Stephen Farrelly[5][9] (Irish: Stíofán Ó Fearghaile) (born January 28, 1978)[5] is an Irishprofessional wrestler and actor, best known by his ring name Sheamus,pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪməs/.[10] He is signed with WWE, where he is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion.[11]
Prior to joining WWE, Farrelly was also a two-time International Heavyweight Championduring his tenure in Irish Whip Wrestling. He is a three-time World Champion, having held the WWE Championship on two occasions and is the current World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He also won the King of the Ring in 2010 and the Royal Rumble in 2012, as well as the WWE United States Championship onceOn the 30 June 2009 episode of ECW, Farrelly made his unannounced debut as a villain under the shortened ring name of Sheamus, quickly defeating a local competitor.[1][68] Sheamus soon entered into a critically well-received[69] rivalry with Goldust after defeating him on 29 July.[70]After exchanging victories in the following weeks[70][71] the two appeared on the Abraham Washington Show talk segment[72] leading to a No Disqualification match on 1 September which was won by Sheamus.[69] Sheamus then began a feud with Shelton Benjamin which was hot-shot into a deciding match on 27 October which Sheamus won.[73]
His rivalry with Benjamin ended prematurely because Sheamus had already been moved to theRaw brand. He made his Raw debut by defeating Jamie Noble on 26 October.[74] In the following weeks, he continued to attack Noble causing him to retire,[75] and, in lieu of competition, assaulted the timekeeper and commentator Jerry Lawler on 16 November at Madison Square Garden.[76] The following week Sheamus appeared on his first WWE pay-per-view event,Survivor Series. Sheamus appeared as part of The Miz's team in a traditional five-on-five elimination tag team match. He eliminated fellow Irishman Finlay and made the final pinfall to eliminate the opposing captain John Morrison and survive along with The Miz and longtime former rival Drew McIntyre.
The following night on Raw, Sheamus won a "break-through" battle royal for wrestlers who had never won a world championship, to become the number one contender to John Cena's WWE Championship. At the contract signing immediately afterwards, Sheamus put Cena through the table as the Raw guest host Jesse Ventura announced it would be a Table match.[77] On 13 December at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, Sheamus defeated Cena to win the WWE Championship, his first championship in WWE,[78] making him the first Irish-born WWE Champion.[13] The following night on Raw, Sheamus was awarded the 2009 Breakout Superstar of the Year Slammy Award.[79] At Royal Rumble, Sheamus defeated Randy Orton by disqualification, following interference from Orton's tag team partner Cody Rhodes.[80] On 21 February, Sheamus lost the WWE Championship at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in the Elimination Chamber match after he was eliminated by Triple H.[81] During the match, Sheamus suffered a concussion and as a result did not attend Raw the following night.[82][83] Upon his return, he took revenge on Triple H with an attack to set up a match at WrestleMania XXVI that Sheamus lost.[84][85] The following month at Extreme Rules, Sheamus attacked Triple H at the beginning of the show and later defeated him in aStreet Fight. After a series of kicks to the head to win, he continued his assault after the match finished resulting in Triple H being written off television for ten months.[86]
On June 20 at Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view, Sheamus won a fatal four way match, following interference from The Nexus that allowed him to pin John Cena, thus winning the WWE Championship, and beginning his second WWE Championship reign.[87][88] He went on to defeat Cena a third time in a steel cage match to retain the championship at the WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view,[89] and against Randy Orton at SummerSlam, which ended in disqualification, meaning that Sheamus retained his title. At Night of Champions, Sheamus was pinned by Randy Orton in a Six-Pack Elimination Challenge for the WWE Championship.[90]
He bounced back on 29 November, with wins over Kofi Kingston and John Morrison to become King of the Ring, after receiving a bye through the second round.[91] As King Sheamus, he faced Morrison again at the TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs PPV for a future WWE Championship match but lost the Ladder match.[92] Going into 2011, he continued to lose to Morrison in a mixture of singles and tag team matches.[93][94] Triple H returned on 28 February and took revenge for his scripted ten month injury by putting him through the announce table. Right after that, Sheamus was defeated by Evan Bourne who returned to Raw after a four month injury.[95] On 7 March, after losing a match against Daniel Bryan, Sheamus challenged him to a rematch with his WWE career on the line against Bryan'sUnited States Championship.[96] He won his match against Bryan the following week, winning his first United States Title.[97] The rematch between Sheamus and Bryan took place on 3 April, during the preshow of WrestleMania XXVII, and ended in a draw after interference from the lumberjacks.[98] The next night on Raw, Sheamus retained the United Staes Championship against Bryan in a rematch. After the match, the debuting Sin Cara saved Bryan from an attack by Sheamus.[99] In the 2011 Supplemental Draft, Sheamus was drafted to the SmackDown brand. Sheamus made his SmackDown debut on the 29 April episode, attacking Kofi Kingston. Although he took the United States Championship with him, he lost it back to the Raw brand at Extreme Rules when Kingston defeated him in a Table match.[100][101]
[edit]The Great White; World Heavyweight Champion (2011–present)
On the 3 June episode of SmackDown, Sheamus lost a World Heavyweight Championship match to Randy Orton due to biased refereeing from Christian, beginning a turn from a villainous character to a fan favorite over the following weeks.[102] Two weeks later, he was put in a match against Christian with a stipulation that if Sheamus won, he would be able to compete in the World Heavyweight Championship match atWWE Capitol Punishment. Kick to defeat Del Rio and retain the World Heavyweight Championship.[127]
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