10 Worst Booked WWE Champions Of All Time
8. Sheamus
The highlight of Sheamus’ first WWE Title run was unfortunately the victory itself. Sheamus won the WWE Title at TLC 2009 in a Tables Match against John Cena. The match result came as a surprise as Sheamus was extremely new to RAW and he was yet to build up a compelling character or connection with the audience.
Sheamus’ first run with the WWE Title was strange. His first feud was with another heel in Randy Orton which didn’t make a lot of sense and their PPV match at the Royal Rumble fell completely flat and ended in a DQ. The following PPV was the Elimination Chamber - where Sheamus would lose the WWE title after being eliminated in the Chamber itself by Triple H.
Sheamus would only win four-matches by pinfall during his WWE Title reign and each of them was a non-title encounter. Sheamus would go on to have better World Title reigns including a memorable babyface run with the World Title in 2012.