Sheamus Says He Didn’t Know Who Mark Cuban Was Before Slamming Him Through A Table On WWE Raw In 2009

Mark Cuban became a household name through “Shark Tank” and being the boisterous owner of the Dallas Mavericks.

In 2009, Cuban was a guest on WWE Raw, and found himself face-to-face with Sheamus.

“I didn’t even know who Mark Cuban was. I’m serious, I didn’t. I only came over from Ireland a couple of years [before that]. So I don’t know. Obviously now I’m more invested in American sports; I watch basketball and watch American football and baseball. But I didn’t know. I didn’t know anything about who Mark Cuban was. So all I heard was, ‘This fella has had a vasectomy. Be careful you don’t put him through a table.’ I’m like, Who is this guy? [They said] ‘Just don’t hurt him. He’s a billionaire.’ And I was like, okay, all right, grand. That was the story there. I didn’t know who he was. And then there’s a whole thing about that, by the way, when he shoved me to the ground, some of the producers were mad, they were like, ‘You shouldn’t be shoving Sheamus to the ground.’ But that’s what came from the top. So when he did that and all, I got up and I put him through the table. But I didn’t know who he was. I’m serious. I had no idea. Then I’m watching Shark Tank later, I go, ‘That’s the fella I put through a table!’ I’m not making that up,” Sheamus told Chris Van Vliet on Insight.

Cuban has given back to wrestling in recent times, donating $10,000 to Jeff Cannonball’s fight with ALS.

Elsewhere during the interview, Sheamus discussed the “Burger after Burger” line from Drew McIntyre. You can find his full comments here.