Athlete

The fact that I'm even in a video game blows me away, but 'WWE 12' is even more special to me because they have a whole storyline around Sheamus in the game. It's really, really cool.

Every time I get into the ring, my perspective is that the other guy is standing between me and a victory.

I grew up playing games like 'War Zone' and the old 'Smackdown,' so I'm very excited to see myself in a game.

I'm a whiskey drinker, but Cesaro is a coffee drinker.

I'd love to play Venom. I'm a huge 'Spider-Man' fan, and Venom was the character that drew me into the comics.

I eat a huge breakfast every morning. I do a lot of work at the gym, a lot of power-lifting, a lot of cardio, and I study wrestling tapes.

I feel like, since tagging with Cesaro, I've let my guard down.

Being the U.S. champion is a big deal for me. Knowing that my ancestors built this country, it's kind of like, the Irish were treated badly in this country for a long time, with a lot of tacky Irish stereotypes, so to me, it's kind of like a bragging right.

You watch some of the stuff Cesaro does in the ring; with his size, the way he moves around the ring, the moves he hits, the way he picks up guys twice his size. It's just a different level.

I try to enter every match or every event with the same attitude, because to me, they're all as important as each other, and you're only as good as your last fight.

Triple H was a big help to me.

As for personality, without a doubt, my favorite of all time is Macho Man Randy Savage.

I'm an Irishman who came up from a small little country, followed his dream, and now I hold the title.

The New York crowd is definitely one to voice their opinion. They can be very loud and boisterous.

The Celts were harder than anyone else, tougher, and rugged. We battered everybody.

I didn't want to be one of these superstars that just come and then just disappear.

I do have six anchors put in my labrum; I tore it in half, so it was pretty major surgery.

I've walked out in front of Madison Square Garden to 20,000 people, which is amazing, as I can remember working in the O2 arena in Dublin as security for wrestling events.

Wrestling, for me, was always something I wanted to do, and it, working in IT, was just a way to get financially looked after; I went and wrestled on the side because you don't make any money when you're starting off, and you don't have any name value.

My WWE career has been amazing. It took a lot of time for me to get here, and you never stop paying your dues.