Sean O'Haire seemed like a 'can't miss' prospect in the early 2000s. He was a big, jacked-up dude with an incredible look who could fly with the grace of the smallest cruiserweight. Add to that his very real toughness (he won many toughman contests before entering wrestling) and you'd think WWE would be able to make him a star. You'd think wrong. After he got lost in the shuffle during the whole Invasion storyline, he was repackaged with a Devil's Advocate gimmick, where he encouraged people to give in to their vices. The vignettes were incredible and it looked like WWE were going to go all the way with him. But after his managed Roddy Piper was released and O'Haire kept cracking up during promos at house shows, WWE lost confidence in him and he floundered before being released in April 2004. It was a release that caught many by surprise. The general consensus was that WWE really blew it with this guy. However, the company were willing to offer him another look and O'Haire received a couple of little-publicised tryouts in March 2006. He lost dark matches to Trevor Murdoch and Scott 2 Hotty at the Raw and Smackdown tapings, respectively. O'Haire, who sported a much softer physique than in the past, was not offered a deal.
