Ranking EVERY WWE Champion From Worst To Best
36. Sheamus
Sheamus will probably go down as one of the wrestlers most unappreciated in their own time, not least because there are multiple occasions where - as WWE Champion - he felt out-of-place or ill-fitting in the role.
The decision to gamble on him in 2009 just months into his main roster run was uncharacteristically bold, but by the time he scored the gold for a second time several months later, he was the least interesting element of an ongoing war being waged on WWE by The Nexus. Five years later, and he was once again a wrestler near a plum spot rather than really in one.
Chosen as the bastard of the week to cash in on Roman Reigns mere minutes after 'The Big Dog' had won his first WWE Championship at the 2015 Survivor Series, 'The Celtic Warrior' was deemed a strong enough heel to get the fans to finally embrace the former Shield man after multiple failed attempts. Short of any time Reigns smashed Vince McMahon in the mouth, it didn't really work, and a deeply under-appreciated wrestler once again felt more like a disposable midcarder-done-good than a worthy contender getting his turn.