Posts Tagged ‘Sheamus’

Gene Okerlund Receives 10-Bell Salute At NXT Show (Video), Cena Looking Ripped

As many of you already know, WWE Hall Of Famer “Mean” Gene Okerlund passed away earlier this week. Okerlund passed in a Florida hospital with his wife by his side early Wednesday morning. The professional wrestling world has been mourning the loss of Okerlund this week.

In fact, Hulk Hogan will be making his highly-anticipated return to RAW to honor his longtime friend. With that being said, Okerlund was honored with a 10-bell salute during a recent NXT live show yesterday. Check out the video here below:

John Cena Looking Ripped (Photo)

16-time WWE World Champion John Cena is looking absolutely jacked. “The Leader Of The Cenation” just returned from China, where he seemingly lived for several months filming his upcoming “Project X” movie with Jackie Chan. He has also been doing a lot of promotional work for his new “Bumblebee” movie, which is currently in theaters.

Now, Cena will be making an appearance on Sheamus’ “Celtic Warrior Workouts” YouTube series. Sheamus took to Twitter to plug the episode, sharing a photo of himself and Cena. In the picture, Cena looks to be in tremendous shape:

“*Drum Roll* The 1st Episode of 2019 will be with none other than John Cena (guy in the photo you Can’t See). We’re going Brave Change LARGE in 19. Sub Now.”

“Coming… The New Hair Don’t Care Episode of feat . Subscribe So Damn Hard Fella”

Sheamus Talks Wanting To Make OTT Appearance, Praises Irish Independent Wrestling

Former WWE World and Tag Team Champion Sheamus recently spoke with Donagh Corby of Irish Mirror where he talked about various topics including a potential return to his Irish independent wrestling roots.

This is where he gave some high praise for the current state of Irish independent wrestling by stating that it’s amazing right now as Joe Cabray is doing a phenomenal job because he’s an entrepreneur and he had a bigger vision.

Sheamus continued by stating that Cabray wasn’t comfortable in America and he just loves wrestling and knew what it could be capable of in Ireland.

“I think all of that is very good for young wrestlers back home. Even if you look at WWE we have five Irish people involved if you count Jordan Devlin on NXT UK and Fit Finlay producing as well as myself, Becky Lynch and Finn Balor.”

Sheamus hopes to follow in the footsteps of Balor, who made a surprise appearance at an OTT show in 2016 but knows it’s just a matter of actually getting home as he doesn’t get the chance to be home much. “When I was back last time I missed a show because I had just got back.”

Nicholas Takes Shot At The Bar’s SDL Tag Team Title Win

Last night (Tues. October 16, 2018) was certainly a day to remember for professional wrestling fans. Especially for The Bar. Sheamus and Cesaro teamed up and defeated The New Day to capture the SmackDown Live Tag Team Titles on SmackDown 1000. This was after some assistance from The Big Show, who turned heel and seemingly joined forced with The Bar.

Shortly after the victory, former RAW Tag Team Champion Nicholas took to Twitter to fire off a shot at The Bar. Here’s what he had to say:

“Congratulations to  and  for winning the  SmackDown Tag Team Titles!! couldn’t do it at Mania…just saying.”

For those of you who might not remember, Nicholas was selected by Braun Strowman to be his tag team partner at WrestleMania 34. “The Monster Among Men” picked Nicholas, son of WWE referee John Cone, out of the crowd. Together they defeated The Bar to capture the RAW Tag Team Titles.

It should be noted, Nicholas never engaged in any physicality in the match. He was tagged in for a few seconds before tagging back out. The following night on Monday Night RAW, however, Strowman and Nicholas vacated the titles.

What do you think about Nicholas’ shot at The Bar?

The Bar Wins WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles

The Bar has captured some WWE gold. As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live, which was the 1000th edition, in Washington, DC at the Capital One Arena on the USA Network, Sheamus and Cesaro defeated The New Day to win the SmackDown Tag Team Titles.

The finish of the match saw The Big Show walk down to the ring where he would chokeslam Kofi Kingston through the announce table in order to help Sheamus and Cesaro win the titles.

The New Day beat The Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Titles back in August on an episode of SmackDown Live in Brooklyn, New York.

It appears that WWE is setting up a program that will see six-man tag team matches between Big Show & The Bar vs. The New Day. They could book a match between the six men at their next pay-per-view event or have The Bar make their first title defense against New Day at the show. Time will tell regarding the decision made by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon on this program.

The WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view event takes place on November 2nd, 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium and will air on the WWE Network.

Sheamus Takes Shot At Total Divas While Housesitting For Rusev & Lana

Rusev, Sheamus, and Lana all participated recently in the WWE 2K19 roster reveal. During their live stream of the roster reveal, Sheamus took a crack at Total Divas. He said something to the effect of “we’re not watching that s**t!”

Evidently, Rusev and Lana asked Sheamus to housesit for them recently. Sheamus posted the following to his Instagram followers, insinuating he’s changed his mind about the show.

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Sheamus and The Bar

Former WWE Champion, Sheamus, is currently part of the Bar with Cesaro. The team recently celebrated their 2-year anniversary, having wrestled their first match together on September 16th, 2016. Originally, the team was a mismatched pair, as fans would cheer for Cesaro and boo Sheamus. Over time, however, they just became a regular team.

Now known as the Bar, Cesaro and Sheamus are 4x former Raw Tag Team Champions. They have yet to win the belts since moving to Smackdown, however. They will have their chance to earn gold for the first time on the blue brand in Australia at Super Show-Down, however. The Bar will take on current champion, the New Day.

Big E Calls Out Sheamus For Being A “Bully”

Things just got real between SmackDown Live stars Big E and Sheamus on Twitter. Earlier today, Big E took to Twitter and dished out a personal story about “The Celtic Warrior.” The SmackDown Live Tag Team Champ said he met the Irishman back in 2009 when he was getting his start in WWE.

Big E then claimed that Sheamus would visit FCW and “bully” the new kids and listen to the boys tell him how great he was:

“I met Sheamus in 2009. I was 23 & he was significantly older. Although he was on the main roster, he used to come down to FCW to bully the new kids & hear the boys tell him how great he is. In those days, it violated wrestling etiquette to swing on him. Etiquette be damned.”

Sheamus didn’t hesitate to respond, and called The New Day member’s story “BS”:

“In this fairytale I see you scribing this tweet a with quill, wearing a smoking jacket, and surrounded by many leather bound books. Any more from Big E’s BS Stories of Yore?”

What do you make of Big E and Sheamus’ Twitter beef?

Sheamus Doesn’t Want To Watch Total Divas With Rusev (Video)

Sheamus has had enough of Total Divas. SmackDown Live star Rusev was recently doing an Instagram Live feed on his wife, Lana’s, account. Sheamus could be heard nearby in the background. Rusev joked that they were about to rewatch Total Divas together.

The Irishman didn’t like that at all. He responded by yelling “No, we’re not watching that s**t! We’re not watching that anymore! I just sat through the f**king – the episode.” Sheamus’ reaction is hilarious, and it doesn’t sound like he’s exaggerating at all. Check it out in the player below:

Total Divas has been airing on E! since 2013. Several women of WWE have been featured on the show over the years. It gives you a peek into the lives of WWE’s female talent, and their significant others, away from the ring. Also, the program’s success has led to a few spin-offs, including “Total Bellas” and “Miz & Mrs.” on the USA Network.

Currently, the show stars the likes of Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Natalya, Alexa Bliss, Lana, Rusev, and many more. However, male talents such as John Cena, Sheamus, Rusev, R-Truth, Daniel Bryan, and more have appeared regularly and sporadically over the years.

Total Divas is currently airing its eighth season.

What do you make of Sheamus’ comments on Total Divas?

Tag Team Triple Threat Match Set For SmackDown, Injured NXT Star Undergoes Another Procedure

– This past Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE, The Bar beat Gallows, Anderson and The Colons in a Triple Threat Match to move one step closer to a SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match against The New Day at the WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event on September 16.

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WWE.com has announced that Sheamus and Cesaro’s opponents will be determined in a Triple Threat Match on next week’s episode of SmackDown LIVE. The teams that will be facing off are The Usos, SAnitY and the tandem of Rusev and Aiden English.

– Tino Sabbatelli, who is currently sidelined after tearing his pectoral muscle during a match in April, revealed on his Instagram Story earlier this week that he underwent another procedure.

Tino Sabbatelli

There’s no word on how long the NXT star will be out of action, but this type of injury generally requires a six to nine month recuperation period following the initial surgery.

On another note, Sabbatelli turned 35 years old on August 24.

Sheamus Believes Ronda Rousey Opened Door For Conor McGregor In WWE

Sheamus is no stranger to talking about former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor as the two stars have exchanged words in the past through interviews and the power of Twitter.

The former WWE champion spoke with TMZ about how the fact that former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey has opened opens to the door for UFC stars such as Mcgregor to sign with the WWE in the future.

“I think anything is possible now with Ronda in the WWE … Ronda’s killing it, so the door’s open for anybody.”

Rousey is slated to challenge Alexa Bliss for the WWE RAW Women’s Championship at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event that takes place on Sunday, August 19, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center and will air on the WWE Network.

On the flip side, McGregor is working on a deal that will see him not only make his UFC return but also challenge Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight title. This fight is being targeted for either the UFC 229 pay-per-view event is slated to take place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada or the UFC 230 show will go down on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City.

What Happened After SDL & 205 Live Tapings?

Last night’s (Tues. July 24, 2018) episode of SmackDown Live featured some great moments. Andrade “Cien” Almas was in action against Rusev, The New Day collided with Sanity once again and Samoa Joe emerged as the next opponent for AJ Styles’ WWE Title.

After SmackDown Live went off-air WWE held its tapings of 205 Live as well. When the Cruiserweights wrapped up their show, WWE put on a big Six-Man Tag Team dark match featuring some of SmackDown Live’s biggest stars.

WWE Champion AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan and Jeff Hardy took on the team of United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro). “The Phenomenal One,” Bryan and Hardy picked up the victory and sent the crowd come happy:

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Sheamus Explains How SmackDown Is Different From RAW

Former WWE Champion Sheamus has given some insight into the differences between the top two shows that the WWE presents each and every week.

Sheamus spoke with CantonRep.com while promoting Saturday’s WWE live event in Canton, Ohio where he talked about various topics including going to SmackDown from RAW this year.

The WWE star brought up the fact that it’s relaxed on SmackDown side of things as it’s not as pressurized, and it’s also a shorter show, which sets up limited spots, and they have to rotate the stories more. On the flip side, RAW is a three-hour show that sometimes feels a little stretched, but with a two-hour show, he doesn’t think there’s any danger of anyone getting over-exposed here.

“We really haven’t got started here yet. We’re just waiting to get that opportunity to really kick things off.”

Sheamus talked about teaming with Cesaro and how he handled being in new waters in his career. The former WWE champ noted that they are brothers now and have a great bond that’s developed over the last couple years. He brought up that they’ve been successful together as a team or individually.

“There’s nobody that can touch us in the ring. We argue we fight and have our differences, but we get on. That’s just like brothers. We look at it as a team, and we take care of things as a team. It’s always what’s best for the team and The Bar. We’re the greatest, and we’re not out there trying to steal each other’s spotlight, we’re out there to make each other look good. That’s really all that matters.”

What are your thoughts on Sheamus’ comments? Sound off in the comment section.

Sheamus Opens Up On His WWE Future And Teaming With Cesaro

Former WWE Champion Sheamus has given some insight into his future with the sports entertainment company.

During a recent interview with The Telegraph Herald to promote Saturday’s WWE live event in Dubuque, Iowa, Sheamus was asked about his future and if he looks back at what he’s done in the past.

“Certain things happen in your career that bring you to your next point and then to your next point. My next great moment is not behind me, it’s in front of me. You keep moving forward.”

“I really don’t think about it to be honest. I’m always looking for the next challenge or looking for the next thing. Maybe when I’m retired in 30 years I can look back, but I’m looking for the next thing to achieve now. I still have a long way to go in this career.”

A few years ago, Sheamus reinvented himself by going from a singles star to a tag team performer by forming a partnership with Cesaro that has led to multiple Tag Team Title reigns.

Sheamus talked about teaming with Cesaro and how he handled being in new waters in his career.

“It was new waters as I’d never been in a tag team before. It was an opportunity to do something different and prove to the fans what we could do. I feel like we did give the tag division on RAW a huge boost. We’ve had some epic feuds. We’re just always ready to go and no matter what happens, Cesaro is the best in the world. He’s the real G-O-A-T and one day he will be world champion.”

What are your thoughts on Sheamus’ comments? Sound off in the comment section.

What Is The Secret Behind The Bar’s Success?; Velveteen Dream Takes Shot At Ricochet

What Is The Secret Behind The Bar’s Success?

Cesaro replied to a photo uploaded by Sheamus of himself on Twitter, revealing what the secret to The Bar’s success is:

Velveteen Dream Takes Shot At Ricochet

Velveteen Dream took a shot at Ricochet on how he used to get low pay after matches in the indies.

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Ricochet vs Velveteen Dream

Ricochet and Velveteen Dream both failed to capture the NXT North American Championship to become the inaugural champions at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans. On May 9 Dream confronted Ricochet which led to a match the next week which ended in a no contest as Lars Sullivan attacked them both. The two then teamed up to take on Sullivan in a handicap match a week later but Dream back-stabbed his partner Ricochet during the match and they lost. On last week’s episode of NXT Dream challenged Ricochet for a match at NXT TakeOver: Chicago which Ricochet accepted.

The two will face off each other at WWE NXT TakeOver: Chicago II which will take place on June 16 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago.

Sheamus’ Hilarious Mid-Match Selfie On SDL, Former WWE & TNA Star On Fans Criticizing Wrestling

Sheamus Takes A Mid-Match Selfie

Last night on SmackDown Live Xavier Woods took on Cesaro with their respective teammates (Cesaro and The New Day) at ringside. At one point in the match Cesaro was working on Woods in the corner, and The Celtic Warrior took the opportunity to snap a funny selfie.

Woods’ face is in pain from Cesaro’s boot driving into the back of his neck, while Sheamus is all smiles. Check it out:

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Ex-WWE and TNA star reacts to fans criticizing wrestling

Former WWE and TNA star Frankie Kazarian recently took to Twitter to offer some lengthy thoughts on some professional wrestling fans criticizing the sport. He also got into some constructive back-and-forth with fans as well. You can check it out here:

WWE Superstar Shake-Up: Former NXT Champion Joins SmackDown, Sheamus & Cesaro, SAnitY Update

Some more names have been announced for SmackDown’s roster during WWE’s Superstar Shake-Up tonight. The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) were shown in a video promo during the show and they announced that they will be joining the SmackDown roster. Sheamus & Cesaro are still set to battle Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt for the vacant RAW Tag Team Championships at WWE Greatest Royal Rumble on April 27th.

A brief video promo was shown featuring Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega. The former NXT Champion and his business associate will also be joining the SmackDown roster.

WWE aired a vignette during SmackDown that said that chaos was coming to SmackDown. This was in reference to SAnitY joining the blue brand. It was not confirmed at the time whether all members of SAnitY would be joining the main roster.

Right before the main event of SmackDown, WWE showed the following image that featured Eric Young, Killian Dain and Alexander Wolfe. SAnitY’s Nikki Cross was not in the image and it does not appear that she will joining the main roster at this time.

Sheamus Pokes Fun At Conor McGregor Following Recent Arrest

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has landed himself in some hot water over this past week. The Irishman attacked a UFC fighter bus by tossing a dolly at it and breaking a window. The glass cut UFC lightweight Michael Chiesa – forcing him to pull from his fight against Anthony Pettis  and also landed glass fragments in the eye of UFC flyweight Ray Borg – also forced to pull from his respective bout.

McGregor later turned himself into the local authorities hours after the incident and is awaiting bail. The attack was in retaliation for tomorrow’s UFC 223 pay-per-view (PPV) main event fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov punking McGregor’s teammate, Artem Lobov, in their hotel earlier this week. Nurmagomedov was on the bus that was attacked.

Sheamus took to Instagram to poke fun at The Notorious One, posting a picture of a dolly and saying it will be Braun Strowman’s partner at WrestleMania on Sunday:

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For more coverage of McGregor’s situation, run over to our sister site, MMANews.com. We have staff in Brooklyn exclusively covering the latest surrounding the event!

Sheamus: ‘Cesaro Not Being World Champion Already Is An Absolute Crime’

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus recently appeared on E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness to talk about various topics.

Cesaro went from a singles competitor to a tag team performer with Sheamus. If you recall, they were in the middle of a best-of-7 series of matches against one another when then-RAW General Manager and WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley put them together as a tag team.

Sheamus and Cesaro have gone on to be very successful, winning the Raw Tag Team Championships 3 times so far.

“It gave us a chance to show more personality and give both of us a chance to play off each other.” Cesaro explained, “while you’re out there by yourself, you don’t really have anybody to play off of, but if Sheamus is out there, I know that even if something gets messed up, or one of us gets lost, or I miss my cue, then, we can play it off no matter what.”

“If you take a step back and look at it, I’m definitely happy to be there, but, then again, I’m not happy to be there. And I think that’s what helps about teaming with Sheamus, anytime one of us is down, do you know what I mean, goes through something, the other one is there and we can talk. It’s like good cop/bad cop. If Sheamus is down, I pick him up and if I’m down, he picks me up. And that I think is a good thing. Cesaro elaborated, “sometimes, when you’re by yourself, it’s really easy to dig yourself into a hole and be unhappy. But I know when it comes down to it, when I walk through the curtain, I’m out there with Sheamus and I know we’re going to have a blast no matter what. And I think that really helps.”

Sheamus also noted that he believes his tag team partner will become World Champion one day.

“I think for Cesaro, everyone wants it and when it does happen, man, it’s going to mean so much more.” Sheamus continued, “we’ll tag team for as long as possible, but then we’ll get in the situation again of maybe we’ll go away for a bit, but we’ll always have this. There will be a time when we both go singles and Cesaro, like, I’ve said it many times in interviews. The fact that he hasn’t been world champion already is an absolute crime, but it’s going to happen. I know it will because there’s no one more determined than him, and when it does, it’s going to be an epic moment.”

H/T to WrestlingINC for the transcribed quotes

Title Match Set For WWE Live Event At MSG

WWE is scheduled to hold a live event at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 16th. The promotion recently updated the card for the show.

The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) will defend the RAW Tag Team Titles against The New Day and Titus O’Neil & Apollo Crews in a Three-Way Match at the show. Here is the updated card:

Brock Lesnar vs. Kane vs. Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship.

Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Finn Balor vs. The Miz, Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas

John Cena and Nikki Bella vs. Elias and Bayley.

WWE Champion AJ Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn.

The Bar vs. The New Day vs. Titus O’Neil & Apollo Crews for the RAW Tag Team Championships

WWE On Brock Lesnar Missing RAW, Rey Mysterio At WWE Live Event (Photo), Sheamus’ Nasty Post-RAW Battle Marks (Photo)

– Brock Lesnar had been scheduled for several months to be appearing on last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW, however, he ended up being a no-show. Roman Reigns cut a tremendous promo on “The Beast” for not showing up as advertised and claimed he has no respect for the industry. WWE.com posted the following about Lesnar not showing up for the event:

Why wasn’t Brock Lesnar on Raw as scheduled?

After Universal Champion Brock Lesnar failed to meet his WrestleMania challenger, Roman Reigns, face-to-face on this week’s Raw, WWE.com reached out to The Beast’s advocate for an explanation or, at the very least, a rebuttal to The Big Dog’s incendiary critique of the champion on the broadcast. Unfortunately, Heyman has not responded to requests for comment.

Reporters have also contacted the office of Raw General Manager Kurt Angle, but following Triple H’s attack on the WWE Hall of Famer in the wake of Stephanie McMahon’s confrontation with Ronda Rousey, Angle remains unavailable.

Stay with WWE.com as more details on Lesnar become available.

– Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio was in attendance for last night’s WWE SmackDown live event in his hometown of San Diego, California. He took the following picture with Sin Cara after the show:

– On last night’s RAW one-half of the RAW Tag Team Champions, Sheamus, took some pretty nasty chest chops from Titus O’Neil. “The Celtic Warrior” posted the following picture of his red chest after the match:

Raw Tag Team Title & Pre-Show Matches Set For WWE Elimination Chamber

WWE Elimination Chamber 2018 now has two tag team matches and one of them has gold on the line.

The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) will defend their Raw Tag Team Championships against Titus Worldwide (Titus O’Neil & Apollo) on the main card. It’s an interesting match-up as Apollo teased a split from Titus on a recent edition of WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge. Could the full turn come to fruition on Sunday night?

Read part of WWE’s announcement below:

“Since solidifying themselves as an elite tandem, Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus have claimed, “We don’t set the bar; WE ARE THE BAR!” At WWE Elimination Chamber, however, that bar may very well be cleared when the reigning titleholders go to war against Titus Worldwide.”

That’s Not All

As far as the pre-show match goes, that slot belongs to The Good Brothers (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. The Miztourage (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel). This of course will be part of the WWE Elimination Chamber Kickoff show. That announcement can also be seen below:

“Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson have never called someone a nerd and not wanted to beat them up, and the former Raw Tag Team Champions will get just such a chance when they face the two most meddlesome enforcers on the Raw roster — The Miztourage — at WWE Elimination Chamber Kickoff.”

Rey Mysterio Talks WWE Return (Video), Ronda Rousey’s First WWE Photoshoot, Sheamus

– Below is video of Rey Mysterio talking to Cathy Kelley after his return in the 30-man Royal Rumble match on Sunday. Rey says it was awesome to hear the WWE Universe react to his return and he’s truly blessed to come back and realize that the fans and WWE family hasn’t forgot about him.

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– Below is video from Ronda Rousey’s first official photoshoot with WWE. As noted, the former UFC Champion has reportedly signed a full-time deal with WWE.

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– Sheamus tweeted the following after he and Cesaro defeated Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan to become the new RAW Tag Team Champions at the Royal Rumble. As noted, The Bar are now four-time RAW Tag Team Champions.

Top RAW Star Was Considered To Tag Team With Seth Rollins Instead Of Jason Jordan, Sheamus Celebrates Cesaro’s Birthday (Photos)

– As seen on this past Monday’s special Christmas Day episode of Monday Night RAW, Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins defeated The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro) to win the RAW Tag Team Championships. Jordan stepped in as a partner for “The Architect” after Dean Ambrose was forced to be sidelined for several months due to a bicep injury.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that aside from Jordan, former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor was also considered to step in for Ambrose as well. In the end WWE creative decided to continue their push of Jordan and gave him the top babyface role instead.

– Cesaro celebrated his 37th birthday yesterday and Sheamus took to Twitter to post a few pictures of their celebration. It looks like a cake fight took place between the now-former RAW Tag Team Champions:

New RAW Tag Team Champions Crowned Tonight (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)

Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan defeated The Bar in the main event of tonight’s Christmas edition of WWE RAW from Chicago to become the new RAW Tag Team Champions.

This is the first reign for Rollins and Jordan together as Jordan was replacing the injured Dean Ambrose tonight. This is Rollins’ third reign as tag team champion but his second with the RAW Tag Team Titles. Jordan previously held the SmackDown Tag Team Titles but this is his first run with the red brand belts. Cesaro and Sheamus won the titles back on the November 6th RAW from England.

Below are photos and videos from tonight’s title change:

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Sheamus Dealing with Spinal Injury

According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer newsletter, 1/2 of the tag-team champions, Sheamus, is dealing with spinal stenosis.

Sheamus was absent from WWE from November 21st to December 1st. On television, it was explained he was merely taking time off in Ireland.

Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spine. It can lead to potentially career-threatening surgery in severe cases, such as with Edge and Steve Austin.

In less extreme cases, the conditioned can be rehabbed through a combination of medication and physiotherapy.

Two WWE Stars Reveal They’re Dealing With Injuries

– WWE Superstar Sheamus took to his official YouTube channel to announce that he has been dealing with a neck injury for the past six months. Here’s what “The Celtic Warrior” had to say about the injury:

“For the last six months I’ve been suffering with Spinal Stenosis, neck issues and today I am going to talk about rehab and recovery.”

Sheamus then went on to explain his rehabilitation process. You can check out the video here:

– R-Truth has been missing from WWE TV and live events for the past several weeks. The former Tag Team Champ took to Twitter to offer an update on his status and revealed he’s dealing with an injury: