Sheamus speaks candidly about the creative for his on-screen character.
It is coming up on a full year since WWE presented their Clash at the Castle Premium Live Event from Cardiff, Wales. On the marquee for that event was Sheamus challenging GUNTHER for the Intercontinental Championship.
Despite the loss, Sheamus received a standing ovation from the crowd inside Principality Stadium. Sheamus does feel the momentum he had coming out of that match was wasted and he expressed that to Daily Star. He said the creative bothered him and went on to reiterate that he was a part of WarGames at Survivor Series, but did not enjoy that.
I’m not upset about that at all (losing to GUNTHER at WWE Clash at the Castle). I felt it was great, it was just the type of character Sheamus is, all fits and elbows. What I was upset about and what really bothered me was the creative after that. I came out of that with so much organic momentum, and it was just wasted. It didn’t go anywhere. It was a dead end, just like with WrestleMania. Drew (McIntyre) went away because he was injured, but I was ready to go and then just nothing. There were no avenues and nowhere to go and that’s frustrating. I did the WarGames thing but that was s*** – that’s how I felt, though others might have felt differently.
Sheamus is still looking to become Intercontinental Champion and said he’d like to retire with the belt.
I’m not much of a politician, to be honest with you. I just roll my sleeves up, get in there and get stuck in. The journey is just as important, that story of me trying to get my hands on the title as it’s the one title I haven’t got. It’s still a fresh story. Even with GUNTHER and Drew’s match at SummerSlam, people are still mentioning me because it’s still my story. I’d definitely like to retire with [the title], but that stuff is out of my control. I can just do what I can do.
Continuing on the topic of creative, Sheamus admitted that he was bitter about being left off the Money in the Bank Premium Live Event in London. He feels he delivers whenever he’s on TV but when it comes to PLE’s, the part-timers get spotlighted and that stings.
Sheamus said he’s happy his Brawling Brutes faction-mate Butch was part of the show. He stressed that he has not lost his passion and will keep going until wheels fall off.
I was gutted about Money in the Bank, but obviously delighted Butch was in there and did a hell of a job. Ridge (Holland) the night before against (Austin) Theory, I’d have liked to have seen him get a bit more time in there. I was just bitter I wasn’t [wrestling on the show]. They know when they put me on SmackDown every week, they’re going to get two or three killer segments, but when it comes to the pay-per-views and you have the part-timers coming into the limelight, that stings a little bit. All it does is motivate me more and more. I haven’t lost my passion, I haven’t lost my momentum and I can still go in the ring. As long as I can do all of those things, I’ll keep going until the wheels fall off.
On the 7/21 Friday Night SmackDown, Sheamus was part of a Fatal 4-Way to earn an opportunity at the United States Title but he was on the losing end of that match. Earlier that month, Sheamus lost his United States Title bout.
