A Story Rewritten -- A Charlie Haas Diary

[RKOwnage]

Keep this diary up man, i have been following it, and it looks great. I was never really a fan of Haas, but i never heard of Russ Haas...what happened to him and how did he die??

(I dont watch CZW, OVW, DSW, or ROH)

Edited August 2, 2006 by RKOwnage

[Jaze]

I don't watch CZW either I was a little confused about WCW being there, did this take place in the late nineties? Was CZW even around then?

[RKOwnage]

This takes place in 2001, CZW's been around since 1999 and WCW wasn't taken over until March.

[Guest Preston]

another good couple of updates there, still looking good. i keep gettin the feeling that Corso is gonna turn on Haas or something though.

[RKOwnage]

Tuesday, February 7, 2001

I had arrived in Delaware the week before this event, and I spent most of my time either working out or by myself. There wasn't really much to discuss with anyone, as I'd just been trying to get myself focused and ready for my match. Russ called me last Thursday, seeing how I was, and we talked for a little bit, but other than that, I just kept to myself the whole week. But tonight is the night. Tonight is what I've been training for, my match against Trent Acid. If I'm gonna make an impact in this business, I might as well get some gold along the way. Once I make my mark on CZW's tag division, I'm hoping to get some bigger gold, the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.

But now's not the time to be talking about the future. Now isn't the right time to look past tonight. Trent Acid has a lot of talent, and he works more of a quick match, so I've gotta ground him and take him out with submissions and my technical ability. Note to self - watch out for that Yakuza Kick this time.

One Hour Later...

The match drew closer and walking toward the entrance curtain. Trent Acid's music hit and he went out to the fans giving him a decent amount of heel heat. Man, that guy's got a lot of charisma I think. He should be a star someday. As I was thinking this, my music hit and I walked through the curtain with the fans cheering me a lot. Just like last month, I walked down the aisle, looking down at Acid in the ring with his CZW Tag Team title, which he raised in pride looking at me. I motioned that the belt would be mine soon, and instead of walking around the ring to slap the fans' hands, I slid into the ring and Acid and I began to brawl.

We hit punches on each other and I backed him into a corner. I hit a couple of shots to his stomach, and I pulled him out of the corner. I locked in an arm wringer for about ten seconds before I hit an elbow on his twisted arm. I then twisted his arm again, causing him to flip onto the ground. I fell to my back and held his arm in a cross armbreaker. I let go, still holding onto his arm, stood up, and hit a leg drop onto his outstretched left arm. I lifted him up by his arm and hit a bodyslam. I made the cover, but he kicked out after one. I picked him up and Irish whipped him into the ropes. He ducked under a clothesline and continued running. He bounced off the ropes and hit a high cross body onto me.

Acid made this match fast paced with hard kicks and high flying maneuvers. He bounced off the ropes and hit me with a spinning heel kick, followed by a standing moonsault. I thrusted my shoulder up after a one count on the moonsault. Acid complained to the referee and backed him into a corner. I got up, close to the other corner, and Acid turned around to run at me. As he game close, I executed a drop toehold which sent him face-first into the second turnbuckle. I then began a barrage of attacks on his legs and his lower back. I drove my knee into his back, followed by pulling back on his foot, wrenching the back. I then locked in a Boston Crab, which he broke by reaching the ropes. After that, I pulled him to the middle of the ring and locked in a Figure Four Leglock, just like in the last match! Trent was howling in pain as he tried to inch his way to the ropes. He decided to get smarter, however, and attempted to turn the hold over to reverse the pain. He was successful, and the pain was excruciating on my knees. I was able to reach the ropes, however, and we both clutched our knees on the ground.

We both rose to our feet and I grabbed his arm and whipped him into the ropes. He came back, but I telegraphed a back body drop and he landed a vicious kick to my chest. He then ducked a punch and went for a back suplex, which I flipped through. Acid turned around and I grabbed his hurt left arm and hit an arm drag. I kept hold of his arm and locked in an arm bar. He was breathing hard as I continued to apply pressure on his arm. I let go of the hold but I kept his arm in my grip. I went for an arm wringer, but he rolled through it, turned around, and hit me with a dropkick!

Trent once again started to hit quick moves. He whipped me into the corner and ran at me, hitting a dropkick. As I walked out of the corner, he hit a running enzuigiri. I fell straight down, which prompted him to make the cover, but he only got two and a half. He lifted my head and hit me with two forearms and made the cover again, which only got another two count. He then signaled that it was over and went to the top rope. Acid attempted a Shooting Star Press, but I put my knees up!

We both laid on the ground for a moment, catching our breath. When we were both up to our feet, we locked up. He took me in a side headlock, but I bounced off the ropes and threw him into the other ropes. He bounced back and I hit a snap belly-to-belly suplex. When Trent got up, I landed a snap suplex, followed by a legdrop. I picked him up and hit a DDT, which got me a two count and nothing else. I then began to play to the crowd. I was pointing into the crowd and telling them to raise the volume. The fans got louder, but little did I know, Trent Acid was already on his feet. He ran up behind my back and dropkicked me, sending me through the ropes to the floor.

As I stood up, Acid grabbed hold of the ropes and vaulted himself over them, hitting a body press onto me on the floor. We both took damage and we were on the ground. I was the first one up and I locked in a Bow and Arrow Lock on the floor! He was getting ready to tap as he was flailing his arms, but I decided to let go. I threw him in the ring and picked him up. He kicked me in the gut and went for a powerbomb, but I took him down with a legsweep and went to lock in a Sharpshooter, but he grabbed my hair and started to punch me in the head. I broke his grip, but I also let go of his legs, letting him stand up.

We stood in front of each other once again as he kicked me in the abdomen. I doubled over, and he attempted a vertical suplex. I hooked my leg around his and I didn't allow him to lift me up. Then, I punched him in the stomach and hooked his right leg. I landed a Fisherman's Suplex, but I didn't bridge it for the cover. Instead, I lifted him up and he started to fight back. He got me dazed with hard kicks to my legs and my abdomen. He backed up and bounced off the ropes and attempted a Yakuza Kick, which I ducked. As he turned around, he tried to kick me in the stomach, but I caught his foot. He tried to hit an enzuigiri, and I ducked that, causing him to fall on the ground on his stomach. I took his leg that I had in my hand in and I crossed it over the other one. After that, I stepped on the cross-section and held onto the free leg. I laid down on my back and lifted his legs into the air. After I locked in my finishing maneuver, the Haas of Pain, he quickly tapped out and I had been declared the victor!

Announcer: The winner of the match by submission, Charlie Haas!

CZW Delaware Invasion Results (02/07/01)

by The Man

1. MATCH: Nate Hatred def. Ruckus

• Ruckus used his quickness to get an advantage early.

• Ruckus hit a springboard body press to the outside, nailing Hatred!

• Hatred speared Ruckus into the guard rail before throwing him in the ring and getting a two count.

• Ruckus hit a dropkick and then the Ruckus Star Press, but only got a two!

• Hatred hit Ruckus with a powerful spinebuster to get the momentum back.

• Ruckus put up a valiant effort, but Hatred hit the Rydeen Bomb and got the win.

2. MATCH: Charlie Haas def. Trent Acid

• Haas got straight in instead of walking around the ring and these two brawled for the first three minutes or so.

• Haas locked in a Figure Four Leglock, but Acid turned it over and reversed the pressure, and Haas reached the ropes.

• Later on, Acid dropkicked Haas through the ropes and out of the ring.

• Acid would hit a nice plancha to Haas on the outside.

• Charlie locked in a Bow and Arrow lock on the outside!

• Haas hit a Fisherman's Suplex, but didn't make the cover.

• Acid went for a Yakuza Kick, but Haas ducked.

• Acid tried to kick Haas in the stomach, but he caught his leg. After a failed enzuigiri attempt, Charlie Haas locked in the Haas of Pain and Acid tapped out!

3. MATCH: Joey Matthews def. Johnny Kashmere

• The stipulation for this match was since Haas beat Acid, if Matthews could beat Kashmere, Haas and Matthews would get a rematch for the CZW Tag titles next month.

• Matthews gained the early advantage with quick attacks.

• Kashmere rolled Matthews up into a small package as he tried a suplex, but Matthews kicked out.

• Matthews then hit a nice jumping hurricanrana.

• Trent Acid walked down to the ring in the middle of the match and repeatedly tried to cost Matthews the match.

• Acid jumped up on the apron as Kashmere got a steel chair from the outside.

• Kashmere tried to hit Matthews with the steel chair, but Matthews ducked and the referee took the chair from Kashmere!

• Late in the match, Acid held Matthews' leg as he went for the Double Arm DDT near the ropes, but Matthews kicked him away and landed his finishing move for the win!

4. MATCH: Super Crazy def. Red

• Another excellent match featuring the young Red and a veteran.

• Super Crazy took Red to school in the first few minutes, showing him what being a junior is all about.

• About five minutes into the match, Red caught Crazy with a spinning heel kick.

• Red was flying all around the ring, and he hit a Phoenix Splash which only got two.

• Red continued to run circles around the more experienced Super Crazy and really got the fans behind him by hitting a tilt-a-whirl headscissors into a DDT, which he calls the Satellite DDT.

• Red was going for the Infra-Red, but Super Crazy ran up to the second rope and hit a quick Superplex!

• Later on, after many momentum shifts, Super Crazy hit a Tornado DDT and positioned Red near the corner.

• Crazy jumped to the bottom rope and hit a moonsault, then quickly ran to the second rope and hit a moonsault, followed by doing the same from the top rope. He would pin Red and get the victory over the young superstar.

5. MAIN EVENT: Yoshihiro Tajiri def. Wifebeater to retain the CZW World Title

• Tajiri looked to turn back a man who could take more pain than just about anyone in the business in Wifebeater, who was also looking for another CZW World Title reign.

• Tajiri used his stiffness to his advantage, but it seemed like Wifebeater was just shrugging it off.

• Wifebeater caught Tajiri going for a crossbody and hit a fallaway slam.

• Wifebeater picked Tajiri apart for much of the match, including locking in a bearhug for about five minutes.

• Tajiri broke out of that bearhug and went for a roundhouse kick, but Wifebeater caught his leg and punched him in the crotch!

• Wifebeater went for the Chokenstein (Chokebomb) but Tajiri spit black mist in his eyes while Wifebeater had him in the air!

• Tajiri would hit the Buzzsaw kick, but Wifebeater got back up!

• After that, Tajiri hit a DDT, followed by another Buzzsaw kick. As Wifebeater was getting back up, Tajiri hit one more Buzzsaw kick and covered for the win!

[Guest Hurricane]

Im likin' this diary alot. Keep it up.

[RKOwnage]

Friday, February 10, 2001

I drove to the gym again, excited about the CZW Tag Team Title rematch next month.

Gold would be a nice birthday present. I thought as I grinned.

I pulled into the parking lot of the gym and parked my rental car, a 2000 Toyota Camry. I locked it with the keys and I put them in my pocket. I walked in, but there was no one I knew inside. I began to walk towards a treadmill, but someone called my name.

"Are you Charlie Haas?"

I turned around to look who it was, but I kept walking, and I bumped shoulders with a man, who I looked at and identified as Jon Dahmer, one of the originals of CZW. I noticed I'd knocked a water bottle out of his hand and it poured all over his shirt and the floor.

"What the hell? Look what you did asshole!"

"Man, I'm sorry, somebody called me and I wasn't looking, that was my fault."

"You're damn right it's your fault, now go get somebody to clean this up."

"I'm not your slave, yeah I made you drop it, but I'm not your damn servant, go get the help yourself."

"Don't disrespect me you piece of crap, I'll break your damn neck."

"Go ahead and try." I said, looking him dead in the eye.

We got in each other's faces and had a heated staredown. He pushed me, but as I went to push him back, people from the gym intervened and broke us up.

"I'll get you fired, you cocky bastard!" Dahmer said as we were pulled apart and a janitor walked over to clean up the floor.

We were both escorted from the gym, and I got back into my Camry.

God...now I can't even work out today. Well at least I can go back to the hotel and do push ups or something. Just no machinery for today.

When I got back to the hotel, I began to do a bit of a workout, starting with crunches. I did 100 crunches, and then I moved on to doing 150 pushups.

72...73...

At that moment, my cellphone rang. John Corso's number. Uh-oh. I almost didn't want to pick it up. Dahmer is one of Corso's closest friends, and I hope I'm not getting fired or suspended because of what happened today. I reached out, grabbed the phone, and picked it up.

"H-Hello?" I stuttered a bit.

"Charlie! It's John Corso. I just wanted to tell you that as you know, you've got a match for the CZW Tag Team Titles next month. I wanted to let you know I still don't have a solid date for you, but I'll have one soon. Probably by the beginning of March."

"Oh, alright, that sounds good." I gave a sigh of relief.

"And Charlie?"

"Yeah?" I held my breath once more.

"Jon Dahmer told me what happened today. He sounded really pissed off about it, but he gets riled up sometimes, so I wanna tell you that you aren't gonna get a punishment for what happened and neither is he. I have complete faith in you that it was a complete and utter accident."

"Yeah, you see, someone called my name and I was turning around to see who it was, but I ended up walking into Dahmer and knocking his water bottle on his shirt. We got into a little war of words, and just a little bit of a scuffle, but that's it."

"Yeah, I figured nothing big happened. He was just mad because he said you disrespected him. But anyway, I'll see you when I see you. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Heat on Haas/Dahmer?

by The Man

Some news from the CZW locker room, it has been reported that CZW veteran Jon Dahmer and Charlie Haas got into a fight at a local Delaware gym. It was said that Haas bumped into Dahmer and Dahmer got offended. The two were broken up before anything big broke out. This could be disastrous for Haas's career if John Zandig decides to fire him or suspend him because of actions against one of his original members. It wouldn't really hurt Dahmer much, as he hasn't been a big part of CZW lately anyhow. From the looks of it, it doesn't look like anyone is gonna get pink slipped or suspended. More news as this story develops.

Until next time, this is The Man, telling you to stay tuned for my next article.

[RKOwnage]

I'm not sure how much this is gonna get updated over the next week or so, because I was out today, I'm probably going out tomorrow, and the same with Saturday. My computer is getting disconnected on Sunday so I can get it fixed on Monday, and I should have it back by Wednesday. So the next update may not be until then.

[watts63]

Just to let you know that I like diary & I enjoy it very much.

[Legend_Killer]

good diary man,well worth the wait for the next update.

[RKOwnage]

Thursday, February 16, 2001

I stood on the elevator in the hotel and I pressed the button that said "1" to go to the first floor. I was on my way down to the restaurant inside this hotel to get some breakfast. The elevator door opened and I stepped out. I began to walk towards my destination, when I heard a familiar voice.

"Are you Charlie Haas?"

I heard the voice, and this time, I stopped and turned around. I saw a guy walking up to me. He looked about 18, short brown hair, and he was about 6 feet tall, not much more than 170 pounds, and he had a bit of toned muscle on his arms.

"Hey, my name is Mike Calabrese. I was at that gym the other day and I was the one who caused you to bump into Jon Dahmer, but once that argument broke out I decided to hide for a little bit. I was hoping I'd see you again."

"Oh, it's alright, don't worry about it man. It was my fault, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking. I should've been watching where I was going."

"No, it was all me. But anyway, I was hoping I could get your autograph?"

He handed me a piece of paper and a pen, and I wrote my signature on the paper. I handed him the pen and paper and I thought about something."

"Hey, are you free?"

"I was just about to go get some breakfast from over there." He said as he pointed to the restaurant inside the hotel.

"Oh, I was headed there too. You wanna come?"

"Sure."

We walked over to the restaurant and a waiter seated us. He sat us in a booth in the corner and asked us what we'd like to drink. We chose our drinks and began to look at the menu.

"So, where are you from?"

"I live in Newark, New Jersey. I'm here visiting family."

"That's cool."

"Yeah, I had tickets to the CZW show where you beat Trent Acid. I was in the back, though. Couldn't really see."

"Oh, that sucks. So I see you're a wrestling fan."

"Yeah. I've watched wrestling since I was a little kid and I always wanted to be one. I only just got into the indies about a year ago, I had always been a WWF and WCW guy, but then I started to get into CZW and the other independents. And lately I've started to work out to become a wrestler."

"Oh, that's really cool."

The waiter came back over with our drinks and we placed our orders. The waiter walked away and we waited for the food.

"So what was it like to work for the WWF?"

"I never really got my chance, but having wrestled in 2 or 3 matches, it was really electrifying to wrestle in front of huge crowds. But I don't know what's better, wrestling in front of 2,000 and being appreciated more or wrestling in front of 20,000 but being taken for granted."

"I understand. So did you ever get to meet any of the big stars?"

"Well yeah, we talked a little, but I never really got to know any of them. I was in OVW most of the time, and I was in town for WWF only a few times."

Our food came, and we began to eat. We talked less and less, and we finished our food quickly. Then, the waiter came by and I asked him for the check. He went to get it so we could pay for the meal.

"Hey, how'd you like to come to a CZW show, backstage and meet the wrestlers?"

"Wow, you can do that? When is it?"

"Sometime in March, and it's in Newark."

"That's great. Thanks a lot man."

"No problem."

We split the check and I went back to my hotel room. He's a nice kid. I hope he makes it in this business, but it'll be hard...

[RKOwnage]

OK, I'm back, but there's a problem.

When I had my computer fixed, the entire thing was erased. All my data. Everything. So I have to get my WreSpi2 files back and fix everything so it's at the point I was at before I continue to update this.

[RKOwnage]

I officially have Wrestling Spirit 2 back, and over the weekend I'm gonna try to get the movesets done. They'll be generic, but it doesn't really matter as I make up most of the match anyway This should be updated by the middle of next week at the latest.

[RKOwnage]

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2001

I was in my hotel room in Newark, drinking a bottle of water while watching "Good Morning America" on the television. I was looking for the weather so I could decide whether to wear a jacket to the gym today. As I was awaiting the weather forecast for New Jersey, my cell phone rang. It read John Corso.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Charlie. I was just calling to tell you next Monday is gonna be Break on Thru. You know how to get to the arena right?"

"Yeah, I'm good, I looked it up last night."

"Alright, well then I'll see you there. Good luck in your match."

"Thanks John."

We hung up and I continued to watch the television.

30 Minutes Later...

I arrived at the gym, ready to work out. It was still pretty chilly out, so I brought a light jacket with me. I entered the gym and I didn't see anyone I knew from CZW in sight, nor Mike Calabrese. I got everything set up and I walked over to the treadmill. After doing a bit of stretching for warmups, I set the treadmill for level 6 out of 10 and began to jog a bit. As I was exercising, I had on my headphones for my CD player, and "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi was the track playing. I quickly zoned out to the music until I heard someone calling my name a few minutes later. I turned my head and saw that it was Claude "Ruckus" Marrow. I stopped the treadmill and turned to face him.

"Yo man, I heard Dahmer was try'na get in your face."

"Yeah, but it was kinda my fault it happened. Why?"

"You shoulda knocked that fool out, he always be hatin' on the new guys. Same shit happened to me."

"Really?"

"Yeah he think he the shit just because he been here since CZW started. But one day he gon' get in someone's grill and they gon' knock his ass out."

"I didn't wanna hit him. He's close with Corso, it would've cost me my job. And that's the last thing I need right now."

"Man, if he say any more shit to you, you let me know, I'll pop that bitch ass myself."

"Nah, I deal with my own problems."

"A'ight man, but you ain't comin' cryin' to me when he says shit to you and you ain't do nothin' about it."

Ruckus walked away, seemingly annoyed, leaving me wondering...

What did Dahmer do to him that he hates him so much?

More WWF/WCW Cuts

by The Man

Back in January, both the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling had huge roster cuts that took the dead weight off of their roster. Well, they're at it again, many more faces gone from these two promotions, and here they are:

WWF

WCW

Doug Basham

Kevin Fertig (Seven)

Maven Huffman

Scott Vick

Jesús Saldaña (Mr. Aguila)

Mark Henry

Dave Bautista (Leviathan)

Steve Lombardi

John Cena (The Prototype)

Chris Chetti

Danny Davis

Harvey Wippleman

Gerald Brisco

Jack Doan

Kevin Kelly

Debra McMichael

Jim Duggan

Mike Sanders

Bryan Clarke

Shawn Stasiak

Frank Paris (Air Paris)

Kevin Sullivan

Midajah

Gene Okerlund

Jimmy Hart

Mike Tenay

The "Thank God" award goes to WCW getting rid of that fat, lazy, untalented piece of garbage Jim Duggan. His act got stale 10 years ago, and yet they were continuing to shove him down our throats. Now that he's gone, maybe they'll use that time for more young up and coming wrestlers -- if they had any left.

That leads me into the "WTF" award. This also goes to WCW for releasing Mike Sanders and Shawn Stasiak. After all this hype for them being the new blood of WCW, they just release them along with their running mates Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire a couple of months ago. Wow.

Until next time, this is The Man, telling you to stay tuned for my next article.

[Guest NitronEUW]

Wow, what a great diary. Keep up the good work. I'm really liking the whole thing with Ruckus and Dahmer.

BTW, is it alright if I put a link to your diary in my sig?

[RKOwnage]

Wow, what a great diary. Keep up the good work. I'm really liking the whole thing with Ruckus and Dahmer.

BTW, is it alright if I put a link to your diary in my sig?

[StylesClashLover]

I'm loving this diary at the moment, its really exciting, and I hope you can update it more frequently.

I agree with Nitron, this whole thing with Ruckus and Dahmer is really good and I can't wait to see what it all leads up to. So yeah, keep it up, and PLEASE update more frequently.

[Adam]

I remember reading the first bit of this, and im a total Haas mark, so im gonna go back and read this whole thing to catch up (Y)

[RKOwnage]

I'm loving this diary at the moment, its really exciting, and I hope you can update it more frequently.

I agree with Nitron, this whole thing with Ruckus and Dahmer is really good and I can't wait to see what it all leads up to. So yeah, keep it up, and PLEASE update more frequently.

[Adam]

Ive caugfht up, and i HAVE to add this to my sig, i love it man, and eagerly await what happens next with Ruckus, Dahmer (who ill admit to never even hearing of before) and that kid, keep up the good work