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In this episode we cover the breaking news that after almost 20 years in the company Sheamus will be departing WWE after refusing to allow his contract to be restructured.
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02:36Breaking news tonight
02:37Big news coming out of WWE
02:40Long time WWE superstar
02:4219 years with the company
02:45Absolute first ballot
02:47Hall of Fame level talent
02:49Sheamus is leaving WWE
02:52He was offered a restructured deal
02:55At a reduced salary
02:56And he has declined the offer
02:58Instead opting to allow his contract
03:01To run out
03:01Which is being described
03:02As running out imminently
03:03So Sheamus
03:05With that one championship
03:06The Intercontinental title
03:08Waiting there
03:09As being the only piece of the puzzle
03:11To be in a Grand Slam champion
03:12Is just never gonna happen
03:14It seems
03:15Because he's leaving WWE
03:16Look, the guy
03:18He's not a spring chicken
03:20He's 48 years old
03:22But we really gotta think
03:23About everything
03:23Sheamus has gone through
03:25In his career
03:27You know, really
03:29If you think about
03:30Everything he's done
03:31The last time we saw him
03:33November 17th, 2025
03:35He was in a
03:36Six-man tag
03:37Or trios match
03:39With John Cena
03:39And Rey Mysterio
03:40Against the Judgment Day
03:42JD McDonough
03:42It was Dominic
03:43And Finn Balor
03:44But he got a shoulder injury
03:46He actually had to pull out
03:48Of the last time
03:48His now tournament
03:49For John Cena
03:50Out of nowhere
03:51Which is really a shame
03:52Because you would think
03:53They probably wanted to do
03:54Some interesting things
03:55With him
03:56But the shoulder injury
03:57Took him out
03:57And he has not been back since
03:59And, you know
04:00Maybe the age
04:01The injury history
04:02What not
04:03Is what led them
04:04To feel like
04:05Restructuring his deal
04:05And taking that salary down
04:07But this is a guy
04:09I mean, listen
04:10Veteran from Dublin, Ireland
04:11He was
04:12He was inspired
04:13By World of Sport Wrestling
04:15Way back in the day
04:162004, 5, 6-ish
04:18He actually had a conversation
04:20With Bret Hart
04:21Who was the one
04:21Who advised him
04:22To go to Larry Sharp's
04:24Monster Factory
04:25Which, you know
04:26At the time
04:27Was training some
04:28Pretty incredible talent
04:29There's other WWE superstars
04:30That would end up
04:31Going through the exact
04:32Same program
04:32And that was way back
04:33In April of 2002
04:34He did debut
04:36As Seamus O'Shaughnessy
04:37He got the nickname
04:38The Irish Curse
04:41And then, you know
04:42He makes his major debut
04:43For Irish Whip Wrestling
04:442004 to 2007
04:462006
04:46They had a wrestling school
04:47He did some wrestling
04:49For the Monster Factory
04:50Got hurt
04:50He was doing like a hip toss
04:51And like screwed up his hip
04:52Had to leave for a couple years
04:54But when he came back
04:54Irish Whip Wrestling
04:55Got some more training
04:57He would migrate
04:58To Frontier Wrestling Alliance
04:59In Great Britain
05:00Challenge for the
05:02British Heavyweight Championship
05:03Never won the championship there
05:04But he had the opportunity
05:05To challenge for it
05:06And then he got
05:08The opportunity to go to IWW
05:09And become their inaugural
05:11International Heavyweight Champion
05:13He wrestled for Wales Celtic Wrestling
05:16He went to London
05:17And wrestled for LDN Wrestling
05:18All-Star Wrestling
05:20At the same time
05:21That was actually
05:23In All-Star Wrestling
05:23Where he got to wrestle
05:24Some of the biggest names
05:25In European Wrestling
05:26At the time
05:27Robbie Brookside
05:28Doug Williams
05:28Nigel McGinnis
05:29And most importantly
05:31Probably
05:31Drew Galloway
05:33And you'll find
05:34That there's like a
05:35A rivalry with Drew Galloway
05:37That lasts pretty much
05:38Through his entire
05:39Wrestling career
05:40It would follow them
05:41Into British Championship Wrestling
05:44RQW Wrestling
05:46And you know
05:47It's been a rivalry
05:49That started way back then
05:5105, 06
05:52And it in a lot of ways
05:54Was still going on
05:55Until you know
05:56In the last 2, 3 years
05:58As a matter of fact
05:59For RQW Wrestling
06:00They wrestled at their
06:01Very first pay-per-view
06:02For them
06:03Taking on the world
06:03And wrestled each other
06:05And they've been
06:06Going at it for so long
06:07His first opportunity
06:09To get in front of
06:10WWE viewers
06:11Was actually as
06:12A security guard
06:13In WWE
06:13In 2006
06:15Where he and
06:16The guy who would
06:17Eventually become
06:17Wade Barrett
06:19Were in a
06:20D-Generation X
06:21Segment
06:22Where you know
06:23Sheamus actually
06:24Ended up taking
06:24A pedigree
06:25From Triple H
06:27He would end up
06:28Signing with
06:29Florida Championship
06:29Wrestling
06:30In October
06:31Of 06
06:32October 2nd
06:33I believe it was
06:33Of 06
06:35And honestly
06:36In his time
06:36In FCW
06:37Wanted the world
06:38Championship
06:39Ended up getting
06:39Into a tag team
06:40With Jake Hager
06:42That they never
06:44Were able to capture
06:44The tag team
06:45Championship
06:45Unfortunately
06:45But then
06:46He did end up
06:47Facing Jake Hager
06:49For the FCW
06:50Championship
06:50Where he ended up
06:52Winning the FCW
06:53Heavyweight Championship
06:54He would eventually
06:56Lose to
06:58Santos Escobar
06:59I think it was
07:00Is who he lost it to
07:01He would team up
07:03With Ryback
07:04In FCW
07:05Trying to go after
07:06The tag team
07:07Championship
07:07Which also
07:08Never materialized
07:09Into anything
07:10And then
07:11Where his career
07:12Really takes off
07:13Is in June
07:14Of 2009
07:15Vignettes
07:16Start appearing
07:16For ECW
07:18He goes to ECW
07:19He feuds with
07:20Gold Dust
07:21Some really good stuff
07:22Trading wins
07:22Back and forth
07:23He gets in a
07:24Very short feud
07:25With Shelton Benjamin
07:27And then
07:28By October
07:29I mean only
07:30Four months later
07:31He gets moved
07:32To Raw
07:32October 26th
07:332009
07:34He ends up
07:35Going to the
07:35Survivor Series
07:36That year
07:37On Team Miz
07:38Where he's the guy
07:39Who actually picks up
07:39The final pinfall
07:40To defeat
07:41John Morrison's team
07:43And then
07:44The following night
07:45In Raw
07:45They had a
07:45Breakthrough Battle Royal
07:47It was all to
07:48Determine a number
07:48One contender
07:49To the WWE
07:50Championship
07:50And it could only
07:52Be people who
07:52Had never been
07:53World Champion
07:54Before
07:54And he won
07:55The Battle Royal
07:55Which famously
07:56Took him to
07:57December 13th
07:582009
07:59Where he defeated
08:00John Cena
08:01At TLC
08:02And it was a shocker
08:04Nobody expected
08:04This brand new guy
08:05Who had very little
08:06Time on the main
08:07Roster to be
08:08World Champion
08:09Already
08:09But it worked
08:10He was over
08:11With the fans
08:12Now look
08:13I could go through
08:13Everything under the sun
08:14That happened in his career
08:15Won the King of the Ring
08:16In 2010
08:17Became King Sheamus
08:19April of 2011
08:20He ends up going to
08:21WrestleMania 28
08:22Taking on Daniel Bryan
08:23And defeating him
08:24For the World Heavyweight Championship
08:25In short order
08:27A matter of seconds
08:28Along the way
08:29He won the United States
08:30Championship
08:30He won tag team titles
08:32As the bar
08:35He just
08:35Everything
08:36He's done
08:37Everything
08:39And as he progressed
08:41Through his WWE career
08:42You know
08:43He also found a way
08:45To help
08:45You know
08:46Bring up new talent
08:47He got into
08:48The Brawling Brutes
08:49Where he gave
08:49Ridge Holland
08:50His first opportunity
08:51At the main roster
08:52He brought in
08:53Pete Dunne
08:54As Butch
08:55To be a member
08:55Of the Brawling Brutes
08:56Which I'm sure
08:57Pete Dunne
08:57Hated the Butch character
08:58But at least
09:00It was getting
09:00The main screen time
09:01So
09:02Top to bottom
09:03And if we remember
09:04He's the guy
09:05Who cashed in
09:05The money in the bank
09:06To beat Roman Reigns
09:07And win the championship
09:08From Reigns
09:09So few people
09:09Have done that
09:11But really
09:11If we think about
09:12His career
09:13In WWE
09:13As a whole
09:14Let's run down
09:15Some of the accolades
09:16ESPN gave him
09:18Match of the year
09:18Versus Gunther
09:19At Clash in the Castle
09:20In 2022
09:21He's a one time
09:22FCW world champion
09:24A one time
09:25WWE world heavyweight champion
09:27Three time
09:28WWE champion
09:29Three time
09:30United States champion
09:31Four time
09:32Raw tag team champion
09:33One time
09:34Smackdown tag team champion
09:35He won the
09:362010 King of the Ring
09:372015 Money in the Bank
09:39The one that he used
09:40To cash in on
09:40Roman Reigns
09:41The 2012 Royal Rumble
09:43Four Slammy Awards
09:45And the
09:46Wrestling Observer
09:47Newsletter
09:47Gave him the award
09:48As most improved
09:49In 2010
09:50I would say
09:51That's a lot of things
09:52To accomplish
09:53In your career
09:53Absolutely a Hall of Famer
09:55And I'm going to be honest
09:56With you
09:57Very sad to see him go
09:58I really wanted to see him
09:59Get that Intercontinental
10:00Championship
10:00With everything he's done
10:01For that company
10:02He deserved one run
10:04With that title
10:04I really thought
10:05He should have won
10:06At Clash in the Castle
10:07And won the championship
10:08Then
10:08It didn't happen
10:09Whatever
10:10But this news today
10:12Of him leaving WWE
10:13Is somewhat heartbreaking
10:14It really is
10:15I understand
10:16WWE's got talent
10:18That is so young
10:19And so exciting
10:20And motivated
10:21And they're hungry
10:23And they want those
10:24Top spots
10:24Heck a report came out
10:25Today about all the
10:27Issues in WWE
10:28In the backstage area
10:30Between all the
10:31Top tier talent
10:31That there's like
10:32A power struggle
10:33Because everybody
10:34Wants to keep their
10:34Spot at the top
10:35Of the food chain
10:36And I get it
10:37I really do
10:38But when you've got
10:39People like Sheamus
10:40Who have put in the time
10:41The years
10:41Up and down the road
10:43Putting people over
10:44And conquering other people
10:45Raising the level
10:47Of new talent
10:48While also fostering
10:49Feuds with established talent
10:50He's done it all
10:52He's been in there
10:53With the greatest
10:53Of the greats
10:54He really has
10:55And I really think
10:56He deserved a better way
10:57To go out
10:58Other than just
10:58Cutting his salary
10:59But that is what
11:00TKO and WWE do now
11:02They cut salary
11:04To save money
11:05Investing less money
11:06In less experienced talent
11:08That they think
11:08They can get over
11:09Look you really think
11:10Obafemi is getting paid
11:11What Sheamus is getting paid
11:13Absolutely not
11:14He's fresh on the main roster
11:15Now I expect he will be
11:17Very soon
11:18Especially when they
11:19Put a championship on him
11:20But right now
11:22Sheamus is an expenditure
11:23He's been very injured recently
11:25Heck I remember when he came back
11:26From the previous injury
11:27People were making fun of him
11:29Because he was a little bit
11:29Out of shape
11:30But look at how quickly
11:31He got back into shape
11:33He can still go
11:34With the best of them
11:35As a matter of fact
11:36One of my favorite matches
11:37He had in recent years
11:38Only a few years ago
11:39When he wrestled Edge's
11:40Last match in WWE
11:41On Smackdown
11:42It was a tearjerker
11:44An emotional
11:45Physical combative
11:46Situation
11:47It was just awesome
11:49And I'm going to
11:50I'm going to be
11:51Just absolutely devastated
11:52To see him go
11:53Now where does he go
11:54From here
11:54I don't know
11:55Is he the kind of guy
11:56That can go to AEW
11:58And really make an impact there
11:59Should he go to TNA
12:00You know
12:01The salary is not going to
12:02Be there at TNA
12:03And that's why he's
12:03Leaving WWE
12:04Is over the salary
12:05He could probably get
12:06A serviceable contract
12:07The money in AEW
12:09But Tony Khan
12:10Has been snakebitten
12:11By WWE stars in the past
12:13Will he be willing to do that
12:14With 19 years of history
12:16With WWE
12:16We think it wouldn't take much
12:18To have him go back
12:19For a nostalgia tour
12:20At some point
12:21And you know
12:22The other question is
12:23How long does he want
12:24To continue to do this
12:25He does have his
12:25Celtic Warrior Workouts
12:26YouTube channel
12:27If you've never seen it
12:28Check it out
12:28It's phenomenal
12:30But he did have
12:31Spinal stenosis
12:32A few years ago
12:32Talked about how he may
12:33Have to retire
12:34Because of that
12:35Maybe this is the last
12:37You know
12:37Thing
12:37Straw breaks
12:38Camel's back
12:38Maybe this is the
12:39End of his career
12:40I hope not
12:41Does he go to Japan
12:42Because he likes
12:43That hard hitting style
12:44Where I think he would
12:45Actually fit in quite well
12:46Because I think he could
12:47Throw down with the best
12:48Of them
12:49I don't know
12:50I really don't know
12:51And the British
12:53And European wrestling
12:53Scene is not what it was
12:55You know
12:5520 years ago
12:57It's solid
12:58Grev Pro is phenomenal
12:59There's some really
12:59Great companies
13:00But it's not what it was
13:0120 years ago
13:02Even 10 or 15 years ago
13:04So I don't know
13:05I really
13:06This one's a hard one
13:07For me to swallow
13:08You know
13:09Nothing but respect
13:10For Sheamus
13:10He's brought so much
13:11To the world of wrestling
13:12Such a unique character
13:13From the complexion
13:15To the hairdos
13:16To the music
13:16To the huge Celtic cross
13:18With the Celtic sword
13:19All of it
13:20Everything about Sheamus
13:22Has worked
13:22From the minute he walked
13:23Into a WWE ring
13:24And it's going to be
13:25Sad to see him go
13:26I know people like
13:27Drew Galloway
13:27Now known as Drew McIntyre
13:29Are going to be
13:30Very upset to see him go
13:32People like Finn Balor
13:33Who've been with him
13:35From the beginning
13:36Are going to be
13:37Very sad to see him go
13:39But again
13:40It's a business
13:41It is
13:42And I know people
13:42Don't want to hear that
13:43Multi-billion dollar corporation
13:45Make tons of money
13:46There's no reason
13:47They can't afford
13:47To pay all these guys
13:48I get it
13:48Especially when you
13:49Factor in the percentage
13:51Of income
13:52Hunting revenue
13:52That goes out to the talent
13:53It's so nominal
13:54It's less than any
13:56Professional sport
13:56In the world
13:57Pretty much
13:58So yeah
13:59Man it's
14:00It almost seems unfair
14:01But that's the nature
14:03Of professional wrestling
14:04And unfortunately
14:05It gets everybody
14:06At some point
14:06Remember they did
14:07The same thing
14:08To the New Day
14:09I don't know
14:09This is going to be
14:10A difficult one
14:11Not sure when
14:12The exact end date is
14:13But it is
14:14Like they said
14:14They said earlier
14:15It is imminent
14:16So we're going to have
14:16To wait and see
14:17How things play out
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