10 WWE Superstars and their original WWE gimmick names

#3 Sheamus was called Sheamus O’Shaunessy

So Sheamus DOES have a surname!

WWE has been known to remove names from Superstars in recent years: (Alexander) Rusev, (Antonio) Cesaro, Big E (Langston), (Erick) Rowan, (Luke) Harper... the list goes on.

But this isn’t a new phenomenon – it actually happened back in January 2009 with Sheamus.

The Irishman debuted in FCW as Sheamus O’Shaunessy in October 2007 but his name was shortened a little over a year later.