5 things learned from former WWE Superstar Charlie Haas' Sportskeeda interview

Former WWE Superstar Charlie Haas was one of the more underrated talents on the WWE roster throughout the Ruthless Aggression era.

Haas experienced great success in Team Angle with WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle and Shelton Benjamin. Haas and Benjamin were later spun off from the faction into The Self-Proclaimed World's Greatest Tag Team.

Charlie Haas is a former 3-time WWE Tag Team Champion with Shelton Benjamin and Rico as his tag team partners.

The former WWE Superstar also portrayed a highly entertaining impressionist gimmick during the late-2000s where he would cosplay as various iconic WWE Superstars.

Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone recently interviewed Haas for another episode of UnSKripted.

A variety of topics were discussed in the interview, including Haas' professional wrestling career that continues today.

Let's take a closer look at five things we learned from former WWE Superstar Charlie Haas' Sportskeeda interview.

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#5 Charlie Haas reveals the origins of his cosplaying WWE gimmick

In the summer of 2008, Haas began utilizing a new cosplay gimmick on Monday Night RAW.

The gimmick saw Hass impersonate numerous iconic WWE Superstars, as well as his opponents. Impressions included Carlito, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, JBL, Beth Phoenix, and many more.

Haas admitted that he thought WWE was trying to see if he would refuse any of the characters. However, Haas embraced the gimmick and wanted to ensure that he didn't disrespect any of the WWE stars that he was impersonating:

"It was something that I was able to pay my respects. They gave me the character and I'm like 'let's run with it.' I think they were trying to get me out of there anyways and they just wanted to see if I had a bad attitude and I embraced it. I studied and studied and got the costumes put together. Everything I could to not disrespect them and to do the best I could, the walk, everything."

#4 Charlie Haas reveals the greatest piece of advice he recieved while in WWE

Charlie Haas was in WWE developmental classes with the likes of future WWE legends John Cena, Batista, and Randy Orton.

When asked what was the best piece of advice he received during his WWE career, Haas explained that it came from WWE producers such as Arn Anderson and Gerry Brisco, reminding him to always listen to the crowd:

"Shelton and I were riding with that class with Batista, Cena, Orton, Conway, Dinsmore. That was a great class right there. I transferred in right when they were going up, and I went right up after them. I was in HWA and they were in OVW. But I think the biggest advice came from Arn Anderson, Gerry Brisco, which Kurt would always reiterate, was that 'hey, listen to the crowd' and don't go out and memorize all the moves. Don't worry about the moves, worry about the work in between the moves and that's how you'll get over"

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#3 Charlie Haas recalls his experiences with former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar and Haas were both on SmackDown during the mid-2000s.

Whilst Lesnar was chasing the WWE Championship, Haas was a member of Team Angle, feuding with The Beast heading into WrestleMania XIX.

The former WWE Tag Team Champion said that Lesnar was a great guy, although he can be an acquired taste to some:

"Yeah man, he is a great guy. I remember one time we rode together and just listened to country music. He's a country boy. I'm a country boy. We both like cold beer. He is, he wants to be the best. He works out hard, very hard. He's an acquired taste. He's very stand-offish, and he'll only really associate if he likes you, if he knows you're a genuine person. I think we got along so well because of our backgrounds, amateur wrestling in college."

#2 Charlie Haas thinks now is the best time to be a wrestler as WWE no longer has a monopoly

Former WWE Superstar Charlie Haas was asked if he keeps up to date with the ever-popular All Elite Wrestling.

Haas revealed that he watches all wrestling promotions, be they big or small. In fact, Haas stated that he thinks now is the best time to be a wrestler in the industry due to the numerous places to work:

"I think right now is the best time to be in wrestling. It's not just AEW and WWE. It's with this whole internet TV. You go Pluto. There's like MLW, PCW Ultra, IMPACT, AAA, Ring of Honor, Reality of Wrestling. The production looks good, it's credible, great talent. This is a place for everybody to showcase their talent, they can make a living doing this. If everyone works together, they can go back and forth, which some of the companies are doing. It's not like the AT&T, there's not monopoly anymore, Vince doesn't have it. People are going elsewhere, it's great, it's the best time. I love watching all of it."

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#1 Charlie Haas reveals how he broke his neck against former WWE Champion Drew McIntyre

One viewer asked Haas about his thoughts on WWE Hall of Famer Edge making a return to in-ring compeition.

Haas revealed that he and Edge are good friends, although he didn't know about the Rated R Superstar's return to WWE from a serious neck injury until he saw it on television.

The former tag team champion revealed that he also suffered a broken neck during a match against current WWE star Drew McIntyre:

"Edge and I are friends, good friends. I didn't know he was coming back because of his neck. I thought it was three levels and you couldn't do it. I broke my neck, Drew McIntyre broke my neck, it's on YouTube. It was supposed to be me and Ron Killings and they brought him out instead. There was an interview and he cut me off, he hit me with that no handed DDT, when he had my hands are behind my back. Never let go, I heard a crack."