During a recent interview with TalkSport, Sheamus commented on his recent return to SmackDown, not wanting to retire yet, and more. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On how he dropped so much weight in his time off: “It’s going good. I had plenty of time to do it. You know, it’s been eye opening for me as well. Like, I’ve been learning a lot, especially with my YouTube channel called Celtic Warrior Workouts and it’s working out with different people. Everyone’s got their own style, so I’ll pick stuff out that I really like and I’ll incorporate into my workouts. But, yeah, I’ve dropped a lot of weight, I’m still doing fasted cardio every morning for half an hour and then I’ll probably go eat or whatever, do my thing, and I’ll workout again later on that day, and sometimes I’ll do kickboxing and stuff. But it was very important for me to come back in the shape that I want to be in. I’ve had enough time, no excuses. Now I feel better than ever.”
On ideas WWE had about changing his look for his return: “Mate, I got these notebooks of ideas from creative with like, a small moustache, and suspenders and my hair go over to the side…it looked almost exactly like Jack Gallagher from 205 Live and I said ‘you know, we have a person who looks just like this here, right?’ Man, if I did any of it any of those pictures, I’d just be done! I would have been toast. The amount of slaggings (abuse) I would have gotten, and that would have just been off my granny! It was just terrible. But you know, we just went so far with the Mohawk. The Mohawk was done. I thought about it and, creatively, myself and a guy I work with called Ray, we just talked about it and it was like [debuting the mohawk] so shocking, you know, and I got that reaction ‘you look stupid’ and stuff and it was a great reaction. It was completely different because we we just hit a roadblock with whatever it was. You can’t go further than that.”
On how he wanted to bring back his old music: “So it made sense. People were asking on the channel, on social media – bring back the old Sheamus. So, I did. I wanted to bring back the old music too, but some things you can get and some things you can’t. But yeah, it’s very important, especially the spirit of the Celtic Warrior. That kick-ass, Celtic Warrior vibe. It made sense.”
On how he wasn’t ready to retire: “The truth is, I wasn’t ready to be done. There are things that pop into your head, like doubts and that saying ‘I might be done’. I got back to that question just after ‘Mania and I felt I was kind of burnt out too. I felt like me and Cesaro – as great as a tag team we were, we’d already won the titles five times. And I just feel, creatively, there was no direction for us at the time. And I guess we were both burnt out. Then we went back for that Raw after ‘Mania, man. We interrupted that Kofi [Kingston] and Seth [Rollins] match. And we weren’t supposed to be there. We got a call a couple of hours before we were supposed to go on there, and, you know, the crowd just sh*t on it. And it was just like, we hit that point where it felt like we’d hit that roadblock. And I was burnt out too, I wasn’t feeling great and I went away for a while. [Then] I just worked my ass off, man. I had so much fun wrestling with Cesaro and we created a legacy with The Bar and you don’t want that to be diminished.”
On his 2012 Royal Rumble victory: “People think that [Chris] Jericho was supposed to win that Rumble. As far as I knew that was never the case. But you know, I don’t think I can say too much. I had an idea [that I would win]. Yeah. And I just really wanted to make sure it was great. Jericho was great with me at the end. I thought that thing we had at the very end was awesome. The tease and stuff? Because I think a lot of people did think the Jericho was gonna do it. Funny thing is, right before that match, I got a sty in my eye! Day of the Rumble! So my eye is hanging down everyone is taking the piss out of me. The one day, right? And I look back at those pictures and that’s what motivated me. I look back and think I should have been in such a better shape for that, you know? But that’s what it is. We’re not perfect people we just we always try and make yourself better as best we can and improving each other. But yeah, I’ve had a lot of great moments and it’s fun to sit back and watch and be like ‘ah, that was great!’ But now, I’m like I want to make new moments. I need to start all over again.”
