Seamus

Farrelli was born in Cabra, Dublin . Grew up on North Great George's Street, Dublin ^[6] . Farrelli's father was a bodybuilder. When he was thirteen years old, he sang in a church choir ^[7] . He played Gaelic football for the team “ Erins Isle ", Where he was called the" Player of the Month " ^[8] . He played rugby for the National College of Ireland, graduated with a degree in Information Technology. Prior to joining WWE, he worked as a security guard in a nightclub and once guarded Bono and Larry Mullen from U2 ^[9] . He is a fan of the Liverpool Football Club, the London Irish and Leinster Rugby Clubs, and the New Zealand Warriors Rugby Club.

Training (2002-2004)

Following Bret Hart’s advice, Stephen begins training at Larry Sharp’s wrestling school in April 2002 . A few weeks later, he made his debut in the image of a face under the name O'Shaughnessy. Soon, Stephen gets a serious neck injury. After that, Stephen began to develop the gimmick of the Irish Warrior.

Irish Whip Wrestling (2004-2006)

In May 2004, under the same name, O'Shaunessy transferred to the Irish Whip Wrestling in a wrestling school in Dublin. He made his debut on July 9, easily defeating Mark Burns. For the rest of the year, he feuds with Weed Wayne. But almost all of their fights, he loses and in general the whole feud. In March 2005, they again began to quarrel with O'Shaughnessy with Shane and Widdy, but already in collaboration with Raven . Then he won the IWW International Heavyweight Championship on October 2, 2005. After several title defenses against Vampiro and Viper, O'Shaughnessy was embroiled in a feud with another Scottish Drew MacIntyre . Soon, O'Shaughnessy lost his title, after 329 days of his possession to Drew McIntyre on August 27, 2006. And, as it turned out, this was the last duel for Shamus in Irish Whip Wrestling.

Various Promotions (2005-2007)

After which O'Shaughnessy began performing in various British promotions, where after a while he became the main star of the company. After some time, Drew MacIntyre also goes there. Although their feud was over at Irish Whip Wrestling, here it began anew. Here he failed to win a single title.

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE

On November 13, 2006, Seamus first appeared on WWE on Raw in Manchester. He made his debut as a DX team guard, and then received a “pedigree” from the Player .

Florida Championship Wrestling (2006-2009)

O'Shaunessy made his WWE debut at the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) training ground on October 2 and defeated Brian Kelly in his debut match. After that, Seamus became a team fighter, he began to act in teams with Vansen, Jack Hager and with Kashi. Together with Kasi, they participated in the tournament for the FCW Team Championship, but lost in the first round.

By September 2007, Seamus had again become a solo wrestler. Having seized the main title of FCW, he began to successfully defend the title from Jack Hager, Eric Escobar and Joe Henning. But still, Seamus lost the title to Eric Escobar on December 11 in the Fatal 4-Way match in which Joe Henning and Drew Galloway (better known as Drew MacIntyre) also took part. In March, Seamus fought twice against Drew Galloway for the world heavyweight title, but lost twice.

July 22, 2008 Seamus worked in a dark match before the release of SmackDown! where he fought against R-Truth but lost. In May 2009, Seamus fought twice in dark matches before RAW where he was able to defeat Jimmy Noble twice.

WWE Champion; United States Champion WWE (2009—2011)

On June 30, 2009, during the ECW show, Seamus made his debut as a healer, he quickly defeated a local fighter. After his debut, Seamus began to feast with Goldast, and defeated him on July 29. But next week Goldast was able to defeat the Irish. On September 1, during a talk show by Abraham Washington, Goldast and Sheimus agreed on a match without disqualification, in which Sheimus won. Soon, Seamus began a feud with Shelton Benjamin, whom he defeated on October 27. Soon, the Shelton feud was over, as Seamus was transferred to the RAW brand.

Seamus made his debut on RAW on October 26, where Seamus was able to defeat Jamie Noble. The following week, Seamus attacked Jamie Noble, and began to brutally beat him, forcing him to retire. The following week, Seamus was selected to the Mizu team on the Survivor Series. At the Survivor Series (2009), Seamus took part in the traditional team elimination match, where Seamus was able to knock Finley out, and Seamus held a victory hold on John Morrison, thereby leaving Seamus, Miz and Drew MacIntyre.

At the next RAW, Seamus won the royal battle giving the right to fight for the WWE Champion title. The following week, during the signing of the contract, special guest Jesse Ventura announced that this match would be with tables, after which Seamus broke the table with John Cena. At PPV TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009), Seamus was able to defeat John Cena and become the new WWE Champion. Seymus became the first Irish WWE champion, and he won his first championship 166 days after the debut. At the next RAW, Seamus was awarded the Slammy Breakthrough of the Year 2009 Award. At the PPV Battle Royale (2010), Seamus defeated Randy Orton for disqualification following Heritage intervention. At the next PPV Elimination Chamber (2010), Seamus defended his title from Triple H , John Cena , Randy Orton, Ted Dibiasi and Kofi Kingston. And Seamus lost his title after Triple H was able to successfully retain Seamus. After that, Seymus started a feud with Triple H, all this led them to a match at WrestleMania XXVI, in which Triple H. won. But in a rematch at PPV Extreme Rules (2010), Sheimus was able to defeat Triple H in a street fight match. But after the match, Seamus again attacked Triple H with blows to the head, after which Triple H attacks were not seen for almost a year.

Then on PPV WWE Fatal 4-Way, Seamus defeated John Cena, Randy Orton and Edge and became two-time WWE Champion. In a rematch at PPV Money in the Bank (2010) in a steel cage duel after the intervention of the Nexus, Seymus was able to defeat John Cena. At SummerSlam (2010), Randy Orton defeated Seamus for disqualification, which meant that Seamus remained WWE Champion. But already at PPV Night of Champions (2010), Randy Orton was able to defeat Sheimus, Wade Barrett, Edge, John Cena and Chris Jericho in a six-time wrestling match for the WWE title. Then on the next RAW during a conversation between Seamus and Randy Orton, a rematch was scheduled. At PPV Hell in a Cell (2010) in a match of Hell in a Cell, Randy Orton defeated Seamus.

At Bragging Rights (2010), Seamus participated in an inter-brand team match. but was destroyed along with the Big Show, since both did not have time to return to the ring. Then began a feud with John Morrison, which resulted in a match on the Survivor Series (2010) in which John won. On November 29 at RAW, Seamus won the King of the Ring tournament in the final match defeating John Morrison. After that, Seamus began to call himself “King Seamus”. At PPV TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2010) , King Shamus met again with John Morrison, in a match with the stairs for the first contender for the WWE title, and John won again in this match. On February 28, Triple H returned to RAW, and took revenge on Seamus for his injury by making Pedigree on the commentary table.

On March 7, at RAW, Seamus lost to Daniel Brian. The following week at RAW, Seamus challenged Brian to a career title match, and Seamus was able to win this match, becoming the first United States WWE Champion. In the rematch at WrestleMania XXVII in the pre-show, Seamus and Brian did not reveal the winner after the intervention of lumberjacks. At the next RAW, Seamus defeated Brian, and after the match, his debut in the company was made by Sin Kara, who attacked Seamus.

World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2013)

During the additional draft, he switched to SmackDown! and took the US title with him. At PPV WWE Extreme Rules (2011), Seamus lost the belt to WWE United States Champion Kofi Kingston , after which an unsuccessful pursuit of the world heavyweight title began . After Money in the Bank, he made a face turn, starting a feud against Mark Henry . At SummerSlam, he lost the match against Mark Henry in the report, but in the rematch he defeated Mark Henry in the countdown, after which Seamus got into a feud with Christian. At Hell in a Cell (2011) and Vengeance (2011), Seamus defeated Christian.

On January 29, 2012, Royal Rumble won by throwing Chris Jericho out of the ring, and set off for the WrestleMania World Heavyweight Championship title XXVIII . After the PPV Elimination Chamber (2012), Seamus went out to world heavyweight champion Daniel Brown and attacked him, making it clear that he would fight for his title at WrestleMania. WrestleMania XXVIII hosted a match against Daniel Bryan for the world heavyweight title, Seymus won in 18 seconds and became the new world heavyweight champion, after which Brian uses his right to revenge on Extreme Rules (2012) as a losing champion, John Laurinaitis ordered this fight according to the rules “two of three deductions”. At PPV Extreme Rules (2012), Seamus defeated Brown. At Over the Limit (2012), Seamus defeated Chris Jericho , Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio , after which Seamus began a feud with Del Rio, and at No Way Out, Seamus had to fight against Del Rio, but due to the injury of the latter, Seamus was fighting against Dolph Ziggler, and won. At Money in the Bank (2012), Seymus defeated Alberto Del Rio. July 27 at SmackDown! Del Rio becomes the first challenger again. August 10 at SmackDown! Alberto sued Seamus for stealing his car on a previous issue of Raw, and Booker Tee said that if Seamus attacks Del Rio, he will lose his title even before SummerSlam. At SummerSlam (2012), Seamus defeated Alberto Del Rio. September 7 at SmackDowm !, after Seamus accidentally played Ricardo Rodriguez Brogue Kick, he broke his neck, after which this reception was banned, but at PPV Night of Champions (2012) before Shamus vs. Alberto, general manager of SmackDown! Booker Tee again agreed to host the Brogue Kick, thanks to which Seamus won again. On October 29, 2012 at Hell in a Cell (2012), Seamus fought the Big Show for the world heavyweight title and lost by losing his title. Then he won the disqualification at the Survivior Series , but lost to the Big Show at the TLC .

At the Royal Rumble, he knocked out five wrestlers ( Otungu , O'Neill , Clay , Mahal and Ziggler ), but was knocked out by Raybek , the penultimate in a row. On February 17, at the Elimination Chamber, Sheimus joined the team of Sina and Raibek and fought in a team battle against the Shield group, and the battle ended in a victory for the Shield. Further, the Shield group constantly attacked Orton and Sheymus, after which the group called Orton and Sheymus to a 3v3 match in WrestleMania 29 and allowed Randy and Sheimus to choose any WWE wrestler as their partners. They immediately picked Raybek, but three days later RAW general manager Vicki Guerrero removed Rybek from the 3v3 match and put him in a duel against Mark Henry in WrestleMania , thereby freeing up a place in the team match. Later that evening, the Shield group tried to attack Randy and Sheimus, but the Big Show ran to their aid, thereby making it clear that he wants to take the vacant place in the team of Orton and Sheymus. At WrestleMania, 29 lost to Shield because of Orton (Sheimus tried to pass the Big Show, but this pass was accepted by Randy, after which Raines attacked him and after that Ambrose restrained Orton). After the fight, the offended Big Show knocked out Seymus and Orton, which caused enmity between them.

On the May 6 issue of RAW, he defeated Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett , but was attacked by Mark Henry, who attacked the Irish, near the end of the battle and beat him with a belt. However, the next RAW did the same with Mark. After that, a belt duel was scheduled for Extreme Rules between Seymus and Mark Henry, in which the Irishman won. Damien Sandow defeated Payback . Then he was declared to Money in the Bank for a contract giving the right to fight for the WWE championship. At PPV Money in the Bank itself, Seamus was unable to take off the case, and Randy Orton did it.

On August 7, it was announced on WWE's official website that Seamus would miss 4 to 6 months of performances due to a bone lip in his left shoulder. The injury was received during Money in the Bank All Stars .

United States Champion WWE (2014)

Sheimus returned on January 26 at the Battle Royale show, where he took part in the royal battle and almost reached the end until Roman Raines knocked him out ^[10] . At the next Raw, Seamus, along with John Cena and Daniel Bryan, qualified for the destruction cage match at the Elimination Chamber show. At the Elimination Chamber he was knocked out by Christian . This led to a short feud between the two wrestlers, however, Seymus always won in full-time fights. At WrestleMania XXX, he took part in a royal battle dedicated to the memory of Andre Gigant , in which he dropped out of the fight, trying to throw Alberto Del Rio through the ropes ^[11] . On April 14, Seamus took part in a tournament match, the winner of which became the number one contender for the title of intercontinental champion. In the tournament, he was stronger than Jack Swagger in the first round, but lost to Barrett in the semi-finals ^{[12] [13]} .

May 5 at Raw Raw, Seamus won the royal battle of 20 wrestlers and for the second time became the champion of the United States, knocking out champion Dean Ambrose from the match. After this victory, Seimus became feuding with Cesaro and his manager Paul Hayman . As a result, their rivalry resulted in a fight for the champion title on the Payback show, the winner of which was the current champion. On June 9, Seamus defeated Barrett and qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match, at stake of which was the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship. However, in the match, John Cena won ^[14] . On the Battleground show, Seamus was a member of the royal battle for the intercontinental champion title, but failed to win. At Night of Champions and Hell in a Cell, he successfully defended his title against Cesaro and Miz, respectively ^{[15] [16]} . Seamus held the league title until November 3, 2014. On this day, he lost to Rusev in a match broadcast exclusively on WWE Network ^[17] . After that, on one of the shows, Sheimus was attacked by Rusev and Mark Henry , as a result of which he received a plot injury, which allowed the wrestler to move away from the performances for a while and undergo treatment for real injuries ^{[18] [19]} .

Mr. Money in the Bank (June 14, 2015 - November 22)

Sheimus returned to performances on March 30, radically changing his appearance - cut his hair under a mohawk and made a wicker beard. In his first appearance after an injury, he attacked Daniel Bryan and Dolph Siggler, becoming a heal for the first time since 2011 ^{[20] [21]} . He explained his action by saying that “the era of the underdogs is over” ^[22] . April 16th at SmackDown! he announced that he would meet Ziggler at the Extreme Rules show in the Kiss My Ass match. This fight ended in the defeat of Seamus ^[23] , but he refused to kiss his opponent’s ass, instead forced Dolph to kiss his ^[24] . On ppv Payback , a rematch took place, which this time won Seamus ^[25] . At the Elimination Chamber, Seimus participated in a match in the extermination cage for the vacant intercontinental champion title, but Rayback won ^[26] . At the Money in the Bank show, Seamus won the match in the Money in the Bank stairs and won the right to fight for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship ^[27] . After he began to quarrel with Randy Orton , losing him a match on the Battleground , but won SummerSlam ^{[28] [29]} . On November 22 at the show, the Survivor Series used the contract Money In The Bank after winning the world heavyweight champion Roman Raines. Thus, Seamus became the champion after spending only two brogki. At Tables Laders & Chairs (2015) he defeated Roman Raines defending the title. But on the next Monday Night Raw from 12/14/2015 he lost the world championship to Roman Raines.

Various storylines (2016 - p.t.)

On April 16, 2016, Shaymus called Manchester United football player Wayne Rooney to the ring on Sky Sports , recalling the behavior in Reslmania in 2015, when Rooney slapped Wade Barrett in the face ^{[30] [31]} .

At the Draft 2016 was sent to Raw.

During Summerslam 2016, a series of fights against Cesaro's Best of 7 begins, with up to four wins.

At Clash of Champions 2016, with a score of 3-3, the final fight takes place, which went beyond the ring and was stopped by medical workers, as both wrestlers received serious injuries.

After that, on Raw 09/26/2016, Raw General Manager Mick Foley said that the confrontation between Seamus and Cesaro ended in a draw and they both will receive the promised prize - a fight for the championship. True, since both of them won, then they will fight for the title of Team Champions against New Day.

At Hell In A Cell 2016, Cesaro and Sheimus defeated New Day (Xavier Woods and Big E ), but were disqualified due to the intervention of Kofi Kingston . Thus, the championship remained at the New Day.

At the Survivor Series, Seamus and Cesaro were part of the Raw team and remained the only survivors, eliminating the Uso Brothers and bringing victory to their team. The next day on Raw, they again failed to defeat New Day and win the team championship. On Raw 12/12/2016, in the match with a triple threat, where in addition to the New Day Gallows and Andersen took part, New Day again turned out to be stronger.

Movies

• The final tricks
  • Brogue Kick (Running Bicucle Kick)
  • High Cross (Running Crusfix Powerbomb) - currently not used
• Crown tricks
  • Beats of the bododran
  • Corner Shoulder Block, then comes Running Knee Lift
  • Cloverleaf
  • Drop suplex
  • Diving knee drop
  • European uppput
  • Fallaway slam
  • Kitchen sink
  • Electric Chair Drop
  • Powerslam, sometimes with a run
  • Rolling elbow drops
  • Rolling fireman's carry
  • Running Double Ax Handle
  • Sit-Out Powerbomb
  • Vertical suplex
  • White noise
  • Different variations of Backbreaker
    • Crusfix
    • Inverted
    • Pendolum
    • Irish Curse , sometimes two times in a row
    • Tilt-a-whirl
  • Different variations of Shoulder Block
    • Diving
    • Off apron
    • Slingshot

Nicknames

• SOS (independent promotions)
• The Irish Curse (Independent Promotions / FCW)
• The Celtic Warrior ^[32] ( WWE )
• The Great White ^[4] ( WWE )

Music Themes

• “Written in My Face” - Jim Johnston and Sean Jenness (WWE; June 30, 2009 - April 2, 2015)
• CFO $ Hellfire (WWE; April 2, 2015 - present)

Irish whip wrestling

• IWW Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (1 time)

Florida Championship Wrestling

• FCW Heavyweight Champion (1 time)

Pro wrestling illustrated

• No. 5 on the list of 500 best wrestlers of 2012 ^[33]
• No. 21 on the list of 500 best wrestlers of 2014
• No. 17 on the list of 500 best wrestlers of 2016 ^[34]

World wrestling entertainment

• World Heavyweight Champion ( 1 time ) ^[35]
• WWE World Heavyweight Champion ( 3 times ) ^{[36] [37]}
• Champion of the United States WWE ( 2 times ) ^[38]
• RAW Team Champion ( 4 times ) - with Cesaro
• . Team Champion SmackDown Live (1 time, with Cesaro)
• Battle Royale Winner 2012 ^[39]
• Winner of Money in the Bank 2015
• King of the Ring 2010
• Slammy Award 2009 - Breakthrough of the Year.
• Slammy Award 2010 - The superstar that needs the most changes.
• Slammy Award 2011 - For outstanding achievement in resemblance to the Muppet.
• Slammy Award 2012 - Feat of the Year - performed by White Noise Big Show .

• Seymus profile on WWE .com
• Official website
• Seamus on the Internet Movie Database