9 Things I Learned From Watching WCW Greed
3. Sean O'Haire Could Have Been Special
This is less something learned from watching the pay-per-view, more something that returned to my mind as a result. As mentioned, Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo retain their tag titles in a emphatic squash over Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell, O'Haire hitting both challengers with beautiful Seanton bombs. O'Haire was one of the bright spots in WCW at the time, and was named 'Rookie of the Year' by Wrestling Observer in 2000.
O'Haire would get snapped up by the World Wrestling Federation following the sale, and by 2003 he was ready for a singles run. To prepare for his reintroduction to the company, a series of vignettes aired where O'Haire portrayed a Devil's Advocate-type character, vignettes that have largely gone down as some of the most intriguing in company history.
It never quite clicked for O'Haire though, and the reasons for this are plenty. He was quickly paired with 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper to cover O'Haire's live microphone skills, but the partnership did nothing. The character was quickly dropped, another example of a great idea poorly executed in WWE.
O'Haire was immensely agile for a guy his size, and he seemed to have finally been given a character with depth. Unfortunately nothing came of it all, and another potential star was lost. O'Haire subsequently left wrestling, had a short career in MMA before taking his own life in 2014.