Sheamus reflects on working with John Cena.
Sheamus has been on the main roster in WWE less than a year before he won the WWE Heavyweight Championship from John Cena. Sheamus defeated Cena in a tables match at WWE TLC to win the title, and according to Sheamus, it was Cena who wanted to do business with him.
"That was a different conversation. Up until that day, I was losing that match. Things changed," Sheamus told Virgin Media Sports Stories when reflecting on his title win.
Asked if there was a reason why things changed, Sheamus said, "Cena had a lot to do with it. Cena had a lot to do with what happened that day. It was like, ‘this is someone I can do business with. This is someone I can go around and is a believable foe,’ which is what John needed. What every good hero needs is a good villain. He saw that with me too, people did not like me. People hated me. I was so different compared to everybody in there. Long hair, short hair, super tan, tattoos. I was a different mix and he saw he could do something good with me."
Sheamus held the title for 70 days before losing it back to Cena in an Elimination Chamber match up.
Sheamus has remained a consistent presence on television for nearly 15 years, but has been off TV since August 2023 when he faced Edge (Adam Copeland) in Edge's last WWE match.
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