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The Haas Brothers was a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of real life brothers Charlie Haas and Russ Haas. The team was very successful in the independent wrestling circuit, but Russ's death on December 15, 2001, led to the end of the tag team shortly after the brothers signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation.
Haas Brothers captured the JAPW Tag Team Championship for a second time on May 21, 1999, facing The Big Unit member Rick Silver in a handicap match. The duo would become stronger than before. Charlie and Russ had many title defenses and they would be successful as they received victories over their opponents. They faced several tag teams in matches and their in-ring ability made them the longest reigning JAPW Tag Team Champions. On February 25, 2000, the Haas Brothers defended the JAPW Tag Team Championship in a three-way tag team match against Da Hit Squad (Dan Lopez and Steve Mack) and The Big Unit (Rick Silver and Dave Desire). Haas Brothers finally lost the titles to Da Hit Squad. This made them the longest reigning JAPW Tag Team Champions with having a reign of 280 days.
During their ECWA and CZW tag title reigns, Haas Brothers also included a third title belt to their waists. They debuted in Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling during spring 2000. They defeated Boogie Woogie Brown and Jeff Peterson to win the PCW Tag Team Championship. The two had a long dominating reign which ended on September 7 when they lost the titles to J.J. Johnson and Cheetah Master in a Two out of three falls match.
In 2000, the Haas Brothers joined Newark, Delaware–based East Coast Wrestling Association where they once again received success in the tag team division of ECWA. In 2000, they defeated The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) to win the ECWA Tag Team Championship. After reigning for a year, the Haas Brothers dropped the ECWA Tag Team Championship to Low Ki and Bryan Danielson on April 7, 2001. Following this loss, the Haas Brothers left the promotion.
The Haas Brothers made their debut in Memphis, Tennessee–based Memphis Championship Wrestling during early 2001. The duo were successful in MCW capturing the MCW Southern Tag Team Championship three times. Their first reign came on February 21 when they defeated The Dupps (Bo and Jack). On May 25, they lost the titles to The Island Boyz (Ekmo and Kimo) but regained the titles on the same card in a three-way match which involved Island Boyz and the team of Joey Mercury and Christian York. On June 1, they lost the titles once again to Island Boyz but regained it on the same card in a three-way match which involved Island Boyz and the team of Joey Matthews and Christian York. Haas Brothers lost the titles to The A.P.A. (John Layfield and Ron Simmons) on June 13 and then left the promotion.
The brothers then worked for Heartland Wrestling Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. They defeated Steve Bradley and Rico Constantino at the Brian Pillman Memorial Show. Their last match together was in the WWF on September 18, 2001 when they lost to the Island Boyz in a dark match for Sunday Night Heat.
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