5 Wrestlers whose first title win was the WWE Championship

Modified May 24, 2017 06:12 GMT

*Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?*

#5 Sheamus

In late 2009, Sheamus was making quite the name for himself as the next breakout star on the main roster, and before we knew it The Celtic Warrior had earned himself a WWE Title shot against John Cena at TLC. Many fans thought that Cena would win by the skin of his teeth, putting Sheamus over as a future champ in the process – but oh how wrong they were.

The Irishman actually won the tables match, capturing the WWE Championship a mere few months after arriving on Monday Night Raw. Nobody could quite believe that he’d managed to defeat the almighty Cena, although it wasn’t clean, with many members of the WWE Universe believing that he’d first hold the IC or US Title. Madness.

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