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Main Event Sheamus is about to take on Alberto Del Rio @WWE #NXT @FullSail for the World Heavyweight Championship! pic.twitter.com/1PKxCIx0

— Full Sail University (@FullSail) May 18, 2012

"The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus has competed against most of the big names in WWE today. Sheamus is currently trying to win the WWE Championship once again on the RAW brand as he feuds with Drew McIntyre.

While Sheamus has competed on RAW and SmackDown for almost his entire WWE career, the Irishman has also competed in a few matches on NXT. The superstar competed in a couple of dark matches in which he defended his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio and Drew McIntyre in 2012.

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— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) January 4, 2020

Sheamus also competed against Cesaro in a dark match in September 2012. But that’s not all, Sheamus competed in a few televised matches on the black and gold brand too. In June 2013, Sheamus defeated Luke Harper in a televised match on NXT.

Sheamus returned to NXT in March 2014 to defeat Aiden English with a big Brogue Kick, giving fans a feel-good moment.

The Celtic Warrior later partnered with an NXT veteran to form The Bar. Along with Cesaro, Sheamus won the RAW and SmackDown Tag Team Championships five times in total.