Sheamus was absent from WWE television from his appearance in the Men’s Royal Rumble match until the May 5th episode of WWE RAW. Although he wrestled at two live events in March, he did not participate in WrestleMania 41.
While speaking with Alex McCarthy of the Daily Mail, Sheamus revealed that he was gutted that he wasn’t at WrestleMania 41. He said,
“I was gutted that I wasn’t at Mania. 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 WrestleMania’s, 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.”
He added, “I had pitched to hopefully get in the Intercontinental title stuff again. 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.”
During a recent appearance on “The Ariel Helwani Show,” Hulk Hogan commented on his new Real American Freestyle Wrestling promotion and his desire to elevate the talent involved.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his objectives with the company: “Somewhere along the line, I don’t want to create like superstars. I want mega stars out of these guys because these guys are the real deal. When I say it’s pro-pro wrestling, it really is. I think I have a connection with these guys and I can help them, not with the amateur wrestling stuff, but with everything else that goes along with that. Organically, nobody’s going to be a bad cop or Doink The Clown or something like that. These guys are going to organically grow into these mega stars and they’re going to start feeling their oats. I really think that I can have a lot to do with helping them like that.”
On meeting with the various teams: “We went to Ohio and Wisconsin, we met with all the coaches and the teams, I was worried that it would just be flat. But these kids have been watching TV, they’ve been watching wrestling, watching UFC, watching Conor McGregor. All these kids that I didn’t know what to expect, they all got that swagger.”
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