Haas Brothers The Haas Brothers were a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of real life brothers Charlie Haas and Russ Haas . The team was very successful in the Independent circuit but Russ ' s death on December 15 , 2001 lead to the end of the tag team . History . Jersey All Pro Wrestling ( 1998 - 2000 ) . 1998 . Charlie Haas and Russ Hass formed a tag team in 1998 dubbed as The Haas Brothers . The team first wrestled in New Jersey based independent promotion Jersey All Pro Wrestling ( JAPW ) . The two became successful by winning the vacant JAPW Tag Team Championship on July 22 in a three - way tag team match which also involved Skin Head Express ( Lord Zieg and Crazy Ivan ) and The Nation of Immigration ( Homicide and Kane D ) . The two dominated the tag team division of JAPW by receiving this victory and this was the first title reign of this successful tag team . They would lose the titles to Nation of Immigration in a weapons match on August 25 . 1999 . 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 . 2000 . On February 25 , 2000 , the Haas Brothers defended the JAPW Tag Team Championship in a three - way tag team match against Da Hit Squad ( Mafia and Monsta 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 . East Coast Wrestling Association ( 2000 - 2001 ) . 2000 . 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 . 2001 . After reigning for a year , the Haas Brothers dropped the ECWA Tag Team Championship to Low Ki and American Dragon on April 7 , 2001 . Following this loss , the Haas Brothers left the promotion . Combat Zone Wrestling ( 2000 ) . The Haas Brothers debuted in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania based Hardcore wrestling promotion Combat Zone Wrestling in early 2000 . They both captured the CZW Tag Team Championship on February 12 in a four - way match involving the champions The Kashmireno Brothers ( Johnny Kashmere and Robbie Mireno ) , Thrill Kill Kult ( Diablos Macabre and Midknight ) and Da Hit Squad ( Monsta Mack and Mafia ) . The duo held the titles for four months before losing them to Backseat Boyz ( Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere ) on June 12 . Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling ( 2000 ) . 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 . Memphis Championship Wrestling ( 2001 ) . 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 Matthews 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 . ( Bradshaw and Farooq ) on June 13 and then left the promotion . Death of Russ Haas . After receiving success in the independent circuit , they made their way to Heartland Wrestling Association and Ohio Valley Wrestling . The team came to an end on December 15 , 2001 when Russ died while suffering from heart problems .