Summary

Sheamus believes American crowds, in wrestling and other sports, could do more to create their own identity through chants.

While speaking with The Late Run, the former world champion said WWE's international events often stand out because the audience reactions feel more spontaneous and distinctive. He pointed to football crowds across Europe and South America as examples, and argued that the same kind of creativity could lift live atmospheres in the United States.

His comments follow another recent interview note from the WWE side of things, with The Miz saying Maryse deserves more credit, as talent continue to use outside appearances to talk about presentation and fan response.

Quote from Sheamus

"The organic chants that happen when you’re in Europe are insane and I just wish that kind of filter in a little bit in the United States, especially with the football matches in MLS. When I go to a MLS game for Nashville, every team in MLS seems to have the same chants but with different lyrics. The great and beauty thing about like Paris or Munich or Dortmund or Glasgow or Liverpool or Man United, they all have their own individual chants. Crowd get behind them and they break out at any time. I feel like sometimes that has to be orchestrated."

Sheamus later went on to say:

"In the NFL, you’ve seen that too. What are the chants? Defense, let’s go. It’s just so generic and it could be so much more. I just want fans to be more creative with their chants, don’t just wait for someone to get a chant [going]. They break out in these European games and it’s the same when we wrestle over there. Paris, the chants are going, crowd is ringing. They’re having a great time, they’re enjoying themselves. I feel like that’s the one thing the US is behind Europe and South America by the way because the same thing, they’re passionate about football and everything that goes on with it. I feel like we could still — they could definitely put it up another couple of notches in sports."

What Sheamus' point means for WWE crowds

Sheamus tied WWE directly into the comparison, and that matters because crowd noise has become part of the selling point for the company's international shows. If American audiences embrace more original chants instead of leaning on the same familiar calls, it would give domestic WWE events more of the atmosphere that has helped recent overseas cards feel different.

The other takeaway is simpler: Sheamus is not talking about one bad city or one quiet building. He is describing a broader difference in fan culture, which makes his comments a notable window into how WWE talent view the gap between US reactions and the energy they hear abroad.

Sources

Sheamus while speaking on The Late Run