14 Ups & 2 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Mar 19)

8. Sheamus Shines Vs. Kofi

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Sheamus is one of the most underrated wrestlers in WWE by default. The Irishman has been criticised so vociferously throughout his WWE run that he can't not be.

Though he'll rarely blow you away between the ropes, Sheamus is a solid, dependable big man who was green when he started, but has developed immensely over the years. Now, he's comfortably on or above WWE's modern working standard. The Bar's success has as much to do with his consistency as it does Cesaro's ingenuity, and the 'Celtic Warrior' looked good in the gauntlet's opening stretch, battering Kofi Kingston with his trademark clobbering offence, though he was always going to take the fall.

This came when Kingston countered an attempted Brogue Kick for a two-count. They sprung to their feet, and Sheamus was quickly felled by Trouble In Paradise, having played his loser's role well. Kudos to him for once again showing that he's nothing like the big, lumbering lump some still typecast him as.

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