7 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (March 30th)
4. Sheamus Returns As A Heel
It was rumored that Sheamus was going to return at WrestleMania, possibly in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, but unless he was winning it, there was no reason for him to come back just to get eliminated at the end again. Instead, a Mohawk-wearing Celtic Warrior rushed the ring to chase off Bad News Barrett, only to take down Dolph Ziggler and Daniel Bryan himself. During Sheamus absence, its become painfully obvious that WWE is in desperate need of strong heels to balance things out. Aside from Seth Rollins, Rusev and Bray Wyatt, no bad guys are really booked all that strongly. Also, Sheamus character had become increasingly stale, to the point where fans booed him reflexively because they just didnt want to see the smiling Irishman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL6syfy5df0 Bringing him back with a new look (which is questionable) and a new attitude will hopefully help freshen him up while shoring up the roster a little.
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.
