WWFs acquisition of WCW was initially intended to bring about the creation of a new brand under the World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc banner a WWF-owned version of its old nemesis. Vince McMahon swiftly changed his mind however, upon seeing the WWF crowds reaction to a WCW promoted match on RAW. The new additions to the company would need to be assimilated into the WWF roster or fall by the wayside. In his memoirs, Bob Hardcore Holly tells of how OHaire and Chuck Palumbo the WCW tag team champions upon the promotions acquisition by WWF were to act as an example to the other WCW talent to mind their manners and show respect to the WWF locker room:
I remember chasing OHaire and his partner, Chuck Palumbo, through Madison Square Garden. The two of them had just interfered in a match and beaten up the WWF guys, so a bunch of us went out there to chase them off. They tried to escape into the crowd but we blocked their way, got them back in the ring, and beat the hell out of them. It was the first time any of the WWF guys got their hands on these invaders and Ill tell you something in that ring that night, it was one potato, two potato, three potato more The agents said, Its TV, just lay it in there. We knew what that meant. It was seek and destroy. Those two were the sacrificial lambs and the beating they took and they took a hell of a stiff beating was a message to the rest of the new WCW guys to know their position. There was no real reason why it was OHaire and Palumbo specifically who took the beating, at least not a reason I ever heard of.
Holly mentions too that he believes WWE messed up in not doing much with OHaire when they had him under contract:
Sean OHaire had a f**king great look. He was a big bastard at 6'6" and very agile. They could have made him a killer, but instead, they dropped the ball with him.
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