Sheamus
Sheamus
Sheamus
Sheamus
Farrelly's inspiration into a professional wrestling career came from watching both British wrestling from ITV's World of Sport and American wrestling from the World Wrestling Federation on Sky One.[10] On the advice of Bret Hart,[11] Farrelly began training in Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory wrestling school in April 2002,[6] alongside Tank Toland, Cliff Compton and Cindy Rogers.[11] Six weeks later he officially debuted as a fan favorite under the name Sheamus O'Shaunessy against Robert Pigeon. It was during this time that he developed the nickname the "Irish Curse" after low-blowing an opponent.[12] He soon suffered a serious neck injury after botching a hip toss[11] which sidetracked his career for two years
