Even though the Devils Advocate gimmick was doomed to be abandoned, and OHaires run with Hogan was in an enforcer capacity rather than as his own feud, an angle with Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon and Rowdy Roddy Piper is nothing to sniff at. OHaire was going great guns in the role, which could have potentially have set him up for something huge down the line: but he was the junior partner in the angle, the hulking henchman tasked with taking down Hogan on behalf of Piper and McMahon, the big heel authority figure. If hed screwed up, the angle might still have worked with someone else in the role but without the senior partners in the mix, there was no angle to begin with. So naturally it was Pipers mistake that messed everything up. Piper had appeared on an HBO sports programme, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, with a remit to discuss the darker side of professional wrestling, and specifically in relation to drug use within the industry. Piper seriously aggravated a whole host of people in WWE with his outspoken comments, and was working without a contract at the time: it was the simplest matter in the world to simply decide to stop using him on television, which effectively nipped OHaires involvement in the McMahon/Hogan angle in the bud. No Piper, no OHaire. Relegated to C-show Velocity while creative tried to come up with a storyline for him, OHaire would spend the next five months cooling his heels waiting. And waiting. Put out temporarily due to a minor injury caused by a motorcycle crash, when he returned he was sent back to OVW yet again. The decision to leave WWE at this point was mutual: OHaire felt that WWE wanted him to be someone he wasn't, and wasnt prepared to sit and squander his life waiting for them to make up their mind to use him. However, WWE clearly had some form of regard for him: Sean OHaire didnt lose a single singles match in 2003. They just couldnt make up their mind how to use him.
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