WWE superstars Sheamus and Cesaro open up on making their tag-team work after seven-fight rivalry turned into bromance

WWE superstar Sheamus – one half of the RAW Tag Team Champions – has revealed how teaming with “Swiss Cyborg” Cesaro has been a turning point for his career.

Before the pair began tagging in September 2016, Sheamus was already a four-time world champion, a King of the Ring, and Royal Rumble winner.

But the team, known as The Bar, has seen the Celtic Warrior do his best work so far – and nab four WWE tag title reigns in the process.

Speaking exclusively with SunSport, he said: “I feel like since tagging with Cesaro I’ve let my guard down.

“When I look back at my career, I was always trying to be this particular ‘Celtic Warrior’ character.

"Even when I was doing promos, I was thinking, ‘How would Sheamus do this and say that?’

“I love what I do. I’m very professional, I always want to do the best job that I can. But now I don’t care as much about what other people think – whether they like it or they don’t.

“Tagging with Cesaro, I’ve just had fun. I don’t think about promos, I don’t think about backstage scenes, I just go out there and be me.”

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Sheamus and Cesaro were originally on-screen rivals and competed in a popular best-of-seven series throughout summer 2016.

When the last contest ended in a draw, WWE Raw general manager Mick Foley put them together as a team – and the pair became friends and learned to function as a world class tag team.

But according to Cesaro, what played out on-screen was much like their real-life relationship behind the scenes.

He said: “From the moment Mick Foley made us a team until now, what you saw on TV is exactly what happened.