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Why Does Everybody Hate Sheamus?

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#1 ·
what did he do to deserve to get hated on? He just doing his job.
 
#4 ·
I loved Sheamus before he turned into what he has become. My hate isn't of the guy portraying the character... not at all. He's just doing what he's told. That being said, I don't have to like or enjoy what they have turned him into simply because I like the guy he used to be. This character is the epitome of boring and predictable to me.
 
#10 · (Edited)
when he was heel and first 8 months as a face, I don't remember this much hate toward the guy. The 18 second beat-down at Bryan at Wrestlemania might have the people turn on him. Its like that AJ girl, nobody said a bad word about her when she was on NXT and Smackdown. After she was dumped by Bryan and went bananas, all hell broke loose.
 
#6 ·
I'll put my Sheamus "hate" on this..I was ready for a Sheamus reign. I was ready for dominance. What I wasn't ready for was the bullshit that came with WM. I don't know about others, but I paid to see Bryan and Sheamus almost as much as The Rock and Cena. When the match happened the way it did, knowing what we could have saw, just ruined how I felt about the Sheamus character, even after the fact. I think Sheamus is good, and will get better, but just like the US government, there is nothing we can do about how we feel about this. He isn't entertaining...Really, if this is what is left, then I'm scared where wrestling will go..
 
#8 · (Edited)
He has a horrible, goofy look that isn't possible to take seriously, he's terrible on the mic and he follows WWE's main event babyface formula to a T, ie, take ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and NO ONE seriously, ever, at any time, regardless of whether they're a proven star or not, just stand there and laugh at them like an idiot, and crack stupid, childish jokes tailored specifically for 8 year olds. This is why feuds don't draw anymore, the babyfaces absolutely refuse to sell their opponents. Sheamus is one of the worst offenders. Him standing there cracking jokes when he's right next to his world title opponent, a 7 foot, 400+ lb giant who's won world titles on every brand he's been on was absolutely cringeworthy and kills any interest in the program.

I'm not gonna say he wins all the time, because if it wasn't him, it would just be somebody else, but he certainly doesn't deserve that booking and such a lackluster talent getting booked in that fashion only serves to anger people.
 
#49 ·
Absolutely nailed it right there. Sheamus is the epitome of fast forward material. Other than the points above, he has all the hallmarks of a HHH 'coolest frat guy in the room' character build too which I simply cannot fucking stand; stealing cars, no selling your opponent and taking absolutely nothing seriously.

With any luck he'll be offered some bad film roles and disappear up his own arse and far away from a wrestling ring sometime soon.
 
#9 ·
Unstoppable monster face does nothing for me unless the attitude is correct. Goldberg is the perfect example of this. Fucking LOVE that guy. Joking 13 year old attitude of making fun of people with no attitude to back it up i.e. Sheamus does nothing for me.

That being said, oddly enough, I'm a huge mark for The Rock. His style of making fun of people works for me, for whatever reason. Sheamus just bores me.
 
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Rock actually took his opponents seriously, that's the difference. He would make fun of them, but at the end of the promo, he would get serious and angry. That sells PPV's, that draws ratings, feuds that have heat and tension behind them. When Rock fought Austin, Triple H, Undertaker, he didn't brush them off like they were nothing. These idiots like Cena and Sheamus just stand there with a shit eating grin on their face making jokes tailored to 7 year olds. I can't believe today's babyfaces, honestly. That debate was so stupid. He's fighting Big Show, and he's completely no selling EVERYTHING from a multiple time world champion giant.
 
#13 ·
He's booked as superman, sucks on the mic. And owes a large part of his success to being HHH's workout buddy.
 
#18 ·
His character is one of the most obnoxious faces in recent memory. He give crap promos, does segments with a shit-eating grin, and has some of the worst insults outside of Cena loser promo. His unbeatable character actively damages the momentum of the guys he fueds with to the point where ADR looks like a total joke now (even though ADR sucks too).

As for the guy himself, there is absoluetly nothing about the guy that is special (other than being an albino ginger). His ring skills are average for a WWE worker, he doesn't have an amazing physical build, he is way below average on the mic (for a main-eventer). Based on how flustered he became when the crowd was against him in Chicago on Raw a few weeks back, he probably doesn't have thick enough skin to take a hostile crowd. He is bland in every way. Give him a tan and dye his hair brown and he would be indistinguisable from the run-of-the-mill dime-a-dozen workers like Ted Debiase Jr.

Lastly he always, always kicks out at the 1 count. Way to make your opponent look like garbage.
 
#87 ·
(Y) only thing I disagree with is his ring skills being only average. Most of his matches are always good, just the same, boring, predictable ending ruins them.
 
#35 ·
Main reason is that they are turning him into Cena II
I have 3 reasons for disliking
1. He beat Daniel Brian in 18 seconds at Wrestle Freaking Mania. If it was a Smackdown match it would not have been as bad but this was Wrestlemania and whoever thought this was a great idea is an idiot (even Vince if it was his)
2. Long title reign. Faces and long title reigns DO NOT WORK. The faces are supposed to be chasing the title. If he's beating the shit out of everyone, why the fuck would I want to feel for him and cheer him?
3. No character motivations. What the fuck is he? A guy that says fella all the time and smiles like an idiot? When is the last time someone really pissed him off? Back in the days, the big faces (by big I mean in size) were usually ganged up by factions. Let's use Undertaker for an example. How to antagonize the Undertaker when he was a face during his American Badass days? -Stalk his wife, fuck with his bike, screw him out of a match every now and then, beat the crap out of him with a chair, injure his hand. When is the last time we saw a storyline injury?

Honestly Sheamus should have lost the title in July/August. Dolph Ziggler could have had a nice summer run and then lost it in October/November back to Sheamus or to someone else who then would lose to Sheamus. This is exactly what killed Cena in the first place. Forcing him down our throats. The WWE doesn't seem to learn from their mistakes. Cena could have been the best face of all time if they had built him right.
 
#36 ·
He supposed to be the Celtic Warrior, and I've heard that in his early days in the UK, he was really into Celtic mythology and tried to portray himself as being an actual Celtic knight. Would anyone really be opposed to him being some kind of barbaric badass like that again?
 
#37 ·
On top of what's already been said, I think it's because he's a prime example of what the 'company' wants and not what the fans want.

Wrestlemania 28 was a very significant night. Sheamus won the Rumble and became the first guy to successfully challenge the world champion at Wrestlemania in 5 years. But it wasn't some epic encounter at all. It was an 18-second opener. For the World fucking championship. And he beat an indy darling - who was also getting over naturally on his own merits - to do it.

That was the definition of a forcefed, manufactured push to try and get him over. Instead the fans chanted 'bullshit!' and spat it back in WWE's face.

Sheamus hasn't recovered since. That whole turn of events has left a sour taste in fans' mouths which won't go away for some time. WWE thought that would give him even more momentum but all it really did was fucking kill anything he had going for him.
 
#39 ·
Fella`is great. there`s lots of reasons why people may hate him : corny jokes, the smile, probably he is too much Cena like. Personally fella makes me laugh and keeps me entertained.
 
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