Sheamus was off WWE television from WWE Royal Rumble, where he entered the men's Royal Rumble match, to the May 5th episode of WWE Raw.
He did wrestle at two live events in March, but he didn't compete at WrestleMania 41.
"I was gutted that I wasn’t at Mania," Sheamus told Alex McCarthy of Daily Mail. "The last appearance that I had was at the Rumble. I want to be in the mix. I want to be there. I’m more passionate now about my job than I ever have been. Some of the guys are like, 'You’ve been at so many WrestleMania’s, so it’s okay.' But it’s not okay. I love what I do. I love going out there in front of a crowd. I love putting on banger after banger. I love that intensity. I love setting the bar so high that everybody including the main event guys who have months and months to prepare are trying to catch up with me. Until the wheels come off and I can’t do it anymore I want to go out there. I don’t want to miss anything and I don’t want to miss a WrestleMania. It was tough. I’m not going to lie, it was really really hard."
While Sheamus watched from the sidelines, Dominik Mysterio captured the WWE Intercontinental Championship in a four-way bout against Bron Breakker, Penta, and Finn Balor.
"I had pitched to hopefully get in the Intercontinental title stuff again. They’re probably tired about me talking about it but that’s the one title that I have left to become the first ever ultimate Grand Slam Champion in WWE. That’s the Holy Grail, that’s it. But I wasn’t happy sitting at home. I don’t want to miss WrestleMania I don’t want to go there and not be part of the biggest show of the year. It’s tough for me. I don’t care, if you have passion for what you do you don’t want to miss that," said Sheamus.
The WWE IC Title is the one accolade Sheamus has not accomplished in his WWE career.
Sheamus is set to face Grayson Waller on Monday's WWE Raw.
