History YMMV / Sheamus

* AntiClimaxBoss: Rumored to be a real life example. In spite of his formidable size and physique, there have been reports and rumors that smaller wrestlers like Yoshi Tatsu and Sin Cara (the Hunico version) have beaten up Sheamus outside the ring after allegedly being provoked enough.

* ForWantOfANail: ''That'' Wrestlemania match. It wasn't just that Bryan lost in 18 seconds. It was exacerbated by the beneficiary being Sheamus, who was a perceived CreatorsPet anyway, representative of many fans' frustration with WWE's booking, and that his character's face run at the time was bland at best, DesignatedHero at worst. With all that taken into account, it's quite possible that, as disastrous as the decision was at the time, without his Wrestlemania SquashMatch against Daniel Bryan, Bryan's WWE career as we now remember it might have never happened.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: While for the longest time either not really cared about or outright [[TheScrappy hated]], he started to gain many more fans around 2021 during his feud with Wrestling/{{Drew McIntyre}}. The two of them would put on excellent match after excellent match, and many fans started to notice that not only was Sheamus actually able to put on a lot of great matches, but was also very safe and professional. This even got to the point that some fans said they wouldn't mind seeing him get one last world title run.
** This was brought up to 11 following his match with [[Wrestling/{{Walter Gunther]] at ''Clash at the Castle'', which was one of the most hard-hitting matches in recent memory. It was so beloved that after the match, the crowd gave Sheamus a standing ovation, and many fans realized that Sheamus was actually damn good.

** This was brought up to 11 following his match with Gunther at Clash at the Castle, which was one of the most hard-hitting matches in recent memory. It was so beloved that after the match, the crowd gave Sheamus a standing ovation, and many fans realized that Sheamus was actually damn good.

** After his match with [[Wrestling/{{Walter}} Gunther]] at "Clash at the Castle" PPV, in which Sheamus was unsuccessful in winning the Intercontinental Championship, the crowd gave him a standing ovation for his efforts. The look in Sheamus' eyes showed how touched he was and thanked them for it. He would later state that this moment was his greatest moment in his 13 year career.

** While he wasn't at the level of decay like he was years before, and had stellar programs with Drew McIntyre, not many people were seeing Sheamus as serious as he once was by the fans. His match with Gunther at Clash at the Castle, however, all but rejuvenated his career and fan interest to the point he went from heel to face in one match, with the crowd fully getting behind him once again, all through his sheer grit.

** Oh god yes, he started out as an uber heel that murdered everyone, beat Wrestling/JohnCena for the WWE Championship, [[TenMinuteRetirement "retired"]] Wrestling/TripleH and dominated most people he's been up against, as soon as he won the championship a second time he's really started to loose all the badass cred, Wrestling/RandyOrton punked him out whenever they faced each other (to this day Sheamus has never beaten Orton), he ran from Wrestling/TheNexus, hell, ''Wrestling/TheMiz'' kicked his ass.
** In mid-2011, he forced the Badassery to re-emerge. Talking trash with [[DesignatedHero Randy Orton?]] Check. Classic triple threat match with Wrestling/MarkHenry and Wrestling/{{Christian}}? Check. Recovering from [[OneHitKill THE PUNT]] in ONE WEEK? CHECK. Interrupting the Wrestling/RandyOrton[=/=]Christian contract signing and punking out both men? CHECK. Withstanding The Great Khali's vicegrip and '''''breaking out of it?'''''. CHECK. Taking on Mark Henry, because no one else want due to him being on a warpath and taking out a bunch of people? CHECK. And getting cheering for it. One would say YES, most definitely approaching a HeelFaceTurn.
** In 2012, he won the Wrestling/RoyalRumble. '''BADASS DECAY OVER'''.
** [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1127910-wrestlemania-28-resultssheamus-the-top-7-challengers-for-the-world-title Twofold, fella!]]
** Sadly, he fell into this again in 2015, which got even worse when he won the Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank briefcase. He was basically losing all his feuds, had no storyline direction, and was jobbing to midcard matches in some vein hope that the fans would forget about him to make his cash-in more shocking (instead, all it did was make them actively dread it, having seen this play one too many times). This was one of the main arguments the IWC made against Sheamus being champion in the first place, especially in comparison to Reigns, who's been booked like he's the second coming of Wrestling/JohnCena. Sheamus has lost so much credibility that the fans have a hard time taking him as a serious threat to Reigns, while Reigns' character is bland and stale; there's effectively no reason to care about this feud at all.
** Fortunately, Wrestling/MickFoley put him and [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli Cesaro]] together as a TagTeam, and [[Wrestling/TheBar it ended up working wonders]]. ''Both'' their careers got back on track as a result.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGU3Q9FlcA "Hellfire"]], the hellacious mix of rock and celtic music that also got used as the entrance music for Wrestling/TheBar.

** After his match with [[Wrestling/{{Walter}} Gunther]] at "Clash at the Castle" PPV, in which Sheamus was unsuccessful in winning the Intercontinental Championship, the crowd gave him a standing ovation for his efforts. The look in Sheamus' eyes showed how touched he was and thanked them for it.

** Also, [[Franchise/TheMuppets Beaker]]. Thanks for that, Wrestling/{{Edge}}.

* HilariousInHindsight: On the 2011 ''[=WrestleMania Revenge=]'' Tour in Europe, Sheamus faced Daniel Bryan (for the US Championship) - and worked as a face for the Dublin show. Although AHeroToHisHometown would obviously come into play, the idea of ''Daniel Bryan'' getting XPacHeat against Sheamus is kind of hilarious. See next entry.

** After his match with Gunther at "Clash at the Castle" PPV, in which Sheamus was unsuccessful in winning the Intercontinental Championship, the crowd gave him a standing ovation for his efforts. The look in Sheamus' eyes showed how touched he was and thanked them for it.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Rumored to be a real life example. In spite of his formidable size and physique, there have been reports and rumors that smaller wrestlers like Yoshi Tatsu and Sin Cara(the Hunico version) have beaten up Sheamus outside the ring after allegedly being provoked enough.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: While for the longest time either not really cared about or outright [[TheScrappy hated]], he started to gain many more fans around 2021 during his feud with Drew McIntyre. The two of them would put on excellent match after excellent match, and many fans started to notice that not only was Sheamus actually able to put on a lot of great matches, but was also very safe and professional. This even got to the point that some fans said they wouldn't mind seeing him get one last world title run.