Sheamus

Real name: Stephen Farrelly
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 267 lbs.
Date of birth: January 28, 1978
From: Dublin, Ireland
Pro debut: May 2002
Trained by: Larry Sharpe
Finishing move: Brogue Kick

Biography

– After training at Larry Sharpe’s Monster Factory, Farrelly (as Sheamus O’Shaunessy) made his in-ring debut against Robert Pigeon
– Farrelly’s career was abruptly halted after suffering a serious neck injury. He would be out of action for around 2 years
– In May 2004, Farrelly returned to wrestling, still using his Sheamus O’Shaunessy gimmick
– On July 9, 2004, O’Shaunessy debuted for IWW, defeating Mark Burns
– On March 28, 2005, O’Shaunessy defeated Darren Burridge in the final of a tournament to become the first IWW International Heavyweight Champion
– On May 22, 2005, O’Shaunessy defeated Dave Zero to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– One week later, O’Shaunessy defeated Vic Viper to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On October 2, 2005, O’Shaunessy defeated D-Lo Brown & Assassin in a 3-Way Dance to regain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On October 8, 2005, O’Shaunessy defeated Jay Phoenix to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On November 14, 2005, O’Shaunessy defeated Vampiro to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On January 28, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated Drew Galloway to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On February 26, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated George McFly to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On March 18, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated Drew Galloway in a two out of three falls match to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On April 23, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated Pierre Marceau to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On April 27, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated Drew Galloway in a Last Man Standing Match to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On May 21, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated Pierre Marceau to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On July 15, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated The Green Phantom to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On July 30, 2006, O’Shaunessy defeated Red Vinny to retain the IWW International Heavyweight Title
– On March 4, 2007, O’Shaunessy defeated The Bull in a Flag Match
– On April 17, 2007, O’Shaunessy competed in a WWE tryout match, losing to Jimmy Wang Yang. He was signed to a development deal soon after
– On October 2, 2007, O’Shaunessy debuted in FCW, defeating Bryan Kelly
– On September 4, 2008, O’Shaunessy defeated FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Jake Hager by DQ
– On September 18, 2008, O’Shaunessy defeated Jake Hager to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Title. Before the end of the month, he had also retained the title against Gabe Tuft & Taj Milano
– On October 9, 2008, O’Shaunessy defeated Eric Escobar to retain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Title
– On October 23, 2008, O’Shaunessy defeated Jack Swagger to retain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Title
– On October 28, 2008, O’Shaunessy defeated Heath Miller to retain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Title. Two days later, he defeated Carson Oakley to retain the title
– On December 11, 2008, O’Shaunessy defeated Joe Hennig with Eric Escobar as special guest referee to retain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Title
– On June 30, 2009, Sheamus (having dropped the O’Shaunessy) debuted on ECW, defeating Oliver John
– On September 1, 2009, Sheamus defeated Goldust in a No-DQ Match
– On October 26, 2009, Sheamus debuted on Raw, attacking Jamie Noble
– On November 2, 2009, Sheamus attacked and injured Jamie Noble, ending his in-ring career
– At Survivor Series 2009, Team Miz (The Miz, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger & Drew McIntyre) defeated Team Morrison (John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay & Evan Bourne)
– On November 23, 2009, Sheamus won a ‘Breakthrough Battle Royal’, earning himself a WWE Title Match
– At TLC 2010, Sheamus defeated John Cena in a Tables Match to win the WWE Title
– At Royal Rumble 2010, Sheamus defeated Randy Orton by DQ to retain the WWE Title
– At Extreme Rules 2010, Sheamus defeated Triple H in a Street Fight. After the match, Sheamus viciously attacked Triple H, ruling him out of action for 10 months
– At Fatal 4-Way 2010, Sheamus defeated Edge, John Cena & Randy Orton to win the WWE Title for a second time
– The following night on Raw, Sheamus fought John Cena to a no-contest with Vince McMahon as special guest referee to retain the WWE Title
– At Money In The Bank 2010, Sheamus defeated John Cena in a Cage Match to retain the WWE Title
– At SummerSlam 2010, Sheamus retained the WWE Title, losing to Randy Orton by DQ
– The following night on Raw, Sheamus defeated Zack Ryder to retain the WWE Title
– On September 13, 2010, Sheamus defeated John Morrison in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
– On November 29, 2010, Sheamus defeated John Morrison to win the King of the Ring Tournament. He would compete as King Sheamus over the next few months
– On March 14, 2011, Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan in a Title vs Career Match to win the WWE United States Title
– On the pre-show of WrestleMania 27, Sheamus fought Daniel Bryan to a no-contest in a Lumberjack Match to retain the WWE United States Title
– On April 25, 2011, Sheamus was drafted to Smackdown
– On June 7, 2011, Sheamus defeated Randy Orton in a No-DQ Match
– At Hell In A Cell 2011, Sheamus defeated Christian
– At Vengeance 2011, Sheamus again defeated Christian
– At TLC 2011, Sheamus defeated Jack Swagger
– Sheamus won the 2012 Royal Rumble Match after entering at number 22. He eventually chose to fight for the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania
– At WrestleMania 28, Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan in 18 seconds to win the World Heavyweight Title. Incidentally, this indirectly led to the ‘Yes!’ chants heard regularly in WWE in 2012
– At Extreme Rules 2012, Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan in a two out of three falls match to retain the World Heavyweight Title
– At Over The Limit 2012, Sheamus defeated Alberto Del Rio, Chris Jericho & Randy Orton to retain the World Heavyweight Title
– Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler at No Way Out ’12 to retain the World Heavyweight title
– At Money in the Bank ’12, Sheamus defeated Alberto Del Rio to retain the World title
– At Summerslam ’12 and Night of Champions ’12, Sheamus defeated Del Rio
– At Extreme Rules ’13, Sheamus defeated Mark Henry
– On the May 5, 2014 episode of Raw, Sheamus won a 20-man battle royal to win the United States Championship for the second time in his career, last eliminating the previous champion Dean Ambrose
– At Payback 14, Sheamus pinned Cesaro in retain the U.S. title
– On June 9, 2014, Sheamus defeated Bad News Barrett to qualify for Money In The Bank
– On July 8, 2014, Sheamus defeated Alberto Del Rio in a Last Man Standing Match to retain the WWE United States Title
– At Night of Champions ’14, Sheamus defeated Cesaro to retain the WWE United States Title
– At Hell In A Cell ’14, Sheamus defeated The Miz to retain the WWE United States Title
– In late 2014, Sheamus took time away from the ring in order to heal several niggling injuries
– Sheamus returned to TV on March 30, 2015, initially saving Daniel Bryan & Dolph Ziggler from an attack by Bad News Barrett, before turning on them
– At Extreme Rules ’15, Sheamus was defeated by Dolph Ziggler in a Kiss Me Arse Match, but delivered a beatdown to Ziggler afterwards
– In April 2015, Sheamus entered the King of the Ring Tournament, defeating Dean Ambrose by DQ, before losing to Neville in the semi-finals
– At Payback ’15, Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler
– At Money In The Bank ’15, Sheamus defeated Ziggler, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Neville, Randy Orton & Roman Reigns to win the Money In The Bank Match
– At Summerslam ’15, Sheamus defeated Randy Orton
– At Survivor Series ’15, Sheamus cashed in his Money In The Bank and defeated Roman Reigns to win the WWE World Title
– At TLC ’15, Sheamus defeated Reigns in a TLC Match to retain the WWE World Title, but would lose it to Reigns the next night on Raw
– In November 2015, The League of Nations faction, consisting of Sheamus, Rusev, Alberto Del Rio & Wade Barrett, was formed
– At WrestleMania 32, The League of Nations (Sheamus, Rusev & Del Rio) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods & Big E)
– The next night on Raw, following a loss to The New Day, Sheamus kicked Barrett out of the League of Nations
– In the 2016 WWE draft, Sheamus was allocated to Raw
– On the Summerslam ’16 pre-show, Sheamus defeated Cesaro in the first match of a Best of 7 Series
– At Clash of Champions ’16, Sheamus fought Cesaro to a no-contest, ending their Best of 7 Series in a 3-3 draw
– Following the event, Sheamus was forced into a tag team with Cesaro by Raw GM Mick Foley
– At Hell In A Cell ’16, Cesaro & Sheamus defeated WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) by DQ. The duo would go on to refer to themselves as ‘The Bar’
– At Survivor Series ’16, The Bar were the last team standing as Team Raw defeated Team Smackdown
– At Roadblock ’16, The Bar defeated The New Day to win the Raw Tag Team Titles
– At Extreme Rules ’17, The Bar defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff) in a Cage Match to win the Raw Tag Team Titles
– At Great Balls of Fire ’17, The Bar defeated The Hardy Boyz in an Iron Man Match to retain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– At Royal Rumble ’18, The Bar defeated Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan to regain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– At Elimination Chamber ’18, The Bar defeated Titus Worldwide (Titus O’Neil & Apollo) to retain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– The next night on Raw, The Bar defeated Titus Worldwide in a Best of 3 Falls Match to retain the Raw Tag Team Titles
– In the 2018 Superstar Shakeup, The Bar were drafted to Smackdown
– On the 1000th episode of Smackdown, The Bar defeated The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Crown Jewel, The Bar defeated The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At TLC ’18, The Bar defeated The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) and The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles
– At Fastlane ’19, The Bar defeated Kofi Kingston in a Handicap Match
– In the 2019 Superstar Shakeup, Cesaro was drafted to Raw, separating The Bar. Sheamus was also sidelined by a concussion around this time
– Sheamus returned on the January 3, 2020 episode of Smackdown, attacking Shorty G
– Sheamus defeated Shorty G on the 2020 Royal Rumble pre-show
– At Backlash 2020, Sheamus defeated Jeff Hardy
– Sheamus was drafted to Raw in late 2020
– Sheamus was part of the victorious Team Raw at Survivor Series 2020
– At WrestleMania 37, Sheamus defeated Riddle to win the WWE United States Title
– On the Backlash 2020 pre-show, Sheamus defeated Ricochet
– On July 6, 2021, Sheamus defeated Humberto Carrillo to retain the WWE United States Title
– In the 2021 Draft, Sheamus was moved to Smackdown
– On the Day 1 2022 pre-show, Sheamus & Ridge Holland defeated Ricochet & Cesaro
– In March 2022, Sheamus officially formed the ‘Brawling Brutes’ stable with Ridge Holland and Pete Dunne (the latter renamed ‘Butch’)
– At WrestleMania 38, The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus & Holland) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
– At Extreme Rules 2022, The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Holland & Butch) defeated Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) in a Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match
– Sheamus picked up an injury in the summer of 2023 that would rule him out of action for close to a year
– Sheamus returned to action on the Raw brand in April 2024
– Sheamus was moved to Smackdown in the 2024 draft