![]() They won the championship for the second time on May 21, 1999, by defeating The Big Unit (Rick Silver and Dave Desire), and held the championship until Februwhen they were defeated by Da Hit Squad. They lost it to The Nation of Immigration just over a month later on August 25. ![]() On July 22, 1998, The Haas Brothers won the Jersey All Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship by defeating The Skin Head Express. Professional wrestling career Early career (1996–2000) Īfter debuting in 1996 as a professional wrestler, Haas regularly teamed with his brother Russ for numerous independent promotions. Aside from wrestling, Haas and his then-wife Jackie ran a nutritional store, Custom Muscle Nutrition and Smoothie Shop, in Frisco, Texas, which they opened in October 2008 but has since closed. Haas announced his retirement from professional wrestling in March 2013, but returned to competition in August that same year. On April 1, 2011, Haas and Benjamin won the ROH World Tag Team Championship and held it until December 2011. In September 2010, he won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship. He soon returned to the independent circuit, including returning to JAPW and appearing for Ring of Honor. Haas was released from WWE in February 2010. In addition, Haas won the last match on WWE Heat when the show ended on May 30, 2008. After Benjamin transferred to the ECW brand, Haas began wrestling with a comical luchador persona, before developing a character where he imitated other wrestlers and WWE Hall of Famers. He formed a short-lived team with Viscera, before reforming the World's Greatest Tag Team with Benjamin. After a short stint in Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) and other independent promotions, Haas was re-signed to WWE in April 2006. Haas then transferred into singles competition before being released from WWE in 2005. Haas won the WWE Tag Team Championship once more with Rico, and gained Miss Jackie, whom he later married, as a valet. They won the WWE Tag Team Championship twice, and dubbed themselves The World's Greatest Tag Team before they split in 2004. Haas formed a team with Shelton Benjamin and the two debuted on SmackDown in December 2002. After Russ died in 2001 due to a heart attack, Haas began wrestling in singles competition, winning the HWA Heavyweight Championship once. After signing contracts with WWE, The Haas Brothers were assigned to WWE's developmental territories, where they won the MCW Southern Tag Team Championship on three occasions. He 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. Haas was an amateur wrestler in high school, and attended Seton Hall University on a wrestling scholarship, before becoming a stockbroker. In WWE he was a member of Team Angle, which later became a Tag Team duo with Shelton Benjamin known as "The World's Greatest Tag Team". He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2000-2009 and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2010-2013. ![]() Charles Doyle Haas II (born March 27, 1972) is an American professional and former amateur wrestler. ![]()
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