Sean O'Haire Revealed To Be Inspiration For Current WWE Character

WWE star Karrion Kross has named the late Sean O'Haire as an inspiration for his current character.

Asked about his current character during a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Kross said:

"This rendition of the character that we're doing right now, for me personally, is the most repulsive to bring to life, because it's a bit of Sean O’Haire, who was one of my favourites, and also Kevin Sullivan as well, who doesn't get the love and credit he deserves. A lot of what I'm doing with this character is like the opposite of a love letter. It's kind of a hate letter to all of the terrible things people just kind of say to each other, the way they behave.

"Being a deceptive person is probably the most rotten thing you could possibly be in life, and if you're looking to create a heel that can play off of anyone and do anything and functionally in a television format, someone who can reward the viewer for watching the show episodically and paying attention to the stories that they've told for 10, 20, 30 years, this is the perfect character as a heel because I can talk about Woods' past, I can talk about Kofi's past, and at the same time, I can also bring up vile things that maybe toxic fans have to say about, you know, this guy's better than the other".

A graduate of the WCW Power Plant training school, O'Haire first gained notice as a member of the Natural Born Thrillers during WCW's dying days.

A former WCW Tag Team Champion, he had a brief run in WWE as a 'Devil's Advocate' character, where he would use his powers of persuasion to convince WWE stars to do what he asked of them, regardless of how degrading it was.

He subsequently acted as the bodyguard and tag team partner of Roddy Piper, prior to being released in early 2004. O'Haire passed away in 2014.

During his brief WWE run, O'Haire was one of the few wrestlers to gain a victory over Hulk Hogan.

H/T WrestlingNews.co