WCW Power Plant graduate, O'Haire was a big, strong and athletic young star that utilized a jaw-dropping senton bomb as his finishing maneuver. With fellow Power Plant alum Mark Jindrack as his partner, the South Carolinian made his Nitro debut in June 2000 when the team knocked off Rey Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera. From there, O'Haire stockpiled momentum, rolling through the top teams in WCW en route to a tag title victory in September of the same year. O'Haire eventually split from Jindrack and partnered with Chuck Palumbo, forming a much better and more effective team. A three-time WCW Tag Team champion, O'Haire looked like a major singles star waiting to happen. He carried himself like a main event player and he showed great intensity and aggression between the ropes. His promos skills were underdeveloped but they were typically covered up by mouthpieces like Mike Sanders or Kevin Nash. With those men there to hide his major deficiency, he thrived. When O'Haire arrived in WWE, he fell victim to backstage politics. That management did not believe he was good enough to be on the main roster and demoted him to developmental did not help matters. When he was finally called back up, he debuted with an awesome character and some tremendous pre-taped promos. Like the devil sitting on your shoulder, giving you bad advice and steering you into unsavory situations, O'Haire acted as the anti-moral compass. As great as those promos were and as compelling a character as it was, O'Haire's inability to maintain those quality promos in front of a live audience that doomed any chance he had of enjoying a sustained push. After a few months as Roddy Piper's lackey, he disappeared from television. He was released from his contract with the company on April 3, 2004, leaving many to wonder what could have been.