WWE Wanted Sheamus To Steal Jack Gallagher's Look
"We already have a person who looks just like this here, right?"
Sheamus reverted to his original, pre-mohawk look when he returned recently on SmackDown, but that wasn't the first plan WWE had for his comeback.
The creative team and wardrobe department sent the Irishman several sketches that included a small moustache, sweep-over hairdo and braces. Basically, as Sheamus told TalkSport, WWE wanted him to become a superior version of 205 Live and NXT man 'Gentleman' Jack Gallagher.
Sheamus pointed out that the proposed look was identical to someone WWE already had under contract, and said he wasn't willing to step on someone's toes. Furthermore, Sheamus knew that his peers would laugh at him if he went along with the changes and thought he'd look silly with a little pencil moustache.
"I would have been toast," he said, as if realising that change for change's sake wasn't going to cut it if he hoped to make an impact.
In the same interview, Sheamus revealed that he wanted his old entrance music back for the return. WWE didn't think that was a good idea. Apparently however, turning him into a larger, meaner version of Jack Gallagher was.