Rating The Champ: Sheamus

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE & World Heavyweight Champion, Sheamus.

2009

• W/ Team Miz vs. Team Morrison (Survivor Series) ***

• Tables: Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (TLC) ***

2010

• Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) **1/2

• Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/4

• Vs. Triple H (WrestleMania XXVI) ***

• Street Fight: Vs. Triple H (Extreme Rules) ***1/4

• Vs. John Cena vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Fatal 4 Way) ***

• Steel Cage: Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Money in the Bank) ***1/4

• Vs. Sheamus – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) **

• Six Pack Challenge – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4

• HIAC: Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Hell in a Cell) **3/4

• W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights) **1/2

• Vs. John Morrison (Survivor Series) ***1/4

• Ladder: Vs. John Morrison (TLC) ****

2011

• RAW’s Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2

• Tables: Vs. Kofi Kingston – WWE United States Championship (Extreme Rules) **3/4

• SmackDown’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****

• Vs. Mark Henry (SummerSlam) ***1/4

• Vs. Christian (Hell in a Cell) ***

• Vs. Christian (Vengeance) ***

• W/ Team Orton vs. Team Barrett (Survivor Series) ***

• Vs. Jack Swagger (TLC) *3/4

2012

• Vs. Daniel Bryan – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXVIII) DUD

• 2/3 Falls: Vs. Daniel Bryan – World Heavyweight Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/4

• Vs. Orton vs. Jericho vs. Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Over the Limit) ***1/2

• Vs. Dolph Ziggler – World Heavyweight Championship (No Way Out) ***

• Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***1/2

• Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ***1/4

• Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4

• Vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) ***3/4

• Vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) **3/4

• Chairs: Vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) ***

2013

• W/ John Cena & Ryback vs. The Shield (Elimination Chamber) ***3/4

• W/ Ryback & Big Show vs. The Shield (WrestleMania 29) ***

• Strap: Vs. Mark Henry (Extreme Rules) *1/2

• MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/2

2014

• Elimination Chamber Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2

• Vs. Cesaro – WWE United States Championship (Payback) ***1/2

• Ladder Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Money in the Bank) ***3/4

• Vs. Cesaro – WWE United States Championship (Night of Champions) ****

• Vs. The Miz – WWE United States Championship (Hell in a Cell) **1/4

2015

• Kiss Me Arse: Vs. Dolph Ziggler (Extreme Rules) ***

• Vs. Dolph Ziggler (Payback) ***

• Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Elimination Chamber) **1/4

• Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***1/2

• Vs. Randy Orton (Battleground) ***1/4

• Vs. Randy Orton (SummerSlam) ***

• W/ Team Sheamus vs. Team Ryback (Survivor Series) **

• TLC: Vs. Roman Reigns – WWE World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) ***1/2

2016

• W/ The League of Nations vs. The New Day (WrestleMania 32) **

• Vs. Apollo Crews (Money in the Bank) **1/4

• Vs. Cesaro (SummerSlam) ***1/4

• Vs. Cesaro (Clash of Champions) ****

• W/ Cesaro vs. The New Day – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Hell in a Cell)***

• W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ****

• W/ Cesaro vs. The New Day – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Roadblock: End of the Line) ***1/2

2017

• Ladder: W/ Cesaro vs. The Club vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Enzo & Cass – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 33) ****

• W/ Cesaro vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Payback) ***1/4

• Steel Cage: W/ Cesaro vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Extreme Rules) ***

• Iron Man: W/ Cesaro vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Great Balls of Fire) ***1/2

• W/ Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) ****

• W/ Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) ****1/4

• Handicap TLC: W/ Miz, Braun, Kane & Cesaro vs. Angle, Rollins & Ambrose (TLC) ****

• W/ Cesaro vs. The Usos (Survivor Series) ***1/2

2018

• W/ Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) *

• W/ Cesaro vs. Titus Worldwide – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Elimination Chamber) **

• W/ Cesaro vs. Braun Strowman & Nicholas – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 34) DUD

• W/ Cesaro vs. The Deleters of Worlds – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Greatest Royal Rumble) **

• W/ Cesaro vs. The New Day – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Super ShowDown) ***

• W/ Cesaro vs. The New Day – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Crown Jewel) **3/4

• W/ Cesaro vs. AOP (Survivor Series) **

• W/ Cesaro vs. The New Day vs. The Usos – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (TLC) ***1/4

2019

• W/ Cesaro vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) ***

• Handicap: W/ Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston (Fastlane) 1/2*

• W/ Cesaro vs. The Usos vs. Black & Ricochet vs. Rusev & Nakamura – WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 35) ***3/4

TOP FIVE

5. Cesaro (Clash of Champions 2016)

4. Cesaro (Night of Champions 2014)

3. John Morrison (TLC 2010)

2. Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins (No Mercy 2017)

1. Daniel Bryan (Extreme Rules 2012)

Average rating per year

• 2009 – 3

• 2010 – 3

• 2011 – 3.03

• 2012 – 3.03

• 2013 – 3.19

• 2014 – 3.4

• 2015 – 2.94

• 2016 – 3.14

• 2017 – 3.69

• 2018 – 2

• 2019 – 2.42

Overall average rating

2.99/5

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWE & World Heavyweight Champion, Alberto Del Rio.