Sheamus Discusses His Look, the “PG Era,” Interacting With Kids

WWE superstar Sheamus recently spoke with The Whig to promote the release of the upcoming WWE 2K17 video game. He discusses a number of topics, including his current look, the “PG era,” his interactions with young WWE fans, and more.

Below are some excerpts from the interview:

On his look:

“You’ve got to keep changing it up, otherwise it gets boring,” the six-foot-three Sheamus answered. “In fairness, I didn’t change or alter the look — I only altered my gear — for the first couple of years,” he qualified. “You’re only talking in the last two or three years that change with the Mohawk and the beads and stuff. But it’s good to change it, keeping it fresh. We’re on so much television now, people see so much of us. It’s not like the old days, where you’d be on TV once in a blue moon, or Saturday Night’s Main Event. You’re on all the time, so it’s good to keep it fresh, even if it’s just for yourself, to keep it interesting for yourself.”

On WWE’s “PG Era:”

“I think that when we initially went to PG, and I was coming in at the tail end of the not-PG, whatever you want to call it — it was past the Attitude Era, the in-between stage — there were a lot of people hemming and hawing about this, but ultimately it’s brought in so many new fans.”

On his interactions with young WWE fans:

“You have to have time for the kids,” he said, harkening back to his own experiences of being let down by his soccer heroes as a kid. “I was let down so many times as a kid, with football, soccer stars, football stars coming back home. I remember queuing up for three hours for an autograph for this football player who played for Liverpool, and I was so pumped, I didn’t sleep the night before. I got in line. I walked up and I wanted to tell him he was a big inspiration, I loved him. He didn’t even look up at me one time. He scribbled on a piece of paper and just threw it at me.”

You can find the entire interview at this link.

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