Sheamus has opened up on his frustration with WWE following his match with Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER last September at the Clash at the Castle PLE at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
This marked WWE’s first stadium event to take place in the United Kingdom since the 1992 SummerSlam and its first UK PPV overall since Insurrextion in 2003. This bout was heavily praised for the quality and it stole the match of the night honors.
While speaking with the Daily Star, Sheamus discussed how he felt the momentum he had coming out of the match was wasted.
His frustration with the match:
“I’m not upset about that at all (losing to GUNTHER at WWE Clash at the Castle). I felt it was great, it was just the type of character Sheamus is, all fits and elbows. What I was upset about and what really bothered me was the creative after that. I came out of that with so much organic momentum, and it was just wasted. It didn’t go anywhere. It was a dead end, just like with WrestleMania. Drew (McIntyre) went away because he was injured, but I was ready to go and then just nothing. There were no avenues and nowhere to go and that’s frustrating. I did the WarGames thing but that was s*** – that’s how I felt, though others might have felt differently.”
Wanting to retire with the Intercontinental Title belt:
“I’m not much of a politician, to be honest with you. I just roll my sleeves up, get in there and get stuck in. The journey is just as important, that story of me trying to get my hands on the title as it’s the one title I haven’t got. It’s still a fresh story. Even with GUNTHER and Drew’s match at SummerSlam, people are still mentioning me because it’s still my story. I’d definitely like to retire with [the title], but that stuff is out of my control. I can just do what I can do.”
