WWE star Sheamus has looked back on the day he was introduced to one of the all-time greats in the sporting world, but had no idea who he was talking to!
Growing up in Ireland before relocating to the United States after singing with WWE, The Celtic Warrior’s knowledge of American sports was limited, as is the case with most people living accross the pond. With football, rugby, F1 and cricket being some of the biggest sports in Europe, the likes of NFL, NBA and MLB do not receive the same coverage. As such, Sheamus had no idea that when he was introduced to baseball icon Derek Jeter, he was unaware that he was speaking to one of the all-time greats in the baseball world, which upset Nikki Bella, who brought Jeter to the facility.
Sheamus Made WWE Hall Of Famer Nikki Bella Furious Over Meeting With Derek Jeter
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, the former WWE Champion recalled his time in FCW and the day that Bella and Jeter came to visit the facility. Unaware at who he was speaking to, Sheamus asked the baseball legend what his name was:
“Here’s another one. Nikki Bella got really mad at me one time. We’re in FCW, Nikki Bella comes in, and as this lad walks in. He’s a baseball player for the Yankees. Ok, grand. I’m probably in the country about eight months, and we’re standing in the facility, in the ring, and she goes, ‘This guy is my friend.’ I said, ‘Hey, I’m Sheamus.’ He goes, ‘Nice to meet you.’ I said, ‘And you are?’ He goes, ‘Derek.’ ‘Oh, nice to meet you, Derek, nice to meet you, Derek.’ So he walks off.”
After Jeter walked away, Bella confronted Sheamus over his apparent faux pas, upset over the fact that he was unaware of who Derek Jeter was:
“Nikki comes up to me, she goes, ‘Oh, my God Sheamus. Why did you do that?’ I said, ‘Do what?’ She goes, ‘Why did you say “what’s your name?”‘ Because that’s what you do when you meet someone for the first time, you ask them what your name is. And she goes, ‘That’s Derek Jeter from the Yankees!’ And I said, ‘All right, yeah, grand, cool. How am I supposed to know that?’ She was furious with me because she said I made her look stupid. I don’t know who he was. I don’t know anything about baseball. I saw a Babe Ruth movie when I was 12 with John Goodman. That was basically it. And Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner, I saw that one as well, but she lashed out for no reason.”
Also in the interview, Sheamus spoke about the time when he slammed billionaire Mark Cuban through a table on Raw, to which The Celtic Warrior admitted that he did not know who Mark Cuban was at that point either:
“I didn’t even know who Mark Cuban was. I’m serious, I didn’t. I only came over from Ireland a couple of years [before that]. So I don’t know. Obviously now I’m more invested in American sports; I watch basketball and watch American football and baseball. But I didn’t know. I didn’t know anything about who Mark Cuban was. So all I heard was, here this fella has had a vasectomy. Be careful you don’t put him through a table. I’m like, Who is this guy? [They said] ‘Just don’t hurt him. He’s a billionaire.’ And I was like, okay, all right, grand. That was the story there. I didn’t know who he was. And then there’s a whole thing about that, by the way, when he shoved me to the ground, some of the producers were mad, you shouldn’t be shoving Sheamus to the ground. But that’s what came from the top. So when he did that and all, I got up and I put him through the table. It was a fun segment, but I had no idea who this guy was. I’m serious. I didn’t know. Then I’m watching Shark Tank later, I go, ‘That’s the fella I put through a table!’ I’m not making that up.”
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