2022 is proving to be a year for the return of the veterans of the professional wrestling world. Recently, several WWE legends got announced for the Women’s Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble 2022 PPV. Another former WWE superstar that recently made his return to professional wrestling is Charlie Haas.
Haas returned to professional wrestling during the recent Impact Wrestling taping. Back in November 2021, the former WWE superstar posted on Twitter that he was not done yet and he was in the best shape of his life.
And finally, he returned in early 2022. But it looks like the return did not go as planned for the former WWE Tag Team Champion.
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As reported by IMPACT! Asylum, Charlie Haas interrupted Josh Alexander’s promo and challenged him. Though Alexander did not accept the challenge first, he later accepted it following an attack from Haas.
Following the match between Charlie Haas and Josh Alexander, the former ROH stars, who recently invaded Impact Wrestling, attacked both Alexander and Haas. It is reported that Haas got stretchered out of the Impact Taping.
I'm hearing Charlie Haas was stretchered out of the IMPACT tapings. Hoping he's okay and will work to get an update
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) January 10, 2022
Per an update from PWInsider, Charlie Haas was seen moving around and doing fine backstage following the injury scare.
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A look at the WWE and ROH career of Charlie Haas
Charlie Haas is best known for his time in WWE and ROH. Haas worked in WWE from 2000 to 2010. On February 28, 2010, he got released from the company.
Charlie Haas competed in singles matches also, but the WWE Universe remembers him best in his tag team duo with Shelton Benjamin. The two veterans formed a tag team known as “The World’s Greatest Tag Team”. He was also a member of Team Angle, along with Shelton Benjamin previously.
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During his tenure with WWE, he won the WWE Tag Team Championship on three occasions. Haas won it twice with Shelton Benjamin and once with Rico.
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Haas worked in ROH from 2010 to 2013. During that time, he won the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice with Shelton Benjamin. He is currently the SWE Heavyweight Champion.