Whatever Happened to Jackie Gayda? | Rg the Damn Bell

Charlie Haas On Transn From Amatr Wrtlg To WWE, Endg Marriage Wh Jackie Gayda & More Charlie Haas recently appeared as a gut on the Insight wh Chris Van Vliet podst for an -pth terview verg all thgs pro wrtlg. Durg the discsn, the former WWE Superstar spoke about what the pro wrtlg bs teach you, movg on followg his divorce om fellow former WWE performer Jackie Gayda, the transn om his amatr wrtlg reer to the pro wrtlg world, the ath of his younger brother Rs Haas back 2001 and more. Featured below are some of the highlights om the terview where he touch on the topics wh his thoughts. On what wrtlg teach you: “Wrtlg puts you an unfortable posn. You are on your back, gettg your arms twisted behd you, and you have to learn how to get out of that. It tght me that if I n get out of the mov amatr wrtlg, and I apply that work ethic to life, I should be able to succeed and overe adversy when is thrown at me. My divorce wh Jackie was very hard on the kids, but tght me to stay foced and that thgs will work out the long n and will be the bt for you and the kids. It was the same when my dad and my brother died, you have to learn to overe that. But I keep my head straight on and I will overe and will figure out a way to get out of the unfortable posns. I won’t fet, but I n move on.” On movg on after his divorce om Jackie Gayda: “Yeah was when I was gog through all the divorce papers back and forth. I remember what the exact day was, I signed the papers and my son says ‘Hey dad, there is someone the kchen eatg my cereal.’ I’m like ‘What?’ And then he says ‘Yeah he is livg here, get ed to .’ I’m thkg what is gog on? I had no ia there was someone like that and boom he is livg there, the kids had never met him. That was when I was like you know what, is time to move on. Evintly she has moved on, the papers are signed, ’s time for me to move on, and that was .” On makg the transn om amatr to profsnal wrtlg: “It’s easy to transn if you are a fan and if you grew up wh . It’s like if you are a fan of the UFC and you know all of the holds and all of the techniqu that Joe Rogan is llg out the middle of the UFC match. For me, when I heard Gordon Sully or Jim Ross ll out the headlock takeovers, Irish whips, arm drags… It was easy bee I knew everythg that they were talkg about. So when I started trag, I knew some of the stuff bee I was a fan. I knew some of the mov already, bee I started practicg at my parents. We didn’t have a rg, but we stroyed a lot of kg size bed am. I uld do dropkicks, suplex and bodyslams, so was an easier transn, pecially when you add the work ethic of an amatr wrtler.” On the ath of his younger brother Rs Haas 2001: “It stroyed me. It was like the divorce om Jackie, they are your bt iend. You grew up wh them, he’s your ltle brother, then you fd him ad and ’s like, man, is this really happeng? It was tough, really was. But then you have to ll your mom and dad and tell them that you found your brother ad, that’s not good. I didn’t thk I was gog to be able to get out of that, I really didn’t. I didn’t know how to survive that and I didn’t know what WWE would do. They signed the Haas brothers, not Charlie Haas. But thank God that Jim Ross saw that we uld still do this wh Charlie and Shelton, and Arn Anrson said ‘Let me take Charlie and Shelton and let me see what I n do wh them.’ We basilly jt travelled wh Arn, he put the rg prr to the hoe show match and the dark match, and he tght everythg he knew. His heart was to as much as ours was, and that was when I knew that someone really red, he really put everythg to . Shelton was a guy who I found as a partner jt like my brother, he is my brother and jt worked. Shelton had the same goals as I did, and I am jt very lucky.” Check out the plete terview at WRESTLING NEWS REACTION & DISCUSSION* For late-breakg WWE & AEW news & mors, follow our social media reporter on Twter @MattBoone0709* Follow the official eWrtlg acunt on Twter @eWrtlgCOM* Follow the official eWrtlg Facebook page at * Chat wh other fans about this article the official eWrtlg Disq feed below, or at