KayfabeMan
04-06-2007, 12:09 PM
He's at it again.... :roll:
Ex-pro wrestler hurt in fight
By BEN CRITES
bcrites@islandpacket.com
843-706-8138
Published Friday, April 6, 2007
A former professional wrestler was seriously hurt in a fight outside a
Hilton Head Island bar on Friday night, a Beaufort County sheriff's report
states.
Sean Christopher Haire, 36, who won the World Championship Wrestling tag
team titles in 2000 and 2001, told deputies he was attacked while walking up
to the Hilton Head Brewing Co., according to the report.
Haire said he was going to the aid of a friend who was attacked by three
unknown males when a 28-year-old Hilton Head man punched him in his left
eye, knocking him into nearby bushes.
The blow fractured Haire's orbital lobe in three places and resulted in other
fractures to his face and skull, the report states. Vision in his left eye is impaired,
possibly permanently, and his injuries will require extensive plastic surgery, doctors
told deputies.
Haire has obtained a warrant for the arrest of Juan Brantley on assault charges,
according to sheriff's Capt. Toby McSwain. Witnesses to the incident dispute Haire's
allegations and say Brantley was acting in self defense. Haire's roommate said Thursday
Haire's lawyers had instructed him not to talk about the incident.
Dave Robertson, general manager of the Hilton Head Brewing Co., said Haire had on
several occasions tried to start a fight with Brantley. Robertson and an employee of
the bar, who asked not to be named, said Haire came into the bar to start a fight with
Brantley and was kicked out prior to the dispute outside.
In an earlier report filed with the Sheriff's Office, Brantley told deputies Haire threatened
to beat him up at another island bar on March 17. Assault allegations have previously been
made against Haire to the Sheriff's Office, according to reports. The outcome of those
cases was not immediately clear Thursday.
Haire, a Hilton Head High School graduate, began wrestling in WCW in 2000 and later
for World Wrestling Entertainment after its owner, Vince McMahon, bought WCW from
Turner Broadcasting in 2001.
He wrestled as Sean O'Haire and called his finishing move the "Seanton Bomb," a diving flip
where his back struck a prone opponent on the mat. He left wrestling in 2004 to focus on
mixed martial arts fighting in Japan and recently had been training locally, according to a fan
Web site.
Ex-pro wrestler hurt in fight
By BEN CRITES
bcrites@islandpacket.com
843-706-8138
Published Friday, April 6, 2007
A former professional wrestler was seriously hurt in a fight outside a
Hilton Head Island bar on Friday night, a Beaufort County sheriff's report
states.
Sean Christopher Haire, 36, who won the World Championship Wrestling tag
team titles in 2000 and 2001, told deputies he was attacked while walking up
to the Hilton Head Brewing Co., according to the report.
Haire said he was going to the aid of a friend who was attacked by three
unknown males when a 28-year-old Hilton Head man punched him in his left
eye, knocking him into nearby bushes.
The blow fractured Haire's orbital lobe in three places and resulted in other
fractures to his face and skull, the report states. Vision in his left eye is impaired,
possibly permanently, and his injuries will require extensive plastic surgery, doctors
told deputies.
Haire has obtained a warrant for the arrest of Juan Brantley on assault charges,
according to sheriff's Capt. Toby McSwain. Witnesses to the incident dispute Haire's
allegations and say Brantley was acting in self defense. Haire's roommate said Thursday
Haire's lawyers had instructed him not to talk about the incident.
Dave Robertson, general manager of the Hilton Head Brewing Co., said Haire had on
several occasions tried to start a fight with Brantley. Robertson and an employee of
the bar, who asked not to be named, said Haire came into the bar to start a fight with
Brantley and was kicked out prior to the dispute outside.
In an earlier report filed with the Sheriff's Office, Brantley told deputies Haire threatened
to beat him up at another island bar on March 17. Assault allegations have previously been
made against Haire to the Sheriff's Office, according to reports. The outcome of those
cases was not immediately clear Thursday.
Haire, a Hilton Head High School graduate, began wrestling in WCW in 2000 and later
for World Wrestling Entertainment after its owner, Vince McMahon, bought WCW from
Turner Broadcasting in 2001.
He wrestled as Sean O'Haire and called his finishing move the "Seanton Bomb," a diving flip
where his back struck a prone opponent on the mat. He left wrestling in 2004 to focus on
mixed martial arts fighting in Japan and recently had been training locally, according to a fan
Web site.