Since leaving WWE, Arn Anderson hasn't shied away from sharing his thoughts on his former employers (and the Superstars who work for them). This time, the All Elite Wrestling manager has taken aim at SmackDown Superstar Sheamus, and explains why The Celtic Warrior is a good worker...but terrible at selling.
"The one mistake Sheamus does is that he is a good solid worker, but the art of being a heel is getting your ass kicked when it’s time," Anderson explains. "I mean taking a royal ass kicking. You can do the bully stuff. You can do the snug stuff. You can overpower guys. That’s fine. But there comes a time in every match where you have to get your ass whipped. Your top heels know how to do that."
"When they get their ass kicked, it’s in a royal fashion. I don’t think Sheamus gets that concept," he continues. "He wants to get all his offense in, no matter what, whatever is in his mind for that night, no matter what the audience is giving him back or what it calls for. Sometimes you have to be really giving as a heel, even though you are this rugged, kick ass heel. You have to give them faith in that babyface. Once the heel overpowers the babyface to the point that the audience loses faith in them, forget it. The match is over."
Anderson actually makes a lot of good points here, and this is actually a big part of the reason many fans don't get behind Sheamus. In recent weeks, he's been feuding with Jeff Hardy on the blue brand, and the closes he's probably got to selling is taking a face full of the Charismatic Enigma's urine!
What do you guys think?