Big E publicly slams “bully” Sheamus

Big E has sensationally hit out at fellow SmackDown star Sheamus on social media. The New Day man took to Twitter, accusing Sheamus of being a bully back in his FCW days:

I met Sheamus in 2009. I was 23 & he was significantly older. Although he was on the main roster, he used to come down to FCW to bully the new kids & hear the boys tell him how great he is. In those days, it violated wrestling etiquette to swing on him. Etiquette be damned.

— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) September 24, 2018

Sheamus wasted little time responding, denying the accusations by dismissing them as a “fairytale”:

https://twitter.com/WWESheamus/status/1044300958203875328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Track record

This is not the first time Sheamus has been accused of bullying by members of the WWE roster. There was a fairly famous story from several years ago in which Sheamus kept stealing roommate Yoshi Tatsu’s protein shaker and refusing to wash it out after using it. Furious, Tatsu gave him a beating to teach him a lesson in respect.

There was another incident years later backstage at a WWE event when Sheamus tried to force Sin Cara off the treatment table in the medical room because he wanted to be seen first. Sheamus told Cara he was a bigger star than him and used that as an excuse to try pushing him around. That also backfired, with Sheamus taking another pasting.

WWE will likely not take too kindly to one of its prominent roster members speaking out in such a manner against another roster member. Especially as the PR-obsessed company is big on championing its anti-bullying campaigns.

However, it should be noted that the two men are in the midst of a feud on SmackDown. They will meet at Super Showdown in Australia next month, so the whole thing may well just be a work designed to build heat before their match.

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