10 Wrestlers That Should Ask WWE For Their Release

2. Sheamus

Incredibly, at one point Sheamus was the next big thing, a man who won the WWE Championship from John Cena in 2009 after only 166 days on the main roster. He went on to win the Royal Rumble, King Of The Ring, and - probably more importantly in the eyes of management - have a competitive feud with Triple H. That allowed him to be the one to write the Game off television after a sustained beatdown following his win at Extreme Rules in 2010. That€™s a hell of a first few years in the company, but what€™s happened since then is anyone€™s guess. Like the other entries on this list, Sheamus€™ lower status on the card isn€™t for lack of trying or for lack of talent on the part of Stephen Farrelly, the man behind the Celtic Warrior gimmick. Sheamus has a completely unique look, and no - I€™m not talking about the mohawk and braided beard. He€™s a big old fella, and that whole pale-as-parchment ginger thing he has going on is going to be a goldmine for years to come. That kind of upside just doesn€™t come along that often. He€™s not great on the mic - but he€™s not sh*tbox either, just cheerfully average-to-good. He€™s older than he looks, though: able to pass for early thirties, Farrelly is actually closer to forty, having just turned thirty-eight two weeks ago. Despite his heavy-fisted brawling style and remarkable ability to take a convincing beating in the ring, Sheamus has a relatively minor history of injury, and could easily have the better part of a decade left in him as a top level performer. The question is, should those years be spent as glorified enhancement talent in WWE? He may have recently lifted the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but he was only ever going to be a plot point in Roman Reigns€™ slow, painful rise to the top. Before and since, Sheamus has been an afterthought for creative. In fact, on the same show that he cashed in the Money In The Bank contract to win the company€™s top title, Sheamus was literally booked to be a joke, a punchline in the New Day€™s comedy act. He was booked to appear completely inferior to Reigns in every single way during their brief feud over the title. There aren€™t many wrestlers capable of coming back from that kind of casual burial. If his real life buddy Stu €˜Wade Barrett€™ Bennett does head off, Farrelly could do worse than going with him. Drew Galloway, Stu Bennett and Stephen Farrelly could take advantage of their Scottish/English/Irish heritages to form a big bruising faction that would make the League Of Nations look like Little League.