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The Bar, originally simply known as Cesaro and Sheamus, was a
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in WWE. They were record-setting four-time Raw Tag Team Champions and one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, making their team overall five-time champions in WWE. The duo were originally in a feud together from July to September 2016, but after a Best of Seven series culminated in a tie, the two were forced to work as a team by then-Raw General Manager
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. "The Bar", originally an informal nickname until they joined SmackDown in 2018, originates from their catchphrase: "We don't just set the bar, we are the bar!" The team was forced to disband in April 2019 due to
Sheamus Stephen Farrelly (born 28 January 1978) is an Irish professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sheamus. Prior to joining WWE, he wrestled on the European indep ...
suffering an injury and Cesaro being drafted to
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.


History


Feud and formation

On the July 19 episode of ''
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'', Cesaro and Sheamus were drafted to the
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in the
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, being the last two televised picks for the brand. The two men started a feud shortly after the draft. Cesaro defeated Sheamus in two consecutive matches, resulting in Cesaro earning a match for the United States Championship, which he received on the August 8 episode of ''Raw'' against Rusev, but lost after interference from Sheamus. Both men had issues about being on Raw, with Cesaro saying he would have more opportunity on the SmackDown brand, and Sheamus having been in a career slump since
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dissolved. Raw General Manager
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then announced that the pair would face each other in a best-of-seven series with the winner to receive a future championship title match. Sheamus won the first match at
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. Sheamus would defeat Cesaro in the second and third matches, but Cesaro defeated Sheamus in the fourth, fifth, and sixth matches, tying the series 3-3. At
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, Cesaro fought Sheamus to a no contest when neither man could continue, leaving the outcome of their best-of-seven series undecided. Since Foley did not want to insult the impressive effort and performance the two had in the seventh match, and because he did not want the two to potentially injure themselves from an extra eighth match, he decided to reward both men with a championship match in the form of an opportunity at the
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.


Raw Tag Team Champions (2016–2018)

Cesaro and Sheamus defeated Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day ( Big E,
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, and
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) in a non-title match on the October 24 episode of ''Raw'', and defeated them by disqualification at
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, but did not win the title. On the November 7 episode of ''Raw'', Cesaro and Sheamus were announced as part of Team Raw for the 10–on–10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match at
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on November 20, 2016, which Team Raw won. Cesaro and Sheamus were the sole survivors for their team, and for this reason, Foley gave them a title opportunity the following night on ''Raw''. On ''Raw'', however, Cesaro and Sheamus again failed to capture the tag titles from The New Day following interference from Xavier Woods. After a scripted bar fight on the November 28 edition of ''Raw'' where they initially spoke of their apparent split as a tag team, the two men finally began to co-operate, reforming their team. They lost to The New Day in a triple threat tag team match on the December 12 episode of ''Raw'' also involving Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. They received another title shot after winning a fatal four way #1 contenders match at
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and at Roadblock: End of the Line, Cesaro and Sheamus defeated The New Day to win the Raw Tag Team Championship, marking Cesaro's second reign and Sheamus' first reign. In winning the title, they ended New Day's record setting reign of 483 days. They then retained the title against New Day in a rematch on the December 26 episode of ''Raw'', ending their feud. On January 16, Cesaro and Sheamus announced their participation in the
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match. Before that match, however, they were scheduled to defend the Raw Tag Team Championship against Gallows and Anderson on the Royal Rumble pre-show, where they lost the titles, ending their reign at 42 days. The duo then began to show tension between each other and were both later eliminated from the match by
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. Their championship rematch was sabotaged by
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, who interfered and caused a disqualification loss for the pair. Cesaro then defeated Enzo before he and Sheamus were defeated by the duo the week after to become the number one contenders to the title. At Fastlane, Cesaro defeated
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. It was later announced that Cesaro and Sheamus were to compete for the Raw Tag Team Championship against Enzo and Cass and Anderson and Gallows in a triple threat
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at
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. At the event, however, the match was made a four-way ladder match when the returning
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were added, who won the match. At
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, they were defeated by The Hardys, and attacked them after the match, turning heels in the process. They began calling themselves by the collective nickname The Bar, stating "We don't just set the bar, we are the bar!", and their entrances became further synchronized, wearing the same attire to the ring. They regained the titles at Extreme Rules in a
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and defended them in a 30-Minute Iron Man match against The Hardy Boyz at the
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pay-per-view. During the Summer, The Bar started a feud with Seth Rollins, who allied with his former stablemate Dean Ambrose. At
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they lost the titles against Rollins and Ambrose and lost the rematch at No Mercy. Cesaro and Sheamus aligned with
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as a result of the continuing feud with this eventually resulting in the reunion of the Shield when Rollins and Ambrose re-aligned with
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. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, the team of The Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus,
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and Kane lost to Ambrose, Rollins and
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, who replaced Reigns due to Reigns being removed from the match on medical grounds, in a five-on-three Handicap Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. On the November 6 episode of ''Raw'' in
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,
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, Cesaro and Sheamus defeated Ambrose and Rollins following a distraction from their former rivals The New Day to win the titles. By winning this match, it set them up to face SmackDown Tag Team Champions
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in a champions vs. champions match at Survivor Series. Cesaro and Sheamus lost the match. Cesaro and Sheamus then lost the Raw Tag Team Titles to Rollins and
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on the Christmas episode of ''Raw''. They had their rematch at the
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, where they regained the titles, becoming record four-time champions as a team and marking an individual record fifth reign for Cesaro. After Braun Strowman singlehandedly won a tag team battle royal for a Raw Tag Team Championship match at
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, Cesaro and Sheamus were scheduled to defend the titles as long as Strowman found a partner. After weeks of failed attempts of finding out who Strowman's partner was, Cesaro and Sheamus walked into WrestleMania clueless. At the event, Strowman chose a 10-year old fan named
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as his partner and they defeated Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Titles.


SmackDown Tag Team Champions (2018–2019)

On April 17, as part of the Superstar Shake-up, Cesaro and Sheamus, now officially known as The Bar, were traded to SmackDown. Despite the trade, they still had an opportunity to win the Raw Tag Team Championship as they faced
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and
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at the
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, but failed to win the Raw Tag Team Championship. They entered a brief feud with The New Day, losing to them and failing to qualify for the Money in the Bank
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. After going on a hiatus, the duo returned in late-July to take part in a No. 1 Contenders Tournament for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship] beat The Usos to advance to the finals, where they lost to The New Day. After failing to become number one contenders again, the duo finally were gifted a title match. At WWE Super Show-Down, Super Show-Down, The Bar failed to win the title. At the 1000th episode of ''SmackDown'' on October 16, The Bar defeated The New Day to capture the titles with unlikely help from
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. They subsequently retained the titles against The New Day at Crown Jewel and
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. On the November 27 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', The Bar and Big Show's brief alliance ended after a confrontation backstage. They later entered a feud with The Miz and
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, culminating in a match at the
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on January 27, where The Bar lost the SmackDown Tag Team Championship to Miz and McMahon. The following ''SmackDown'' they lost a number one contenders match to The Usos. The Bar defeated Kofi Kingston at Fastlane in an impromptu 2-on-1 handicap match. The team then lost to New Day,
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, The Hardy Boyz, and
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and
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over the next two months on ''SmackDown''. At
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in April, The Bar lost to The Usos in a match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. At the ''Raw'' following WrestleMania, The Bar interrupted a Winner Takes All match between Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston, resulting in a tag team match. This resulted in "
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" and "
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" chants from the crowd, voicing their displeasure in the match they were given instead. The next day on ''SmackDown'', Sheamus suffered a
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in a six-man tag team match with New Day. Cesaro was drafted to Raw a few weeks later and started competing as a solo wrestler, although he would keep the bar theme song and attire.He would later premiere a new song and attire different from the bar. Cesaro stated in a later promo that The Bar had broken up due to Sheamus having to take the time off. Sheamus returned to action in 2020 and both resumed their careers as singles wrestlers. On February 24, 2022, Cesaro left WWE after his contract expired.


Championships and accomplishments

* WWE **
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( 4 times) **
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( 1 time) **
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for Tag Team of the Year (2018)


References


External links

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