Sean Christopher Haire (February 25, 1971 – September 8, 2014) was an American

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mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

and

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, better known by his

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Sean O'Haire. Haire was best known for his appearances with the

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, the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand and

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in the early to mid-2000s. A three time WCW World Tag Team Champion, O'Haire was named " Rookie of the Year" by the ''

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'' in 2000. Upon retiring from professional wrestling in 2006, Haire competed in mixed martial arts and kickboxing before becoming a hair stylist.

Early life

Haire was born in

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, but spent most of his youth in

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. Prior to becoming a wrestler, Haire participated in multiple Toughman competitions and also was part-owner of a fitness center. Haire was of Irish descent.

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling (2000–2001)

After completing his training in the WCW Power Plant,

's training school, Haire, using the ring name Sean O'Haire, began making appearances on second-tier WCW television shows such as WCW Worldwide and

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. Haire made his live television debut on the June 26, 2000 episode of ''

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'' teaming with his fellow Power Plant graduate Mark Jindrak as they defeated The Filthy Animals ( Rey Mysterio and

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). On the July 3 episode of ''Nitro'', O'Haire and Jindrak faced the Misfits in Action ( General Hugh G. Rection and Corporal Cajun) to determine the number one contenders for the

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, but were defeated. Despite this, O'Haire and Jindrak faced then-World Tag Team Champions KroniK and

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and The Great Muta in a three-way match for the championship, but were unsuccessful in winning the title. In August, O'Haire and Jindrak helped form

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with Mike Sanders, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli, and

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. They were briefly mentored by

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. In September, O'Haire and Jindrak won the World Tag Team Championship for the first time. O'Haire and Jindrak won the title once more before splitting when O'Haire and Jindrak participated in a tag team battle royal with the Natural Born Thrillers teammates Stasiak and Palumbo. After the conclusion of the match, Sanders declared both teams victorious and said that the teams should trade partners. As a result, O'Haire formed a new tag team with Palumbo, while the second team consisted of Jindrak and Stasiak. Palumbo and O'Haire defeated The Insiders (

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and Nash) in January 2001. A short time later, The Natural Born Thrillers broke up when Stasiak and Jindrak became jealous of Palumbo and O'Haire's success. The teams met at SuperBrawl Revenge on February 18 for the tag team gold. Palumbo and O'Haire retained their titles. O'Haire and Palumbo next feuded with Totally Buffed (

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and

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) and defeated them at

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on March 18 to retain the Tag Team Title. Over the following two weeks, O'Haire and Palumbo feuded with Team Canada (

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and Mike Awesome), defeating them on the final episode of ''Nitro'' on March 26. WCW was purchased by the WWF, and both O'Haire and Palumbo's contracts were picked up.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001–2004)

The Alliance and developmental territories (2001–2002)

O'Haire and Palumbo made their WWF debuts on the June 28, 2001, episode of '' SmackDown!'' as part of The Alliance, attacking the Hardy Boyz. O'Haire and Palumbo started feuding with the WWF Tag Team Champions the Acolytes Protection Agency in the following weeks, which ended at

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on July 22 when the APA defeated O'Haire and Palumbo in a non-title match. Subsequently, O'Haire and Palumbo defeated the Hardy Boyz on the August 2, 2001 edition of ''SmackDown!''. O'Haire and Palumbo next dropped the WCW Tag Team Championship to

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(

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and Kane) on the August 9 edition of ''SmackDown!'' and lost their rematch for the championship in a steel cage match the following week on ''Raw''. O'Haire and Palumbo's last televised match together was on the August 26 edition of ''Heat'' defeating

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(

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and

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). Palumbo was thrown out of The Alliance in late October and joined the WWF in November. Also in September, O'Haire was sent to

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(OVW) for seasoning where he joined Kenny Bolin's "Bolin Services". O'Haire returned to WWE on the June 30, 2002 edition of ''Heat'', defeating

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. He made a few more appearances on ''Heat'', in dark matches and at

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s throughout the rest of 2002, facing off against and teaming with, among others, Doug Basham, Damaja,

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, Charlie Haas,

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and

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Undefeated streak (2003–2004)

In January 2003 vignettes started to appear on WWE programming showing O'Haire in his new gimmick — a Devil's advocate character. He urged people to commit adultery, break the law, not pay taxes, and not go to church, among other things. He ended each vignette with the line "I'm not telling you anything you don't already know." In 2003, O'Haire returned to the main ''SmackDown!'' roster, telling various superstars to perform indecent acts which included persuading Spanky to streak through the arena and Dawn Marie to flash the audience. O'Haire's persona included a long black

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he wore to the ring and his obsession with

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s, including fairly new tattoos with black flames on each wrist and a red spider web shooting out from the flames on his left wrist and a blue spider web on his right wrist. His Titantron video was also inside the body of a spider with a spiderweb in the background. He quickly came under the tutelage of wrestling legend,

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in April 2003. His new persona was abandoned but he held victories over major stars

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, Mr. America by count out,

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, and

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. WWE officially released Piper from his contract on June 26, 2003, right after O'Haire and Piper made their last appearance together on ''SmackDown!''. In late November 2003, he was involved in a motorcycle accident which required stitches and kept him out of action for the next month or so. When he recovered in February, he was sent back to OVW before being released from his contract on April 3, 2004.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and Later Career (2004–2006)

Haire went to work for

(NJPW) following his WWE release, still using the ring name Sean O'Haire. He wrestled

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at NJPW Nexess on May 3, 2004, in a losing effort. On July 17, 2004, O'Haire and Piper re-united at a Ballpark Brawl show where Haire was Piper's hand-picked wrestler to face

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's hand-picked wrestler Abyss. O'Haire defeated Abyss by disqualification. Haire then went on to work for California based independent promotion Ultimate Pro Wrestling. O'Haire reunited with Chuck Palumbo on February 23, 2005 at UPW's Homecoming Havoc in which they were defeated by Tom Howard and Predator. O'Haire retired from professional wrestling soon after in order to focus on

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. O'Haire's last match was on March 28, 2006 when he returned to WWE for a one night appearance on

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losing to Scotty 2 Hotty in a dark match.

Kickboxing

Haire signed with Japanese based kickboxing promotion

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in 2004. He made his K-1 debut on December 31, 2004 with a second-round knockout loss to Musashi. Haire then went on to compete in two world grand prix tournaments held in

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, where he was defeated by Gary Goodridge (2005) and Chalid Arrab (2006). Not long after his first K-1 bout he was allegedly slated for a fight against Rick Cheek but his record was brought into question; K-1 reportedly claimed his record was 10–1 in kickboxing & 8–0 in MMA, where only his K-1 bout vs Musashi & his MMA bout against Shungo Oyama could be found.

Mixed martial arts

Haire made his professional mixed martial arts debut in September 2004 with a first round submission win over Tony Towers. In November 2004, Haire faced Pride FC veteran

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at K-1 Fighting Network Rumble on the Rock 2004 where he was victorious via first round technical knockout. Haire's next bout came against 1996 Olympic judo silver medalist Kim Min-soo and was defeated via first round submission. On October 21, 2006, Haire, replacing

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, fought Eric "Butterbean" Esch at Pride 32 in Las Vegas. He lost the fight via knockout early in the first round. On August 17, 2007, Haire was scheduled to fight Mark Kerr at the

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for the Global Fighting Championships promotion but the entire card was canceled after four of the eight scheduled bouts fell through. No explanation was given at that time, regarding the cancellation, only a guarantee of a full refund. It was revealed by GFC representative Joel Parker that half of the night's fights were called off, prompting the decision to nix the card rather than put on a lackluster event. Parker revealed that several fighters were disqualified for either failing to meet their contracted weight or for medical reasons. Kerr and

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were pulled from the card by the overseeing athletic commission for missing weight. According to commission doctors, Kerr registered an unhealthy

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reading the day prior. Kerr was set to fight Haire. In 2007, Haire took part in ''Champions Quest Fighting Challenge''. He was successful in his first fight on September 29, against Darrell Wood, and beat Frankie Parkman on December 7. However, he never fought again after December 2007. Haire defeated Tony Towers with a Guillotine Choke in the first round. Haire had many MMA fights on smaller shows not listed by the major MMA fight databases.

Personal life

Haire married a woman named Joy Elizabeth in

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on May 15, 2005. Approximately a year and a half later, he announced their divorce during a radio interview with SquaredCircleRadio. Haire was involved in an altercation where he was jumped outside of a bar in

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on March 30, 2007, in which he sustained fractures to his face and skull, including his orbital bone. As a result of the fight, the vision in his left eye was impaired. Although Haire claimed that he was going to the aid of a friend, witnesses asserted that Haire tried to instigate a fight with one of his alleged assailants, Juan Brantley. Brantley had filed a complaint with police on March 17, in which he stated that Haire had attempted to start a fight with him at another bar.

Arrests

In 1992, Haire was arrested in

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and charged with

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. In June 2004, Haire was arrested and charged with multiple counts of assault after a brawl at a Hilton Head night club, but he was only convicted of one count of assault in 2006. On April 24, 2007, Haire was charged with aggravated assault and

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for a fight at a bar weeks prior. The charge was later dismissed. On September 6, 2009, Haire was arrested in

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for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. He was charged with domestic battery and criminal

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ing before being released on $4,600

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. On November 23, 2011, Haire was again arrested in Chatham County, Georgia and charged with battery. He was later released on $1,850 bail.

Death

On the morning of September 9, 2014, Haire was found dead by his father, hanging from a bedpost in his bedroom in the

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home they shared. He was 43 years old. It was determined by the Spartanburg County coroner's office that Haire died by suicide the night prior. Haire's passing was announced to the public via

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by former WCW wrestler and personal friend of Haire's

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. Haire reportedly battled years of depression and substance addiction in the years prior to his death. It was reported that Haire had attended WWE sponsored rehab six times in the six years preceding his death.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 3 times) – with Mark Jindrak (2) and Chuck Palumbo (1) * Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards ** Rookie of the Year (2000) *Victory Championship Wrestling **VCW Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)

Kickboxing record

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