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[serenewarfare]

Nakamura was never gonna squash Ziggler, you act like the guy, shitty as he may be, wasn't in the title picture for both the IC title and WWE Championship just last year.

Nah man, if Nakamura isn't squashing everyone not named AJ Styles then he's being buried and looking awful.

 

[Bronx-Man]

This is what awaits Kenny Omega a year from now.

 

[Raw64life]

THE ARTIST

 

[galvatron]

Now spitting in the face of a minority..... This is starting to piss me off a lil.

That's the point...then he jobs and catharsis.

 

[ngower]

Man y'all are some negative jabronis. This match isn't MOTY quality, but it's still a fine first feud for Nakamura.

 

[ambar_hitman]

This was the worst way to book a Nakamura match.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

That was a match I guess

 

[tmac456]

Goddamn that finisher(I know the name but can't spell it lol) looked vicious

 

[Tom Nook]

Good, Naka wins.

 

[Brian_FETO]

WHAT A MATCH

A TWO STAR CLASSIC

PUTTING ON A CLINIC

WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES

 

[Big One]

Nakamura pulled a Cena wins lol

 

[cordy]

That wasn't a good match.

 

[DMczaf]

Crowds asleep.

They popped hard at the end

They love Nakamura, don't like the pace/lack of intensity of a Ziggler match

 

[excelsiorlef]

Will say Dolph sold the Kinshasa beautifully

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Now spitting in the face of a minority..... This is starting to piss me off a lil.

Nak beat the shit out of him after that moment, though.

 

[Sanjuro]

People in here are acting like that Artist guy should be booked like Andre.

 

[Ithil]

To state the obvious, Ziggler is no Zayn.

 

[Foggy]

Welcome to the WWE Shinsuke Nakamura

Welcome to Smackdown, Shinsuke, the land of opportunity

 

[RecRoulette]

This is exactly what I expected this match to be. I don't think it means anything long term, but yeah. Whatever.

For a second I was worried that Nakamura was going to get the "kicking too much ass" DQ though lol

 

[thefro]

That was about 8 minutes too long.

 

[The Strokes]

Crowds asleep.

Turn the volume up because they were not.

 

[Raw64life]

I'm fine with booking close matches for him as long as he wins. As long as they don't 50/50 him he'll be fine

Spoiler

they're gonna 50/50 him

 

[Archaix]

This whole modern day Michael Hayes gimmick that Ziggler has going would be a lot better if he had used two or three more cans of hairspray before the match.

 

[Rhaknar]

Match was ok. Thats about it.

 

[Auraela]

I noticed this starting as a trend back in NXT where most of the match would be Nakamura getting beat up while he hits his token spots and then overcomes the odds.

I really don't like it.

yup that was baically every match of his and its why i cant get into him

 

[somedevil]

Nah man, if Nakamura isn't squashing everyone not named AJ Styles then he's being buried and looking awful.

Imagine if this was the Miz and he squashed him. Wonder what the opinion would be here?

 

[TheSkullPrince]

This ppv needs Roman

 

[The Main Event]

THE ARTIST

Nakamura Aiden English tag team when

 

[Talonluck]

Decent match but nothing memorable. I think it was booked to make both look good. Dolph with most offense but nak with huge resilience and strong finisher.

 

[Data West]

Nakamura come back to new Japan >️

too late. already been replaced

 

[Rimfya]

Nah man, if Nakamura isn't squashing everyone not named AJ Styles then he's being buried and looking awful.

Correct. Every SD PPV should be 8 back-to-back AJ matches for every belt.

 

[HeavenlyE]

That match had about 5 minutes too much of headlocks from Ziggler

 

[ambar_hitman]

They should have at least booked it like Sami match. That was some hard hitting shit and both looked good.

 

[truly101]

Ziggler is competitive no matter who he's in the ring with, including main eventers. Why would Nakamura look weak taking offense from him? lol

I don't get this either. Styles didn't squash Ziggler either and he was the top guy on SD at the time so its not making Nak look weak. He didn't squash Zayn in NXT either.

 

[theaffection]

Really fun match

 

[Sanjuro]

He needs a Super Mario Bros. 3 gimmick.

 

[RBH]

THE ARTIST

 

[Nocturnowl]

Serviceable match, I think some people just hyped themselves into thinking Nak was gonna somehow bring it for a rather heatless presentation match against Ziggler.

Hmmm, I should play some Super Mario Bros 3.

 

[serenewarfare]

I'm fine with booking close matches for him as long as he wins. As long as they don't 50/50 him he'll be fine

Spoiler

they're gonna 50/50 him

They won't have him win every time, but I don't think he's gonna fall into straight 50/50 like most guys. It's obvious they see him pretty highly. He'll probably be like an 80/20 guy.

 

[excelsiorlef]

No problem it not being a squash just felt it lacked flow.

 

[Bronx-Man]

On one hand, that was boring.

On the other hand, Bate vs Dunn is probably gonna make every match look boring until the G1.

 

[Caspel]

Decent match. Glad they didn't have too many near falls. Wish it was a bit more physical though.

 

[Rhaknar]

Turn the volume up because they were not.

Crowd was hot, people are just being hyperbolic as usual

 

[SlipperyFishes]

Is Dolph Ziggler's current character an actual racist? The way he keeps saying boy makes him sound like a villain of the week from some 80s cop show.

Well he makes no secret he's a full on Republican

 

[Ithil]

They should have at least booked it like Sami match. That was some hard hitting shit and both looked good.

Ziggler couldn't have that match.

 

[Beefy]

Nak beat the shit out of him after that moment, though.

Just seems weird that they book a racist gimmick with the shit going on. But then I guess Vince loves Trump.

Decent match but already the Fashion Police skit shits on it

 

[tmac456]

People in here are acting like that Artist guy should be booked like Andre.

No. More like Ziggler is always going to be a mid card jobber and might as well be booked as one. Nak is supposed to be a main eventer known as a vicious striker. The booking was pretty suspect throughout that match.

 

[Toki767]

People don't want to see Nakamura take a beating for 10 minutes and then make a comeback.

People just want to see him kick/knee opponents.

 

[ShadyK54]

That was fine or whatever. Kinshasa continues looking deadly.

 

[cordy]

This ain't the match to sell the audience on Nakamura though, not at all. They gotta give him a better opponent.