LordsofPain.net writer Marc Middleton reports that Sheamus recently spoke with PostCrescent.com to promote the December 27th SmackDown live event.
Here are some highlights:
P-C: The Sheamus character is an intense, hardworking Irishman. Is that a shtick or is that really you out there?
Sheamus: It’s just me. I’ve always been very intense in what I do and I’m definitely intense when I want to do a job or I want to go to work. Every time I’ve worked, I’ve always wanted to give it everything I can and I try to bring an intensity that no one else can bring. I look for a good time and I look for a laugh, but when it comes to a fight, when my buttons are pushed in the wrong way, it honestly brings out a different side of me. Maybe it’s ’cause I’m Irish. Maybe it’s because I’m a redhead with a fiery temper, but that’s who you see. I’m not pretending to be anybody. That’s really who I am and I’ve become a lot more relaxed since I’ve first started. … I didn’t want to be one of those people who came into the WWE and went through a revolving door and was gone six months later. … I was determined to make an impact, to give everything I have, 110 percent. I hate to use that cliché but I think people respect that. They know every time I go out there I’m going to give everything I have. I think I’ve earned a little bit of respect in WWE universe and that’s why they stopped booing me and started cheering me, but they could easily turn on me again tomorrow. Boo me or cheer me, as long as I’m getting a reaction, that’s really all that matters.