TimeEffect
Member
Wtf Sami is doing perfectly okay after last week? Lol
See how great he is on the mic? Dude is top guy material
See how great he is on the mic? Dude is top guy material
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serenewarfare
Banned
His entrance only ever looked like that a handful of times.
But sure, his entrance is terrible and he's failing. Crowd totally doesn't care about him.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Sami with that Roman recovery.
The Strokes
Banned
Watching SD for the first time in months (other than half of Backlash), when's Jinder gimmicky title reign ending?
HashtagLapsed
Member
Probably some time after September.
MITB is right around the corner.
blackaroni
Member
Roman sold an entire match without using that arm and kept selling it for weeks. This is some Rollins level recovery.
TimeEffect
Member
He got racist Font. He had an amazing red font coupled with an absolutely amazing entrance cinematography.
Now his entrance is just okay and commentary has to be force fed lines to tell us hes a rockstar. We'll see how he appears at ppv's
Its the little things that really hurt, and its the little things that make nxt look like they pay attention to detail
a lot of people will
newdayrocks
Member
NXT coming back to the Pacific Northwest in July. Last year's show in Portland was so great, I'd love to go again, but I hate Roode so much...
I like the yellow typeface better.
I like the yellow typeface better.
It looked like that at Full Sail because they had the low screen.
It's the company taking something that worked and changing it for no reason. Well..not no reason. He's a jap, gotta jap that font up so people know!
Nocturnowl
Member
I heard a Kane mention on commentary and it got my attention, Kane master of the multi man ladder match friends.
I'll be genuinely shocked if Sami ever even holds one of the main titles.
I'll be genuinely shocked if Sami ever even holds one of the main titles.
serenewarfare
Banned
It's not as good as it used to be.
But I don't think it's nearly as big a deal as some are making it, and based on crowd reactions it doesn't seem like it's affecting his general view by the audience that much.
ambar_hitman
Member
PIP is the best
Bluekaveli
Member
Kane won't be ruining Jinder's reign like he did Benoit's, Rey's, and Daniel's, and Seth.
Tom Nook
Member
So stupid at the font change and color....
The name is Japanese. Does wwe think We don't know the name is Japanese?
The Strokes
Banned
I'm gonna laugh my ass off is he has to defend that belt at Summerslam.
Hope the guy that wins cashes it that same night, don't care if Dead already did it last year.
Dthomp
Member
Subtle changes to entrance, "The Artist", "The Rockstar", curtain jerking on a PPV where you were the poster. Every week being in a talking segment on SD when that is the weakest part of his game
Hidden One
Member
I don't mind what chants when you actually can't understand what is being said. Nakamura should be doing little to no talking.
It's a bellwether. An indicator.
It's going to be death by a thousand cuts. Plus the shithouse booking. Building to his first match for a month against a falling midcarder and then having him suck out a win.
peteykirch
Member
Looked like Sami was slapping Owens like a little school girl in the corner
serenewarfare
Banned
They've treated guys like Sami and Bray way more like dogshit for years and those guys are still over.
If he's pushed as a top guy and wins big matches, he'll be over.
HashtagLapsed
Member
Corbin has such dead eyes it is like seeing a charismaless pool of nothing.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Ziggler vs AJ probably for later.
Also what happened to Mojo?
Also what happened to Mojo?
ambar_hitman
Member
He reminds me of heel Vladimir Kozlov
This show actually needs more time because he with the other talent they don't have time for like Tye, AA, Rowan, Harper and English. They will have further little time when Rusev comes back as well.
Dthomp
Member
They only drag Mojo out when they have Gronk in the crowd to get that crossover appeal
HashtagLapsed
Member
Did you watch him in NJPW or since he came to WWE?
serenewarfare
Banned
Here comes New Day.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Sami, Becky and Bray in a faction about folks over no matter how bad the booking is.
Majukun
Member
the latter
serenewarfare
Banned
All things considered they are doing well with it. Not up to their completely idiotic and unrealistic expectations, but not bad. Definitely always want it higher though.
If you've seen some of his NJPW stuff, I don't know what else to tell you.
If you haven't, WWE does a great job of making even the world's best wrestlers look like just another guy in a matter of weeks. During the G1, Nakamura would wrestle 10 matches in 3 weeks and they'd all be better than anything he's done in the last year of WWE.
Dthomp
Member
As somebody who hasn't seen any of Nakamuras Japan stuff, was he always so "WWE" style in the ring or has he just adapted that quick? I've felt ever since his debut NXT match his arsenal has shrunk down and has been the same act every match so while I love him I am quickly bored of his in ring as of callup (and slightly before)
Hidden One
Member
I wouldn't mind SD going 3 hours and RAW going 2 tbh.
I don't blame people for not getting him based on his work in WWE. Apart from the match with Sami Zayn, it's all been fairly average.
Try to see some of his work in Japan though.
Sami and Bray are the worst case scenario for Nakamura. Doomed to forever lose big matches and dumped in favor of part-timers for main event spots on the big PPVs.
Sure he'll be over but he won't be a real star. WWE doesn't build stars anymore.
ETA: My prediction: Nakamura is built to main event a PPV in Japan for the title, loses, and within a month he's dancing with Rich Swann on 205 Live.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I'd rather Smackdown could just get a bit overtime instead of ending right on two hours.
serenewarfare
Banned
Once WWE signed him, he realized he can do less than he did in Japan and still be over. And he's been right so far.
No, I don't think he'll be booked like those guys. I think he'll be pushed at the level of a guy like AJ, where he wins a lot more than he loses and is always at or near the top of the card.
I brought those two guys up because my point is that guys can stay over in WWE even through bad booking, so Nakamura will damn sure stay over because he'll win often enough. The "death by a thousand cuts" you mentioned won't happen.
Professor Beef
Banned
RBH just added The Usos to his list :lol