Claudio Castagnoli Addresses Sheamus Potentially Joining AEW Following WWE Departure

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Claudio Castagnoli has addressed the possibility of Sheamus signing with AEW following his recent departure from WWE.

On July 5, it was confirmed that four time WWE World Champion and former Royal Rumble winner Sheamus had departed the company following the expiration of his contract.

Much like Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston’s exit in May, it was reported that Sheamus turned down WWE’s offer of a new, restructured contract, and also like Woods and Kingston, there have been plenty of speculation regarding Sheamus potentially jumping to AEW in the near future.

One of the big draws to Sheamus heading to AEW from a fan perspective is a potential reunion of The Bar with Claudio Castagnoli.

The pair won five WWE Tag Team Championships together between 2016 and 2019, and are fondly remembered as one of the company’s best teams of the past decade, with even AEW’s Jim Ross recently expressing his desire to see a reunion in All Elite Wrestling.

But what does Claudio Castagnoli himself have to say on the matter of Sheamus joining AEW? The Swiss star was asked about the possibility during an interview with Daily Star, but didn’t give much away in regards to his friend’s future.

Castagnoli said:

“I feel that’s not for me to talk about. I feel that’s for him to talk about when he’s ready for it. I’ve stayed friends with him throughout, of course. I would like to see my friends on a more regular basis of course. I’m going to get that question a lot but I do feel that is his to answer when he’s ready for it. 

While he feels it should be Sheamus who comments on his future himself, Castagnoli did offer a timely World Cup related joke, regarding a potential name change for he and and the Irish star’s’ tag team:

“What I can say is me and him have been doing a lot of training together, a lot of further education if you will. Kind of thinking about the future and whatever, and what we would really like to do is get our refereeing degree and become The VAR.”

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Sheamus Shares Another Social Media Message Amid Free Agency

Following his WWE exit, Sheamus scrubbed his WWE name from his social media accounts and has begun his next chapter as S. Farrelly – a reflection of his real name being Stephen Farrelly.

It’s unclear whether Sheamus will be using the S. Farrelly name in his post-WWE career, but in his latest post on Twitter, there is perhaps a suggestion that that could be the case.

Sharing three images of himself at the gym looking in incredible shape, Sheamus wrote:

it’s just S. Farrelly.. nothing more, nothing less.

Unlike the aforementioned New Day, Sheamus is free to move to any promotion in the wrestling world immediately, as his contract expired, rather than being released.

We will provide any updates on Sheamus’ future once more news becomes available.

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• AEW
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• Cesaro
• Sheamus
• The Bar
• Claudio Castagnoli

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