{"id":146780,"date":"2025-11-21T21:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=146780"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:59:43","slug":"sheamus-out-of-john-cena-last-time-is-now-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/21\/sheamus-out-of-john-cena-last-time-is-now-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheamus out of John Cena &#8220;Last Time is Now&#8221; Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier on Friday, various official WWE social media channels reported that Sheamus has been officially ruled out for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/21\/john-cena-last-time-is-now-tournament-1st-round-concludes-2-more-qualify-on-wwe-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">John Cena &#8220;The Last Time is Now Tournament.&#8221;<\/a> Per the breaking news, WWE medical officials have not medically cleared Sheamus for action; thus, the &#8220;Celtic Warrior&#8221; needed to forfeit his quarterfinals slot.<\/p>\n<p>The news was further elaborated upon <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/21\/wwe-smackdown-results-11-21-25-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">this week&#8217;s WWE SmackDown<\/a>, with Michael Cole confirming the injury, and informed fans that Sheamus&#8217;s would-be quarterfinals opponent, LA Knight, who he would&#8217;ve faced on next week&#8217;s SmackDown, will have a different opponent, with SmackDown and Raw General Managers Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce discussing who could step in to fill the role on short notice.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite a shame since Sheamus recently teamed up with John Cena and Rey Mysterio, in Cena&#8217;s final WWE Monday Night Raw match, to defeat The Judgment Day in a feel-good match.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145803\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145803\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145803 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/11\/11-18-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A WWE SmackDown graphic for the John Cena &quot;Last Time Is Now Tournament,&quot; which will see his final match and an NXT showcase.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/11\/11-18-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/11\/11-18-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/11\/11-18-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/11\/11-18.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ll provide more updates as they come, and we wish nothing but a speedy recovery to one of WWE&#8217;s most significant pillars, Sheamus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0for more on WWE SmackDown, John Cena \u201cLast Time is Now\u201d Tournament, other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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