WWE has a wide range of talent on the roster at the moment from veterans to up and comers. Sheamus has been with the company since 2006, and it sounds like he’s going to be part of the WWE roster for many years to come.
Back in September it was reported that Sheamus had signed a new five year deal with WWE, and he recently confirmed the signing during an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
“Not really. Again, I just signed a new five year deal. [So that’ll take you into your 50s?] Yeah, my wife reminds me all the time, 52. Listen, I’ll go to the wheels fall off me. Could do it until physically I can’t do it anymore. I love what I do, and listen, there’s plenty of time to sit back and read a book and just watch TV.
I know a lot of people. I’ve talked to some talents as well, but we meet them all of Mania and everything when they come in, especially the Hall of Fame, but also everybody gets invited to Mania. You can tell a lot of the talents who just retired too early. I mean, look, if I had to hang on my boots when that stuff happened with my neck, I’d be at peace with it. Because sometimes you can tell that when they have retired before their time there is a little bit of regret there.”
Now that Sheamus is locked in to a five year deal he’ll have plenty of time to chase the Intercontinental Championship. The Celtic Warrior has made it clear that it’s his goal to win the title, but so far it has eluded him. Sheamus commented on his quest to win the title and referred to his bad luck streak as “the IC curse of The Celtic Warrior.”
“You say that, right? It’s the IC curse of The Celtic Warrior. It’s the one thing I can’t win. The irony is that it’s the first title I really became focused on because Macho Man was in a feud with Steamboat over it. So when I started watching Macho Man was the first IC champion. So the one title that I was exposed to as a fan is the one I can’t win, which has become this kind of crusade. But it’s definitely an IC curse for me.”
