After a ten-plus year inside the squared circle, it appears that former WWE champion Sheamus might have to hang up the boots soon. The Smackdown Live superstar has been missing from television since April 9, which was when he suffered a concussion during a six-man tag team match.
However, according to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, Sheamus has apparently been dealing with more than just a concussion and has in fact been dealing with several injuries for some time. Sapp states that several people in WWE were surprised that Sheamus was still able to wrestle as effectively as he had been due to the injuries he was dealing with and the pain they were causing him. Sapp went onto say:
“Honestly the thing I was told by one wrestler was that if he got through WrestleMania that would be really awesome. Not as if they were hoping that or the company was hoping that, but that wrestler personally was hoping that Sheamus could get through this WrestleMania and he did and that was about it. No update yet, but man, with a bad neck and then you get a concussion on top of that, that’s not hot.”
It's been no secret that Sheamus has been dealing with both back and neck problems over the last several years of his career. Sheamus has spinal stenosis, which is the same injury that forced Edge into retirement.
As Sapp says, a concussion on top of those pre-existing injuries is definitely not a good sign. There’s no word on what the future lies for Sheamus going forward, but it’s quite possible that the decision to split up the Bar tag team with Cesaro in the Superstar Shakeup was because WWE officials believe Sheamus’s career to be over.