45 Facts About Charlie Haas

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Charles Doyle Haas II was born on March 27,1972 and is an American professional and former amateur wrestler.

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Charlie Haas was an amateur wrestler in high school, and attended Seton Hall University on a wrestling scholarship, before becoming a stockbroker.

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Charlie Haas became a professional wrestler in 1996, and regularly teamed with his brother, Russ, with the two winning numerous championships on the independent circuit, including the CZW World Tag Team Championship and the JAPW Tag Team Championship.

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Charlie Haas formed a team with Shelton Benjamin and the two debuted on SmackDown in December 2002.

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Charlie Haas won the WWE Tag Team Championship once more with Rico, and gained Miss Jackie, whom he later married, as a valet.

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Charlie Haas then transferred into singles competition before being released from WWE in 2005.

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Charlie Haas formed a short-lived team with Viscera, before reforming the World's Greatest Tag Team with Benjamin.

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Charlie Haas soon returned to the independent circuit, including returning to JAPW and appearing for Ring of Honor.

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Charlie Haas announced his retirement from professional wrestling in March 2013, but returned to competition in August that same year.

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On July 22,1998, The Charlie Haas Brothers won the Jersey All Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship by defeating The Skin Head Express.

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The Charlie Haas brothers began competing for Combat Zone Wrestling in November 1999, losing to The King Pinz at The War Begins on November 20,1999.

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On January 2,2002, Charlie Haas won the HWA Heavyweight Championship, his first singles championship, by defeating Val Venis.

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Charlie Haas teamed with Rico to win the WWE Tag Team Championship on April 22,2004.

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Charlie Haas lost a match to Luther Reigns at the Great American Bash.

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Charlie Haas was later involved in an angle in which he was in a love triangle with Miss Jackie, who was acknowledged on-screen as his fiancee, and Dawn Marie.

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The storyline culminated when Charlie Haas served as the special-guest referee in a match at Armageddon between the two women.

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On July 8,2005, Charlie Haas was released by World Wrestling Entertainment along with his real-life wife Jackie Gayda.

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Charlie Haas returned to JAPW later in July 2005, and began a feud for the JAPW Heavyweight Championship with Jay Lethal.

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In JAPW, on October 27,2007, Charlie Haas was inducted along with his late brother Russ into the first class of the Jersey All Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.

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Charlie Haas won the New Legacy Championship at Ballpark Brawl V on August 13,2005, defeating then-champion Christopher Daniels and Chris Sabin in a triple threat match.

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Charlie Haas successfully defended the title the next night at Ballpark Brawl VI against Harry Smith with Mick Foley as a referee.

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Charlie Haas returned to WWE in 2006, appearing on the April 17,2006, episode of Raw as Rob Van Dam's handpicked opponent for his former partner, Shelton Benjamin.

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Charlie Haas continued to wrestle on the lower midcard spot, becoming a regular fixture on Heat.

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Charlie Haas made advances towards Garcia, at one point forcefully kissing her and then dropping her to the ground.

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Charlie Haas gave Viscera an eye rake in anger, and a blinded Viscera accidentally gave Garcia a Samoan drop.

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Early in 2008, Charlie Haas developed a gimmick in which he would go under the ring in the middle of his matches and re-emerge wearing a mask.

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The opponent would often unmask Charlie Haas mid-match, returning him to his normal demeanor.

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Charlie Haas's first match on August 25,2008 under this gimmick was a loss to Carlito's real-life brother Primo Colon, while Haas was parodying Carlito with the name "Charlito".

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On July 24,2009 episode of SmackDown, Charlie Haas competed against R-Truth in a losing effort.

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On February 28,2010, WWE announced that Charlie Haas had been released from his contract.

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On March 20,2010, Charlie Haas made a surprise return to Jersey All Pro Wrestling and defeated Devon Moore for the JAPW New Jersey State Championship.

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On September 10,2010, Charlie Haas won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship by defeating Michael Faith in Amarillo.

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In May 2011, Charlie Haas took part in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's first tour of the United States, the Invasion Tour 2011.

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On February 2,2013, Charlie Haas turned on Benjamin during an ROH World Tag Team Championship match against the Briscoe Brothers.

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Charlie Haas continued his feud with BJ, fighting in the 11th Anniversary Show in a No Holds Barred Match.

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On March 30,2013, Charlie Haas announced his retirement from professional wrestling, which coincided with him leaving Ring of Honor.

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At NWA Parade Of Champions 2K16 in March 2016 Charlie Haas was defeated by the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jax Dane.

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In 2020, after a two year retirement, Charlie Haas began to work with SWE Fury.

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In December 2020, Charlie Haas announced that he and Gayda were divorced.

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On July 9,2022, Charlie Haas announced via Twitter that he is married to Jennifer Charlie Haas.

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Charlie Haas competed in amateur wrestling during high school, and for Seton Hall University, where he attended on a wrestling scholarship.

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Charlie Haas has various other awards for wrestling from high school.

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Charlie Haas was a two-time Big East Champion at Seton Hall and graduated with a degree in economics and business.

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Charlie Haas's grandfather Hugh Devore, was an assistant with the Houston Oilers and a former Head Coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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Charlie Haas' brother Russ was a professional wrestler, until his death in 2001 due to a heart attack.