Sheamus Best Served Joining The Authority After Winning the Money in the Bank

Before Sheamus parlays his Money in the Bank win into a WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign, it should net him a key spot with The Authority.

Making The Celtic Warrior the group's official enforcer offers him a prominent storyline before he eventually cashes in. It opens up narrative possibilities that wouldn't be available on his own. A feud with Seth Rollins, a story of him ousting Kane or acting as the blockade between Brock Lesnar and the WWE title are all suddenly on the table with the move.

Finding fans who feel The Authority a tiresome act is easy. The tale of the tyrannical group has gone on too long in many minds, but WWE clearly plans to keep it going.

And being a part of this posse assures one spotlight like nothing else right now.

Ask Kane, the 48-year-old workhorse who would likely be a midcarder without his Director of Operations role. Ask Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury, who were working behind the curtain before forming Rollins' security team and main-eventing Raw.

Joining The Authority clearly has boosting power. It's the long-running, high-profile angle that Sheamus would be the latest to profit from.

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The benefits of being Mr. Money in the Bank don't always come about right away. A wrestler can easily fade into the background while the creative team scrambles to find something for them before their eventual cash-in.

Daniel Bryan's Money in the Bank run is a perfect example of that.

Until he set his sights on Mark Henry, Bryan struggled for airtime despite holding that coveted briefcase. He went a three-PPV stretch where he only competed in pre-show matches: Night of Champions 2011, Hell in a Cell 2011 and Vengeance 2011. At that year's Survivor Series, he sat out the event entirely.

The Irish powerhouse is not that far removed from sitting in the midcard slot, taking on Dolph Ziggler and failing to win the Intercontinental Championship.

A partnership with The Authority is a guarantee of being on center stage. WWE's writers don't have to come up with anything from scratch for him. They simply have to plug him into the corporate machine currently making Kane a bigger star than one would expect at this point in his career. 

Should Triple H recruit him and ask him to start bashing in heads, Sheamus has a number of enticing avenues ahead of him.

With as tense as Rollins' relationship has become with The Authority, the chances of him leaving the group increase daily. The champ made sure to keep all the group's members at a distance as he proved himself against Dean Ambrose at Money in the Bank.

He and Kane have been bickering for weeks, the two trash-talking and staring each other down.

If WWE pulls the trigger on making Rollins a lone wolf, Sheamus the enforcer would get first crack at facing him. If the story becomes that Kane decides to push back against Rollins and his bosses, Sheamus will be sent in to take the big man down.

Both of those stories would be born from an alliance with The Authority—and both of them would be of the high-profile variety.

Most appealing, though, is the idea that Sheamus serves as The Authority's fail-safe plan. The uncontrollable Lesnar is not who Triple H and Stephanie McMahon want to see as the face of the franchise. If Rollins can't stop him, then it would be The Celtic Warrior who steps in.

Battling Lesnar is a goldmine for today's Superstars.

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Only a select few get the opportunity to clash with the megastar. Every match The Beast Incarnate is involved in is front-page worthy. That's mighty appealing for whoever is opposite him, despite the threat of the big man sending them to Suplex City.

Being in The Authority ups the shot that Sheamus gets that call. That could come with Triple H asking him to prevent Lesnar from challenging for the WWE title or else snatching it back from him. The Game isn't going to ask Kane to do that; he would call upon Sheamus.

That's a career-changing opportunity that is more of a possibility with the backing of The Authority. 

As much momentum as becoming Mr. Money in the Bank can bring, Sheamus has to be the next to hear from Triple H. Being welcomed into The Authority is guaranteed career advancement.