Sheamus nearly set a WWE record for the quickest rise to World Champion from the time he debuted, 166 days. He started out on ECW and moved to Raw after four months, where he earned a title shot and beat John Cena six weeks later. In other news, Cody Rhodes has been on the main roster for seven years and still hasnt gotten a breakthrough moment like that. It's that kind of rapid ascension, hurdling other fan-favorites that can lead to legit resentment, especially if fans don't think the "rocket push" is deserved. To what can Sheamus attribute this meteoric rise? The story is that Sheamus started working out with Triple H, and the future COO saw something in him and accelerated his climb up the ladder. Although Sheamus first title reign didnt last too long, he fought Triple H at WrestleMania XXVI (which he lost) and then put Triple H out of action for nearly a year the following month. Since then, Sheamus has gone on to win the King of the Ring in 2010 and then won the 2012 Royal Rumble, which of course leads us to
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
