5 WWE Superstars who had heat with other wrestlers in developmental

#3 Sheamus had heat after swapping FCW for WWE

In 2009, Sheamus made an incredible start to life on WWE’s main roster when he won the WWE Championship from John Cena just two months after making his debut on RAW.

Speaking on Corey Graves’ After The Bell podcast in 2020, the Irishman explained how he continued his development in FCW after he began working for the ECW brand. Then, despite moving to the RAW roster, he still put in extra work by training in FCW.

During this time, Sheamus felt as though he was “blacklisted” by his FCW and WWE colleagues because they resented the fact that he had immediately been booked as one of WWE’s top Superstars.

He also worked out a couple of times with Triple H during a WWE tour of Australia, which led people to believe that he was only in the position he was in due to his friendship with one of WWE’s top decision-makers.

“I got blasted by everybody who was in contact with dirt sheets saying I was up Triple H's a** and I was a kiss a**. No matter what I did in the first couple years achievement-wise, it was blacklisted, and they said I only got that because he is up Triple H’s a**.” [H/T Wrestling News Co]

Sheamus said his relationship with Triple H was no different to how the NXT founder helps current NXT Superstars, but it caused him heat throughout the early years of his WWE career.