Charlie Haas Released

Yesterday, February 28th, WWE released Charlie Haas. Haas was initially with the company from 2002 - 2005, after being signed with his brother Russ. Tragically Russ passed away from a heart attack at the age of 27. When WWE called Haas up from developmental he was paired with Shelton Benjamin to be part of Kurt Angle's Team Angle. The duo enjoyed success, garnering two tag team title reigns. Afterbeing split up during the draft Haas formed a short lived championship winning team with Rico. It was during this time that Haas began working with his soon to be wife; Jackie Gayda. Haas and Gayda were both released in 2005. After a brief stint on the independent scene, Haas was resigned in 2006. He was briefly pushed in a feud with Intercontinental champion Shelton Benjamin and the two also reformed their team. Haas however floundered back to obscurity as soon as the team was broken up once again. Haas was a locker room favorite, which may be why some people didn't realize he was even still with the company, keeping his job because he was well liked, even though seldom used.