Sheamus has seemingly found some newfound respect for New Day member Big E following their recent SmackDown feud. As far as The Celtic Warrior is concerned, the new Big E “should be world champion.”

Speaking with Sports Illustrated, Sheamus reflected on their rivalry on WWE’s blue brand. He explained how the world “saw a different side of Big E” during their feud, claiming that this new Big E is deserving of a world championship run.

Sheamus shared how he “[…] hit him as hard as I could, and he hit me back even harder. That’s a credit to him. He brought it, and I still have the marks on my back to prove it.”

This hard-hitting affair was by design. Sheamus stressed it was always his intention to demonstrate how tough Big E is with their feud.

“My intention, as soon as I learned I was working with Big E, was to show he is a tough bastard. I wanted to show a side of him that no one had ever seen. We all know he can joke and crack people up, but when it comes to a fight, he can also hold his own against anybody.”

Following the recent WWE Draft, Sheamus is now a Raw Superstar. Big E, however, remained on SmackDown. His New Day teammates, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston, were also moved to Raw.

Raw Superstar Sheamus has reflected on his recent SmackDown feud with Jeff Hardy during a recent interview with SI.com.

Sheamus revealed how his storyline with Hardy “hit so many raw nerves” before calling the personal story one of his all-time favorite feuds.

“That was very, very personal, and it’s one of my favorite feuds in my career. For me, the pandemic has really given me a chance to be who I really am. I’ve never been afraid of cutting to the bone and saying things that put people in an uproar. The match with Jeff at the end, the barroom, that brought out this new shady side of Sheamus.”

Now a member of WWE’s red brand, Sheamus turned his attention to Raw’s roster. In particular, he pointed to the WWE Champion, Drew McIntyre. Regarding a potential match with the champion, Sheamus promised how, if it does happen, McIntyre will quickly remember “how hard I hit.”

Sheamus confessed he isn’t aware of Raw’s landscape since being drafted. However, he has heard rumblings about a feud between himself and McIntyre.

“If it does happen, I feel sorry for Drew. He’s going to remember very, very quickly how hard I hit. I’m worried I’ll hit him so hard that he’ll just turn to dust. He’s my friend, I don’t want to do that to him,” Sheamus said. “He’s been messing around with these American wrestlers for so long, tippy-tappying around the ring, but one shot from me will make him realize how easy he’s had it before I got there.”

Sheamus was recently drafted to Raw as part of the 2020 WWE Draft.

WWE Superstar Sheamus recently appeared on After The Bell w/Corey Graves. The Irish Superstar would discuss a number of topics from his lengthy career; including training with Triple H and the AEW star that helped him get ahead in WWE.

“One guy I love to work with, more than anybody? And the one guy who actually was the reason that I was fast tracked from the ECW roster to RAW? It was Goldust” Sheamus began on the podcast.

Sheamus on ECW Feud

“We had this feud in ECW, we just had chemistry right away” Sheamus continued. “And he was so open to everything, it was just awesome. I think about the last match we had to end the feud was the main event of ECW. I think that was like after a couple of weeks? It just got fast-tracked, everybody was into it.”

Sheamus then discussed how the feud with Goldust would help him get onto Monday Night RAW early in his main roster run for a shot at then WWE Champion John Cena. “It was a hard hitting fight, but it was fun. And he really really fast tracked me inside the ring to getting on to RAW, then going into that programme with John [Cena]. I think even John talked with him at one stage? Because I think John and Randy [Orton] had their programme for months and months, they were feuding for a long time.”

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SmackDown Superstar Sheamus has reflected on his recent feud with Jeff Hardy. In an interview with Corey Graves on WWE’s podcast After the Bell, Sheamus opened up about the backlash he received over their rivalry. 

He noted how “a lot of people really hate me right now” before stressing how he and Hardy are both ultimately portraying characters on TV. Sheamus explained how his job relies on him being hated and that he thrives in that situation. 

Sheamus conceded that although he has a unique look, when it came to his promo abilities there was a lot to improve on. He shared how during his time in The Bar with Cesaro the pressure was lessened as they shared promo time.

“When I first started, the aggression part of the ring has always been easy for me. I always felt the promos in the ring was where I wasn’t sure where I needed to be,” Sheamus confessed. “I would trip over things I have to say because I have to get this promo out exactly right. It held me back quite a bit in my career.”

The SmackDown Superstar revealed he has been enjoying working with Jeff Hardy. This is primarily because it has allowed his character to “play with words.”

Sheamus explained he enjoyed watching the reaction to his promos, especially on social media. He added how the more people hate him, the more he enjoys “sticking a knife” into Jeff Hardy to further their feud. 

Fox officials were not happy with the segment between Jeff Hardy and Sheamus setting up a Backlash match between the two from last week’s episode of SmackDown.

The segment aired in full during the broadcast from East Coast. However, the ending of the segment was cut from the broadcast in the West Coast.

According to reports from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Radio, the network officials believed that the SmackDown angle violated their Standards & Practices.

So they decided to put a commercial break right before the controversial spot in the West Coast broadcast of the show which airs on tape delay.

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For those who don’t know, Sheamus come down to the ring during the show and demanded a drug test from Hardy to prove that he was clean before their match.

The spot in question which Fox Officials were not happy with came towards the ending of the SmackDown segment when Hardy, after taking the test, tossed the container of urine into the face of his opponent.

The angle set up a match between the two former World Champions for the Backlash PPV which took place this past Sunday and Sheamus ended up winning this bout.

A lot of people disliked the idea of taking the Universal Championship from Bray Wyatt and putting it on Goldberg and it appears that WWE star Sheamus is not a fan of it either.

The former WWE Champion was in Ireland last week where he talked to media and discussed things like the upcoming WrestleMania 36 event and more.

Talking about the company’s decision of putting the world title on the 53-year-old star, Sheamus said that he is always skeptical about the champions who just pop up once in a blue moon and it’s important to have a full-time champion:

“I’m always skeptical about champions who just pop up once in a blue moon, like once every six months, or once every year,” Sheamus said. “I think it’s important to have your champion on every week, that’s how I grew up watching WWE that’s how I see it.”

Though later in the interview, the former Champion revealed that the WrestleMania match he is looking forward to is between the WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Drew McIntyre.

WrestleMania is scheduled to take place from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on April 5, 2020, but there is a possibility of Tampa officials cancelling the show if the coronavirus situation remains the same.

SmackDown Superstar Sheamus has been open about his intentions to claim the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Doing so would see the ‘Celtic Warrior’ become a Grand Slam champion within the company.

Speaking with Sportskeeda, Sheamus was asked about his Intercontinental Championship ambitions. He also spoke about the current champion Sami Zayn, and whether it matters to him who he stands across when it comes to that belt.

When asked if he still wanted the title, Sheamus responded “Of course. That’s the only thing I want to do. At the moment, I set one goal at a time, and the one title that’s missing from my cabinet is the Intercontinental Title – so the goal right now is to win the Intercontinental Championship. I don’t care about anything else. That’s all I’m focused on.”

He shared how he can’t take anything away from Sami Zayn and his accomplishment. Sheamus joked how Zayn is 48-years-old and, “for someone who’s 48 years old and still doing this, it’s an incredible feat, you know?”

Sheamus On Choosing An Opponent

But what if it isn’t Zayn he faces if he’s able to secure a championship opportunity? Sheamus explained his opponent doesn’t matter to him, only the gold.

“Dunno, mate, I don’t… That’s all I care about right now, that’s what I’m focused on. The other things would be like an appetiser, do know what I’m saying? As of right now, I’m not really in a storyline, I just kind of finished one with Shorty G and Apollo Crews, and there’s only three weeks to ‘Mania, so it would definitely be Sami Zayn. If Cesaro had won that, Cesaro vs Sheamus at WrestleMania would have been incredible.”

At the time of writing, Sheamus does not have a WrestleMania 36 matchup.

SmackDown Superstar Sheamus has restated his interest in claiming the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Sheamus has shared his desire in the past. The Intercontinental championship is the only one to have eluded Sheamus during his tenure in WWE. If he were to win the Intercontinental champion, the victory would see him become a WWE Grand Slam champion.

“I’m really focused now as well. I know what I want to do,” Sheamus told CTV News. “The Intercontinental Championship is the only title that I haven’t won in WWE. There are a lot of things I’m not happy about. My first run as WWE Champion, etc, etc, and I want to come back and prove that I have another 10 years left in me, I have a lot more to win, a lot more to achieve.”

Sheamus recently returned to WWE following an extended hiatus from the company. He defeated Shorty G during the pre-show of WWE’s January pay-per-view, Royal Rumble.

On last night’s episode of SmackDown, “The Celtic Warrior” took on both Shorty G and Apollo Crews in a handicap match. Despite having the odds stacked against him, Sheamus was still able to emerge victorious following a Brogue Kick to Crews.

If Sheamus is able to leverage himself into the Intercontinental Championship picture, he would have to face off against the current titleholder, Braun Strowman.

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WWE stars in the UK to celebrate the company finding its new home in the nation – BT Sport. Sheamus was also among the WWE stars present in the UK to celebrate WWE’s new British home, and while there he talked to Sportskeeda and revealed some interesting information about his thoughts during his WWE hiatus.

“It’s something that’s always in the back of your mind. It’s no secret that I had a couple of issues physically, a few injuries because it is physical what we do,” Sheamus said. “And then my style as well, it trebles that, you know? There were a couple of times when I thought, ‘Will I make it back in there?’ Especially when I got a concussion in that match after WrestleMania.”

Sheamus said that he used the time off really well and went to physiotherapy, boxing, kickboxing, lost 40 lbs and got himself in the best shape possible. “I feel better, look better, and I’ve never been hungrier to get back in the ring. For me, the first ten years were just a warm-up. This is the real deal now. I’m just starting, mate. I’m telling you, my body feels amazing. I feel better at 42 than I did at 32.”

On the SmackDown after WrestleMania 35, Sheamus suffered a concussion in a six-man tag team match with The New Day. This marked the end of The Bar as Cesaro was drafted to Raw a few weeks later because Sheamus had to take time off.

Sheamus returned to WWE on the January 3 episode of Friday Night SmackDown where he first appeared to save Shorty G from an attack by The Revival, only to deliver a Brogue Kick to Shorty G moments later. Sheamus would face Andrade at the launch party and make his unofficial return to the ring in nine months.

Sheamus has made his return to WWE television as he did so on WWE Friday Night SmackDown. 

Sheamus appeared on Friday’s episode in Memphis, TN at the FedExForum on FOX. This marked his first appearance on WWE television in nearly a year. 

His return happened when Dash Wilder suffered a submission loss to Shorty G in a singles match. Post-match, Scott Dawson ran in and attacked Chad Gable. 

This led to Sheamus’ music hitting and he walked down to the ring. He scared off The Revival only to hit his signature finisher, Brogue Kick, to Gable. Thus, it appears that he will be a heel going forward. 

Sheamus has his old theme song and previous look with spiky hair with his old beard. 

Sheamus Returns After Hiatus

In late November, he resurfaced on WWE television as he was doing a promo where he took shots at the WWE Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, Shorty G and King Baron Corbin before talking SmackDown will soon be his. He did these promos for over a month ahead of his in-ring return. 

Sheamus has been away from in-ring competition since this past April. He last competed in a six-man tag team match with Cesaro and Drew McIntyre. They lost to the New Day.

He reportedly suffered a concussion during this contest that took place on the post-WrestleMania 35 edition of SmackDown. He also has suffered from spinal stenosis.

Back in July, Sheamus started making some appearances for WWE again. In fact, he was backstage at the WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view event in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena but didn’t appear.

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On Smackdown this week, Sheamus returned in a backstage vignette. The former WWE Champion has not wrestled a match since the April 9th, 2019 version of Smackdown. There have been many rumors regarding the health of the 41-year-old, including reports he has been dealing with spinal stenosis.

Sheamus appeared on Corey Graves’ “After the Bell” podcast and addressed his injury status and recovery.

“I think everyone on the main roster is dealing with injuries,” Sheamus said on the show. “There’s definitely been a lot with me, obviously my neck was one of those rumors but honestly Corey, the last 7 months being off, I’ve used it really, really well.”

He continued to talk about some traveling he’s done during his time off.

“Time off is great, you know? A little bit of time off can definitely help heal the body,” he continued. He then mentioned his Celtic Workouts YouTube channel and how much that channel has helped him in his training.

“Honestly mate, I’ve never felt better,” Sheamus said. “I feel better now than I did 10 years ago.”

The full interview with Sheamus can be listened to in the player below:

• Cesaro Discusses If He’d Want to Reform The Bar When Sheamus Returns

Sheamus has resurfaced on WWE television as he’s headed back to Friday Night SmackDown. 

The former WWE Champion did a vignette on this week’s episode of SmackDown in Birmingham, AL at the Legacy Arena on FOX. As seen in the footage, Sheamus has his old theme song and previous look with spiky hair with his old beard. 

He took shots at the WWE Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, Shorty G and King Baron Corbin before talking SmackDown will soon be his. You can watch the promo segment here: 

The WWE Veteran shared this photo on his official Twitter account after the segment aired: 

Sheamus has been away from in-ring competition since this past April. He last competed in a six-man tag team match with Cesaro and Drew McIntyre. They lost to the New Day.

He reportedly suffered a concussion during this contest that took place on the post-WrestleMania 35 edition of SmackDown. He also has suffered from spinal stenosis.

Back in July, Sheamus started making some appearances for WWE again. In fact, he was backstage at the WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view event in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena but didn’t appear. 

WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results & Live Coverage (11/29)

WWE Superstar Cesaro recently spoke with Sportskeeda. During the interview, Cesaro addressed whether he had any desire to reform The Bar with Sheamus once his former partner returns to in-ring action. 

“I was lucky to be in some very great tag teams with people I’ve gotten along with tremendously well: Jack Swagger, Tyson Kidd and Sheamus. ‘We The People’, by the way… That was our idea and it’s still over!”

He continued, “It’s great, being part of a tag team is a different challenge than obviously having success as a singles. I’m really stubborn about trying to be successful as a singles wrestler, so that’s what I’m focusing on right now. I still talk to Sheamus pretty much every day, giving each other c**p! Just like you saw on television.”

Cesaro recently shared how he had no interest in returning to WWE’s black-and-gold brand. He told Corey Graves during WWE’s After the Bell podcast that he wants to succeed on RAW and SmackDown rather than succeed on NXT.

His former partner, Sheamus, has been away from in-ring competition since this past April. He last competed in a six-man tag team match with Cesaro and Drew McIntyre. They lost to the New Day.

Sheamus, former member of the now-disbanded The Bar has not returned to WWE programming since he was separated from his partner Cesaro in the Super Shake-Up that took place in April 2019.

While there was a drought of news about when he might make a return, PWInsider now has a report on his WWE status.

According to the report, Sheamus is slated to be on the road for WWE, where he would participate in a number of autograph sessions in WWE Raw markets on the day of the show’s filming.

Sheamus was not listed as draft-eligible for the ongoing WWE Draft, along with injured stars Ruby Riott and Nia Jax.

Sheamus made his debut in the company in June 2009 and has had a very successful career since. He became the WWE Champion just 166 days after his debut, making him the third-fastest wrestler in history to win the title after their debut.

Since then he has captured almost every championship. He has been the WWE Champion for a total of three times, World Heavyweight Champion once, United States Championship twice, Raw Tag Team Championship four times and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship once.

He has also won the King of the Ring tournament in 2010, and he is the 2012 Royal Rumble winner.

WWE star Sheamus made his debut in the company in June 2009 and has had a very successful career since. He became the WWE Champion just 166 days after his debut, making him the third-fastest wrestler in history to win the title after their debut.

Sheamus looked back on this massive win while speaking to Paddy Power while visiting Japan for the Rugby World Cup. He reflected on his first title win and revealed how he and everyone else reacted to it.

Sheamus names his WWE title win the most favorite moment of his life.

“People ask me what my favourite moment is and I’m always like, there’s so many,” said Sheamus.

“There are just so many special moments that lead to where we are now. The first person I called was my closest friend. I was like, ‘this is mad!’ I just had the title in my hand at the hotel room and the whole thing was just crazy, it just didn’t register at the time. Everyone was like, what the f– k’s going on?”

Even though Sheamus was in the clouds, he made sure to remind himself that he has to prove himself and make it known that this was not just a one-off win.

“But when you win it, that’s great, it’s fantastic and you shock the world. But, then I had to go and prove to everybody (including myself) that this was not a fluke.”

After defeating John Cena on 13 December 2009 at TLC, Sheamus would go on to hold the title for two months. He would lose the title at Elimination Chamber on 21 February 2009 after being eliminated.

Sheamus, however, would then go on to prove that his title win wasn’t just a fluke, as he would win a fatal four-way match to become the WWE Champion for the second time at the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view on 20 June 2010. At this time, he was also named the one-hundredth WWE Champion in history.

Looking back at his second win, Sheamus said, “I had it for a couple of months and lost it, but then I won it again at Fatal 4-Way in 2010. That was twice I’d done it, and that’s when I could say to myself, ‘okay, it wasn’t a one-off.’ They’re people that win the WWE title once in a blue moon, but I cemented my legacy by keeping the head down and kicking the s–t out of people.”

WWE Superstar Sheamus recently spoke with Express.co.uk. During their conversation, the former United States and WWE Champion opened up about his role in Becky Lynch getting hired by WWE. He also addressed her rise to the top as ‘The Man.’

“I actually talked to Becky, I had a conversation before her tryout,” Sheamus recalled. “I think I got her in touch with whoever it was, I got her in touch with the right people. I just made a connection, she did it all herself. Sometimes things can get misconstrued or whatever, like I got her in WWE … That’s not true at all, but I gave her the information and passed it on until she got the opportunity. She did it, she took it.”

“That Was Just Her”

When it comes to Becky Lynch’s rise through the ranks to competing in the first-ever women’s main event at WrestleMania, Sheamus believes the success is well-deserved. He said he always knew she was a phenomenal talent who was very good at making the most of every situation and opportunity.

“When that Becky Lynch revolution started, the whole ‘The Man’ thing, that was just her,” he explained. “They weren’t doing anything with her but on Twitter, on social media, she just vented, she said what she wanted to say and it just started picking up steam.”

He continued, “She’s a really good friend of mine and we’ve always had conversations; she asks me advice, I ask her sometimes. I think it’s phenomenal, I think it’s well-deserved, I think she’s very, very smart [and] a very intelligent person. She knows exactly what she’s doing and she can back it up in the ring, so she deserves everything she gets.”

Sheamus has been missing from in-ring action for some time since sustaining an injury in April. He has vocalised his ambitions of winning the Intercontinental Championship upon his return. If he did, he would become a WWE Grand Slam Champion.

We have seen a number of stars making their return to WWE programming in the past few days and the list includes the likes of Kane, Rusev and Lio Rush.

Now a latest report suggests that they are not the only stars who can make their comebacks on the WWE programming in recent times and there are a few more names who are waiting for a return in near future.

Dave Meltzer provided update on some stars which are currently out of action in the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter and he revealed that the Usos are set to return to WWE programming soon.

He went on to reveal that the former World Champion Sheamus is also ready for a return and the company is just waiting for a proper storyline to bring him back:

“Also in that category is Sheamus. He’s been off and has spinal stenosis, which is not a good thing long-term for a wrestler. But he is ready to return and if a storyline is there, he would be brought back.”

However, one star whose future doesn’t seem so bright is one half of the former NXT Tag Team Champions The American Alpha, Jason Jordan.

While you can never say never in wrestling, Jordan’s return looks unlikely at the moment and according to reports, there has been a feeling in the past that his career is over.

Jason Jordan has been away from in-ring action since February 2018 after he underwent a neck surgery. There has been no significant update on his status since then and a lot of people believe that he may never return to the ring again.

Sheamus has been missing from WWE programming for some time now, with rumors persisting over his career status. Despite this, ‘The Celtic Warrior’ has used this time away from in-ring action to get himself into fantastic shape, hosting a YouTube series called Celtic Warrior Workouts.

He recently appeared on an episode of E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness, where he recalled the moment he decided to change his workout routine, thanks to a comment from Vince McMahon. 

At one point, Sheamus was focused on bulking up. He admitted that he would see Superstars like Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman, and despite the bulking felt “it just got to a point where I didn’t look good, mate. Just like I put on a lot of weight, but I was carrying a lot of body fat and I just kind of lost control of where I was at.”

“[…] it also started because I came back from holidays in Ireland and me and Cesaro were walking by Vince and Vince goes, ‘Hey Sheamus!’ I said, ‘Yeah?’ He goes, ‘Enjoyed the holidays, huh?’ and he was looking at me in the gut, and I was like, ‘Okay, that’s it. That’s it. I need to do something about it.’ But that was the change in gear, and Cesaro will tell you as well. Cesaro knew right away when that comment was made. I just put too much weight on, man.”

If Sheamus does return to the ring, he already has his eyes set on the Intercontinental Championship. Capturing the IC title would put Sheamus in the rare class of WWE Grand Slam Champions.

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During a recent international promotional tour for WWE, Sheamus participated in a Q+A session in Manila, Philippines. This was done to promote WWE Live Events taking place in the country in September. 

During the Q+A session itself, Sheamus was asked about the retirement rumors that have been circulating him since his injury forced him out of in-ring action. 

“I don’t know what the story is in my future,” Sheamus admitted. “I have no idea, I honestly don’t. I just know that I like have some time off, but I do miss being in the ring.”

Grand Slam Goals

If The Celtic Warrior does return, he already has an opponent in mind. He also has clear championship aspirations. 

The Superstar he would love to face off against is none other than The Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar. The championship? The Intercontinental title. 

“If I get back to the ring, that would be the first thing I would go after. As of now I am still listed as a SmackDown superstar and the title is on SmackDown. But as of now, I have no access to the title but its definitely the one I want,” he explained.

The Intercontinental championship is the only one to have eluded Sheamus during his tenure in WWE. If he were to win the Intercontinental champion, the victory would see him become a WWE Grand Slam champion.

Sheamus Teases New Direction With Fresh Look

Sheamus got fans talking after showing off his new look in a post on his official Twitter account. He also teased a new direction for his career in WWE as he was wearing a referee shirt. 

There’s still no word yet on whether or not Sheamus will be returning as a full-time superstar after being out of action since April due to him suffering a concussion in a six-man tag team match with New Day.

Drew McIntyre Comments On Recent Reports About Sheamus’ Status

WWE Event Draws Poor Attendance

WWE held a SmackDown live event on Monday at the Hertz Arena in Fort Myers, Florida. This show went against the heavily hyped WWE RAW Reunion show just a few hours away in Tampa, Florida.

Greg Parks from PWTorch.com was in attendance for the show and noted that the attendance wasn’t great. Kofi Kingston defeated Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler to retain his WWE Championship in a Triple Threat Match that served as the headliner. 

WWE Fort Myers, Florida Results

• WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Matt Hardy and Ali – Triple Threat Match
• Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin defeated The B-Team (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel).
• Heavy Machinery (Tucker & Otis) defeated The B-Team (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel).
• WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics (Billie Kay & Peyton Royce) defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane & Asuka).
• Ember Moon defeated Mandy Rose (w/Sonya Deville).
• WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) defeated AOP (Akam & Rezar).
• Apollo Crews defeated Andrade (w/Zelina Vega).
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley defeated Charlotte Flair.
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defeated Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler – Triple Threat Match

Cesaro is back to competing in singles action after becoming one of the newest additions to Monday Night RAW. This move, made during the Superstar Shake-Up, saw the end of The Bar, his tag team with Sheamus.

Turns out that Cesaro wasn’t even fully aware the team were being split up until WWE changed his travel plans. It was at this point that he realised that The Bar was no more.

In an interview with TalkSport, Cesaro recounts discovering this news and his initial reaction to it.

“[…] I was traded after the Superstar Shake-Up. So, I actually thought that The Bar may not have been broken up, you know? You never know! Then, all of a sudden I get a message like ‘Hey, your travel changed,’ and I’m like ‘Ah, OK yeah, guess I’m a RAW guy now!’

This change brought a surprise end to the duo. They had been teaming together since 2016 after then General Manager, Mick Foley, forced them to team together after their best-of-seven series against one another.

Addressing their beginnings, Cesaro stated that “”For all I know, yes, it was [Mick’s] idea to put us together. He saw something in that, and he was lobbying for the best-of-seven series and then to make us a team. So, thank you, Mick!”

During their time as a team, The Bar would go on to win the RAW Tag Team Championships four times. They have also won the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

Sheamus joins former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan as members of the blue brand who are dealing with injuries right now.

The former WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion didn’t appear on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live, which led to fans speculating about his status. Especially due to his tag team partner, Cesaro, making an appearance and worked the headliner of this episode, which marked the second night of the Superstar Shakeup.

Sheamus is dealing with an unknown injury, according to PWinsider.com. In this report, no other details were provided on the exact injury or how long he could be out of action inside of the squared circle.

Cesaro teamed up with Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura where they lost to WWE Champion Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and Kevin Owens in a six-man tag team match. This contest served as the headliner of the show in Montreal, QC at the Bell Centre on the USA Network.

Sheamus’ last match under the WWE banner took place last week on SmackDown Live where he competed in a six-man headliner alongside Cesaro and Drew McIntyre in a losing effort to The New Day.

We hope to have more details shortly and will pass along any new information. It will be interesting going forward to see how WWE uses Cesaro depending on the severity of the injury that the former WWE Champion is dealing with. 

NXT UK Superstar Wolfgang recently spoke to the UK’s Mirror and suggested that he would like to see some WWE Superstars on the UK brand.

The newspaper asked the Gallus member about the upcoming ‘Superstar Shakeup.’ Wolfgang mentioned what he would like to see happen for the UK brand. The Scottish Superstar stated “It would be great to see new faces, but also some established ones coming over to NXT UK. Just like Noam Dar did recently.”

The Gallus stable member gave some specific names, saying “it would be great to see Jack Gallagher, Drew McIntyre and some of the heavyweights come across.” Wolfgang also mentioned that “people like Sheamus would be good. I know these guys are megastars now, but given where they came from, it would be good to see them back.”

Finally Wolfgang also mentioned “Killian Dain, get him back here if not permanently, but at least for a few episodes. I’m not sure he’s getting the platform he would wish for right now and I think he would jump at the chance.”

NXT UK recently taped their latest batch of episodes for the WWE Network. You can check out the full results for the taping here.

The continuation of NXT stars appearing on main roster shows took place on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live in New Orleans, LA at the Smoothie Center on the USA Network.

NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa and NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano worked a tag team match against former WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro).

During the match, there was a scary spot that resulted in speculation by fans that Ciampa and Sheamus might have been injured due to a scary spot.

As seen in the match, Ciampa went for a sunset flip powerbomb off the top rope where Sheamus fell badly on Ciampa’s leg. There were some fans who feared that Ciampa and Sheamus might have been injured. Both stars continued the contest with as Ciampa and Gargano went over in their SmackDown debuts.

Sheamus and Ciampa are said to be okay and the belief is that there was no serious injury suffered, according to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com.

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As of this writing, WWE has yet to announce which brands that Ciampa, Gargano, Alister Black, and Ricochet will be featured on going forward.

Over the years one of the biggest changes fans have seen in the professional wrestling industry is the development of characters. In today’s era, there don’t seem to be any larger than life characters like in years’ past. Names that immediately come to mind are Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Shawn Michaels, and more.

Some of WWE’s biggest stars today include Ronda Rousey and Brock Lesnar, however, their stardom is more due to their athletic accomplishments than their actual characters. Recently, SmackDown Live Tag Team Champion Sheamus was interviewed by Solo Wrestling to discuss the matter. “The Celtic Warrior” feels that the creation of characters in wrestling today has been “abandoned”:

“Today a very different product is offered,” said Sheamus. “I think we’re missing some characters. Yes, I believe it. I think we are leaving the creation of characters a little abandoned.

“Any important series like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead base their product around the characters and their background. I think the athletes and wrestlers that we have today are the best in the history of the business, although in turn I think the business has changed to what people want to see.”

Sheamus is gearing up to defend his SDL Tag Team Titles, alongside Cesaro, at the Royal Rumble. The pair will be facing off against Shane McMahon and The Miz. The Royal Rumble goes down from the Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona on January 27th. Check out the updated card for the pay-per-view (PPV) here:

• WWE Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor
• WWE Championship: (C) Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
• 30-Man Royal Rumble Match: R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Mustafa Ali, John Cena, Andrade “Cien” Almas, Apollo Crews, Elias, Baron Corbin, Jinder Mahal, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Kalisto, TBA
• 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match: Carmella, Naomi, Zelina Vega, Natalya, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Ember Moon, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Alicia Fox, Mickie James, TBA
• WWE RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Asuka vs. Becky Lynch
• WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bar vs. Shane McMahon & The Miz
• Fatal Four-Way Match For The WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Buddy Murphy vs. Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami
• WWE United States Championship: (C) Rusev vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

What do you think about Sheamus’ comments regarding character creation in wrestling today?