Sheamus recently returned to action on RAW for the first time since the Royal Rumble. Due to this, he ended up missing WrestleMania 41.
WWE Superstar Sheamus recently sat down with Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail. When asked about missing out on competing at WrestleMania 41 this year, Sheamus admitted he was gutted that it didn’t happen.
“I was gutted that I wasn’t at Mania,” Sheamus said. “The last appearance that I had was at the Rumble. I want to be in the mix. I want to be there. I’m more passionate now about my job than I ever have been. Some of the guys are like, ‘You’ve been at so many WrestleManias, so it’s okay.’ But it’s not okay, I love what I do.
“I love going out there in front of a crowd, I love putting on banger after banger. I love that intensity, I love setting the bar so high that everybody, including the main event guys who have months and months to prepare, are trying to catch up with me. Until the wheels come off and I can’t do it anymore, I want to go out there. I don’t want to miss anything, and I don’t want to miss a WrestleMania. It was tough. I’m not going to lie, it was really, really hard.”
What did Sheamus pitch to be on the show?
The Celtic Warrior would go on to reveal that he pitched getting back in the Intercontinental Championship picture for the show, but admits WWE is probably sick of hearing him pitch that.
“I had pitched to hopefully get in the Intercontinental title stuff again,” Sheamus continued. “They’re probably tired about me talking about it, but that’s the one title that I have left to become the first ever ultimate Grand Slam Champion in WWE. That’s the Holy Grail, that’s it. But I wasn’t happy sitting at home. I don’t want to miss WrestleMania, I don’t want to go there and not be part of the biggest show of the year. It’s tough for me. I don’t care, if you have passion for what you do, you don’t want to miss that.”
Dominik Mysterio would go on to capture the Intercontinental Championship in a fatal four-way at WrestleMania 41.
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