Sean O'Haire. One of the great 'what ifs' in WWE history. He seemed to have everything that WWE looked for and should have been a star but instead he became just another statistic: a wrestler who died way too young. O'Haire was a product of WCW's notoriously tough Power Plant training school. While at the school, prospective wrestlers would be put through their paces and forced to do squats, push-ups and other drills and activities to the point of vomiting. After graduating from that ordeal, O'Haire made his debut on the main roster and was almost immediately thrust into the spotlight in a team with fellow Power Plant graduate Mark Jindrak. He joined the WWF for the Invasion angle when WCW was bought-out in 2001 and many predicted he would be one of the Federation's next big stars. Unfortunately for O'Haire, a lot of the WWF higher-ups and veterans drew the conclusion that the athletic O'Haire 'didn't know how to work'. And so he was shipped off to OVW to learn how to do things the WWF way. In January 2003 vignettes began to air on WWE TV which depicted O'Haire as a Devil's Advocate type character. He encouraged the audience to cheat on their partners, not pay taxes, and to break the law, finishing each vignette with the line "Hey, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know." It was groundbreaking stuff and a lot of people predicted O'Haire would go far. He didn't. After aligning himself with Roddy Piper for the Rowdy One's dispute with Mr. America/Hulk Hogan, O'Haire found himself without direction and he left the WWE the following year. After leaving WWE, he competed for NJPW and several indies before retiring to focus on his MMA career. His MMA record was decent but O'Haire lost all four of his professional kickboxing fights for K-1. O'Haire was often in the news for getting into fights in bars and one time he apparently choked out his girlfriend during a dispute. O'haire committed suicide in September, having battled depression and alcohol addiction for years. He had reportedly been through WWE sponsored rehab several times but couldn't overcome his demons. For O'Haire, this was the only way out. A tragic end to what, at one point, looked like a very promising career.
