Charlie Haas, one half of the self proclaimed Worlds Greatest Tag Team (the consensus pick for 2003’s best tag team in wrestling). Charlie started his career in Les Thatchers HWA while working other big indies such as ECWA and JAPW and worked his way up WWE roster from the brutal training at Ohio Valley Wreslting to being a full time SmackDown superstar. Charlie recently married Tough Enough 2 winner, Jackie Gayda, and as a wedding present from the WWE they were both given a pink slip. In this interview, Charlie goes over his entire career up to and including his recent release from the WWE. This is one story you are going to want to hear from a first hand victim of WWE’s “Black Wednesday.” Charlie also talks about his experiences with Paul Heyman and ECW, the death of his brother and tag team partner Russ, and many other topics in this timely shoot. Listen firsthand from one a man who BOTH Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit wanted to have matches with, and someone who can talk about the state of the WWE firsthand. This is one shoot current WWE fans should not miss!
After the JAPW show we drove back with Chralie Haas to the RF VIDEO studios for a interview that was amazing. Charlie was just one of many more shoots to come with some of the latest WWE guys who got the axe. We talked all about his start in JAPW, ECWA, CZW, OVW, HWA and Memphis before he and his brother got hired into the WWE. We talked about his brothers death and how it touched his life. You will hear about his personal struggles to make it to the top and become a WWE superstar and tag champion. We talk in detail about his backstage fight with Eddy Guerrero. You will hear all about why Charlie thinks the WWE is not doing good now. This is a great interview for alot of current WWE You will hear how he got fired as well. Charlie talks about working with Kurt Angel, Chris Benoit, Edge, Rhino, Shelton Benjamin and all of the other WWE superstars. This is a loaded shoot and if your a current WWE fan you will not want to miss what he has to say. This shoot will be up for sale later today in the new release section. Here is a list of all the questions that we asked him:
How old were you when you first started wrestling
Talk about your high school wrestling career
Who was the better wrestler between you and your brother
Any good recruiting stories
Any good stories on making weight
How difficult was the transition to college
People may not know this but you worked for Goldman Sachs while you were doing indys?
How important was your economics background to you as a pro wrestler
Thoughts on Mike Sharpe and training under him
Is it true about him taking long showers
What was he biggest challenge in your training
Did you or your brother wind up pushing the other more in training
How quickly did you pick it up
What do you remember about your first match
Who were your fav opponents to wrestle on the indys
Who were your fav promoters to work for
Were you ever stiffed by a promoter and if so by who
Any good road stories from the indys
Fav matches you had on the indys
Thoughts on Dennis Coraluzzo
Do you remember pulling New Jack off of Nick Berk at a JAPW show
Thoughts on Fat Frank
Thoughts on Jim Kettner
Thoughts on CZW
How soon in your indy career did you get interest from wwf or wcw
Ever any interest in WCW
Did you feel pressured to use steroids in order to make the leap to the WWE or WCW
Did you ever have any talks with ECW
What do you think was the biggest thing wrong with the indys when u worked them
Did anyone try and test you on the indys since u had a legit wrestling background
At what point in your indy career did you think you wanted to make a full time go at wrestling
Who was more the captain of your matches,. you or Russ?
Memories of Low Ki from the indys
Your grandfather was a former assistant coach with the Houston Oilers, did he tell you any good stories you can recall
How did you wind up getting your tryout at MSG
Memories of the match
Did you have any hesitations before signing
Initial impressions of HWA
Thoughts on Les Thatcher
Were there any specific WWE vets that worked with you down there, helped you out
How did you find about Russ’s passing
Did you have to tell your parents
How did it affect your love for the business
How hard was it to adjust to life without him around
How hard was it to adjust to being a singles wrestler
How did you wind up moving to OVW
Initial impressions of OVW
What were you told about how the process would work when you signed
Thoughts on Jim Cornette
Thoughts about the recent release of Cornette and the reasons behind it
Who did you and Russ travel with in OVW
Did any of the Memorial shows bother you
Any good road stories
What did you learn most from Jim Cornette
Is there anyone at OVW with you that surprised you in becoming a big success in the WWE
Memories of matches with the Island Boys
Thoughts on teaming with Nova
Memories of matches with the Bashams in OVW
Memories of John Cena
Are you surprised at he and Batista’s success
Was there any kind of heat on the WCW guys that came down there like Sean O Haire
Memories of working with Kanyon
How close were you with shelton benjamin down there
How did you find out you were being moved up to the WWE
How different was the locker room as compared to OVW
Did any vets give you a hard time or rib you early on
Some people have said that JBL is a bully to new guys, how did he treat you
Thoughts on Undertaker
How did Kurt Angle feel about being paired with you guys
Thoughts on Paul Heyman
What did you learn from Kurt
You guys dropped the Best Damn Tag Team name, why?
What do you remember about one of your first matches on Smackdown against Benoit and Edge
Were you nervous working with the vets
Did anyone mentor you
Who did you ride with
Any good stories
Rey Jr. tells a story about a rib he played on you in a WWE book, do you have any good rib stories
Was it difficult working in OVW and Smackdown at the same time
Thoughts on Kenny Bolin
You went over Edge real quick when u first got to Smackdown, was there any resentment to the quick push
Thoughts on when you got the WWE tag titles only about a month after you came up.
Memories on your series that winter with Benoit and Edge and the Guerreros
Thoughts on working with Brock Lesnar
Is there any kind of a clique with former college wrestlers
What did you think of Lesnar’s decision to leave and his decision now to come back while you are being cut
Thoughts on working with Rey Jr
Thoughts on working with Rhyno
Thoughts on working with Big Show
Thoughts on working with Hulk Hogan
Thoughts on working with Zach Gowen
There was a match where you worked with Eddie, that resulted in a fight in the locker room. Can you talk about that
Is that the first time you ever got into a fight after a match with someone you were working with
Do you think you got any heat for the fight
Thoughts on working the APA
Thoughts on working the Bashams in WWE
How different were the matches you had in OVW with them as compared to WWE
What do you think that you learned most in OVW that helped you in the WWE
How did you find out that Kurt Angle was seperating from you guys
Do you think that you could have had more of a program with Kurt
How did you find out that they were splitting you and Benjamin apart
Were you worried about you future
How did you feel about being paired with Rico
Compare teaming with Rico as compared to Benjamin
How did your relationship with Jackie Gayda develop
Did you get any heat from the guys
Now Jackie won got into the WWE through Tough Enough, do you think she got a bad rap for not paying her dues
Did you see the Tough Enough where she cheated on her bf, did you guys talk about it.
Thoughts on your series with RVD
Do you think he works too stiff
Thoughts on John Laurenitus
Do you think Smackdown is treated as a B show
Thoughts on the Dudleys
Thoughts on your program you did with Jackie and Dawn Marie
Was there ever a fear of your real life relationship being affected
The angle kind of ended abruptly, you admitted you cheated and that was it. Why was that?
Thoughts on working Kenzo Suzuki
How did you wind up being paired with Bob Holly
Some people call Bob a bully after what he did to Matt Cappotelli on Tough Enough, do you think that is accurate or not
Did you learn anything from Bob
Thoughts on Rene Dupree
You went from wrestling guys like Benoit, rey Jr, and the Guerreros to working Kenzo, Dupree, and Mark Jindrak. Were you getting frustrated
There was a rumor recently that you would be a part of a new Evolution. Was there any truth to that?
What was the angle that Chris Benoit requested for the both of you?
Kurt Angle did a recent interview where he said he would like to work a program with you, thoughts?
Thoughts on series with MNM
Did you know Joey from the indys?
Thoughts on your recent Iron Man match
Recently Smackdown had a controversial angle in which Muhammad Hassan did a terrorist type angle the day of the London bombing. Do you think it went too far?
Thoughts on Vince
Did you find him approachable
Thoughts on Stephanie and did you find her approachable
Do you think there is anything you could have done differently to have stayed employed
How did you find out you were being let go
Were you surprised
Fav matches in the WWE
Fav guys to work with and why
Least fav guys to work with and why
At what point in your career did you think you made it
Any regrets
Does it bother you when you see less talented guys being pushed at a time when your released
Married to someone in the wrestling business, what are your thoughts on the whole Lita, Edge, Hardy deal
What is your future
Do you think TNA has a future
Have you watched TNA since you started here
Is there anyone you didn’t get a chance to work with that you wished you would have
What was it like to work Wrestlemania
Can you make the adjustment to going back to work on the indys
What is your diet and training like
What do you think of Shelton’s success