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====ECW (2009)====
====ECW (2009)====
On the June 30, 2009 episode of ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]'', Farrelly made his debut as a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villain]] under the ring name Sheamus, where he defeated a [[Jobber (professional wrestling)|local competitor]].<ref name=ecw0630009results>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/9806/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling, I mean ECW, TV report|date=2009-06-30|accessdate=2009-07-01|publisher=Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online}}</ref> Shortly after his debut, Sheamus entered a rivalry with [[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust]]. Sheamus defeated Goldust on two consecutive editions of ''ECW'' before suffering his first loss on the August 13, 2009 episode of ''[[WWE Superstars]]''. The feud came to an end on the September 1 episode of ''ECW'' when Sheamus was victorious in a no disqualification match.<!-- DO NOT ADD WEEK BY WEEK EVENTS, RUMORS OR SPECULATION. THIS INCLUDES ANNOUNCED MATCHES THAT HAVE NOT YET OCCURRED. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A NEWS SITE BUT AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPAEDIA. Please see the articles "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" and "Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles" for more information. -->
On the June 30, 2009 episode of ''[[ECW (WWE)|ECW]]'', Farrelly made his debut as a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villain]] under the ring name Sheamus, calling himself The Celtic Warrior, where he defeated a [[Jobber (professional wrestling)|local competitor]].<ref name=ecw0630009results>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/9806/|title=Florida Championship Wrestling, I mean ECW, TV report|date=2009-06-30|accessdate=2009-07-01|publisher=Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online}}</ref> Shortly after his debut, Sheamus entered a rivalry with [[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust]]. Sheamus defeated Goldust on two consecutive editions of ''ECW'' before suffering his first loss on the August 13, 2009 episode of ''[[WWE Superstars]]''. The feud came to an end on the September 1 episode of ''ECW'' when Sheamus was victorious in a no disqualification match.<!-- DO NOT ADD WEEK BY WEEK EVENTS, RUMORS OR SPECULATION. THIS INCLUDES ANNOUNCED MATCHES THAT HAVE NOT YET OCCURRED. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A NEWS SITE BUT AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPAEDIA. Please see the articles "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" and "Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles" for more information. -->


==Other media==
==Other media==

Revision as of 22:20, 21 September 2009

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Sheamus O'Shaunessy
BornClonsilla, Dublin, Ireland[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Sheamus[2]
Sheamus O'Shaunessy[2]
Steven Farrelly[3]
Hamelt Macbeth[3]
Galldubh[3]
Billed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[4][1]
Billed weight272 lb (123 kg; 19.4 st)[4]
280 lb (130 kg; 20 st)[1]
Billed from3000 BC[2]
Dublin, Ireland[4]
Trained byIrish Whip Wrestling[2]
Jim Molineaux[3]
Larry Sharpe[2]
DebutMay 21, 2002[2]

Stephen Farrelly[1] is an Irish professional wrestler, best known by his ring names Sheamus O'Shaunessy and Sheamus. He is currently contracted to World Wrestling Entertainment, where he is competing on its ECW brand as well as WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling.

Prior to joining WWE, Farrelly was also a two time International Heavyweight Champion during his tenure in Irish Whip Wrestling. During his time in FCW, he held the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship once.

Career

Irish and British promotions (2002–2007)

Farrelly began his career by training in Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory wrestling school. He officially debuted six days after completing his training and wrestled as a fan favorite under the name Sheamus O'Shaunessy. A serious neck injury, however, sidetracked his career for two years.

In May 2004, still using the ring name Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Farrelly returned to wrestling at the newly opened Irish Whip Wrestling school in Dublin. He then made his debut match for the promotion at their Mount Temple show on July 9 against Mark Burns, who he easily defeated. After this, he went on to wrestle and defeat several international wrestlers, including Vid Vain, Matt Striker, Xavier, and Mikey Batts.

In March 2005, he defeated Vid Vain, Darren Burridge, and former ally Red Vinny to become the IwW's first ever International Champion. O'Shaunessy later began a scripted rivalry with Burridge for the title. During a title defense against D'Lo Brown, Burridge hit him in the head with a baton, thus costing O'Shaunessy the match and his title. O'Shaunessy and Burridge finally squared off in a grudge match, which saw O'Shaunessy successfully exact his revenge and win the match. He then set his sights on winning his championship back and defeated both Red Vinny and Vic Viper to become a participant in a triple threat match for the International title match against D'Lo Brown and The Assassin at a show in Newcastle in October. O'Shaunessy pinned Brown to win the match and his second International title. He then successfully defended his title against Vampiro in late 2005.

On October 21, 2006, O'Shaunessy officially became a villain at No Limit Wrestling's Halloween Slam event. He defeated Vampiro once again to retain the title on Saint Patrick's Day in 2006.

Farrelly then begun wrestling predominately for All Star Wrestling. While he was unsuccessful in his bid for ASW British Heavyweight Championship, he vowed to continue his hunt for the title, but he later left ASW to wrestle for Real Quality Wrestling.

On March 24, 2007, O'Shaunessy debut for RQW by defeating Stu Sanders. He then went on to have a popular feud with Drew Galloway, which resulted in their first match against each other on April 20 that ended in a double countout. On June 16, both men faced off for the second time, this time in a no holds barred match, in which Galloway came out as the winner. Soon afterwards, O'Shaunessy left RQW.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2007–present)

O'Shaunessy appeared at the televised Raw show in the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England as a member of WWE's security team. His role was to eject D-Generation X from ringside. After escorting them from ringside, DX later attacked Rated-RKO after their match, resulting in O'Shaunessy and the rest of the security team coming down to the ring to break up the fight. O'Shaunessy and the security team were attacked by DX. O'Shaunessy was the last security guard standing and he received a Pedigree from Triple H as a result of his interjection.

O'Shaunessy also had a tryout with the World Wrestling Entertainment in November, around the time of a Dublin house show. In April 2007, O'Shaunessy was called upon by the WWE once again for another tryout, which became a dark match against Jimmy Wang Yang in the Datch Forum in Milan before a SmackDown! taping.

Florida Championship Wrestling (2007–2009)

The following week in the Earls Court, O'Shaunessy was once again back at a WWE house show, where more tryouts were held. This time, however, he was signed to a developmental contract. After receiving his contract, he was placed in WWE's newest developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). On February 19, 2008, O'Shaunessy teamed up with the debuting Kafu and were joined by SmackDown! superstar Dave Taylor as they took part in a tag team tournament to crown the first-ever holders of the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship. They advanced past the first round after defeating "Thee Superstar" Christopher Gray and "The Rascal" Tommy Taylor but lost to Brad Allen and Nick Nemeth in the second round.

On July 22, O'Shaunessy worked a dark match at the SmackDown / ECW tapings, losing to Ron Killings.[5]

On September 18, O'Shaunessy defeated Jack Swagger at an FCW show to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship. After nearly three months as champion, O'Shaunessy lost the title on December 11 to Eric Escobar in a fatal four-way match, also involving Joe Hennig and Drew McIntyre.

In May 2009, O'Shaunessy began appearing at Raw brand house shows, and on both May 8 and 9, he defeated Jamie Noble.[6][7] O'Shaunessy also defeated Noble in a dark match prior to Raw.[8]

ECW (2009)

On the June 30, 2009 episode of ECW, Farrelly made his debut as a villain under the ring name Sheamus, calling himself The Celtic Warrior, where he defeated a local competitor.[9] Shortly after his debut, Sheamus entered a rivalry with Goldust. Sheamus defeated Goldust on two consecutive editions of ECW before suffering his first loss on the August 13, 2009 episode of WWE Superstars. The feud came to an end on the September 1 episode of ECW when Sheamus was victorious in a no disqualification match.

Other media

Farrelly played the role of "Two Ton" in the 2007 movie The Escapist alongside Joseph Fiennes and Brian Cox. He had a small role in 2006 Irish film, 3 Crosses, and was a Celtic Warrior Zombie in the opening sequence of the 2007 movie Assault of Darkness opposite Vinnie Jones. He appeared on several episodes of the famous Irish sockpuppet, Dustin the Turkey's show Dustin's Daily News where he had a rivalry with Dustin. It ended with Dustin and Sheamus having a "fight", which Dustin won. He also appeared on The Podge and Rodge Show as one of the leprechaun wrestlers, along with Georgie McFly.

Personal life

Farrelly was born in Cabra, Dublin, but was raised in North Great George's Street, Dublin.[10] He speaks fluent Irish having attended Scoil Caoimhin Primary and Secondary School, a Gaelscoil.[10] He sang in the Palestrina Choir until the age of thirteen, as part of which he appeared on both the Christmas Late Late Show and Live at Three.[10] He played Gaelic football for the Erin's Isle team, and also played rugby for the National College of Ireland.[10]

Farrelly is a former IT technician.[1] He was once a personal security guard for Bono from U2, and also for Denise van Outen.[10]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g McDonnell, Kevin (2006-05-07). "Sheamus Out to Slam 'em". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sheamus O'Shaunessy". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Cagematch profile".
  4. ^ a b c d "Sheamus Biography". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  5. ^ Begley, Ray (2008-07-22). "Smackdown spoilers from Philadelphia". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  6. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-05-10). "5/8 WWE Results: Erie, PA". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
  7. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-05-10). "5/9 WWE Results: Youngstown, OH". The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
  8. ^ Aldren, Mike (2009-05-12). "Daily wrestling news and gossip". The Sun. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  9. ^ a b "Florida Championship Wrestling, I mean ECW, TV report". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sheamus O'Shaunessy's official stats". SOS Official. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  11. ^ a b c d "FCW report on May 17, 2009".
  12. ^ Caldwell, James (2009-09-01). "CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 9/1: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels WM25 and ECW happenings". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  13. ^ "FCW report on June 21, 2009".
  14. ^ "Cagematch title listings".
  15. ^ Clark, Ryan (2008-09-18). "The Complete 'PWI 500' List For 2008". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. WrestlingInc.com. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
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