How Adam Would Book... Shinsuke Nakamura On WWE's Main Roster
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00:00Hello, I'm Adam Hailing from PartsFUNknown, and this is all about Shinsuke Nakamura.
00:08Nakamura was a legend in New Japan pro wrestling.
00:12He was famous for a bunch of things.
00:14Strong style, which is wrestling on hard mode, where basically they figured out in New Japan
00:18that the best way to trick the fans that you're hitting each other really hard is to hit each
00:22other really hard.
00:23He was famous for being, you know, rad.
00:27He was like Prince, and Mick Jagger had a baby, and that baby's first language was knees.
00:32And also, he did this.
00:34I've never done this before, so we're going to see how this- here you go.
00:41So when WWE announced in the great New Japan exodus of 2016 that they had signed AJ Styles,
00:46Gallows and Anderson, and Nakamura, everyone was cautiously excited because, you know,
00:51it's Shinsuke Nakamura.
00:53But also, it's WWE, and the only Japanese superstar to ever main event a WWE pay-per-view
01:00was this f***ing Samoan guy.
01:02Rest in peace, Yokozuna.
01:04So how's it been in WWE for Naka so far?
01:07Here is a list of possible nicknames for Shinsuke Nakamura to summarize his WWE career.
01:12Sneaky Nakamura, Low Blow's Bizarre Adventure, Samurai Sack, The J-Horror at Dick's Dream
01:20Rules, Kimono, and this is probably the bleakest one, the artist formerly known as Shinsuke
01:27Nakamura.
01:28But let's talk about the good times first.
01:30Let's talk about NXT.
01:32Naka debuted at TakeOver Dallas against Sami Zayn, and they had, honestly, still one of
01:37my favourite matches in TakeOver history.
01:39It was hyped to the moon and lived up to it.
01:43Nakamura turned up, and instead of bending to work a WWE-style match, Sami Zayn worked
01:48a f***ing New Japan match.
01:50The best bit being a bit where they just leathered each other in the f***ing head for ages.
01:57Strong style, baby.
01:58The rest of his NXT run was good, but not as good.
02:03He won the title twice, had reliably good to great matches, depending on your tolerance
02:11of Robert Roode and his intensely subdued technical style in NXT.
02:17But by the time he was called up to the main roster, fans were just itching for that next
02:22Zayn-level match to show Nakamura's high-octane, trademark explosive skill.
02:28First opponent?
02:29Oh, f***.
02:30Now, I was actually keen for this match at Backlash, because Dolph Ziggler can bump like
02:36a demon, and I thought, oh, who best to get turned inside out by a Kinshasa, but this
02:39was the first big mistake.
02:40We had Nakamura wrestle the 101 blueprint, no-frills, boring-ass two wrestlers pay-per-view
02:48match.
02:49The kind where, you know, two guys just sort of have to have a match, because they're feuding,
02:52but they don't really have much story going on, so they trade generic momentum for 10
02:57minutes, do some signature moves, and then that's your lot.
03:00There was nothing in the match that made it like a Nakamura match, which was criminal,
03:04because it was Nakamura's debut.
03:06There was nothing in there to inform an audience who'd never seen him that this is Nakamura,
03:12this is what makes Nakamura different, and this is why people are excited about him specifically.
03:18Nakamura hit signature moves, but the match didn't have a signature style like the Zayn
03:22one did, and if you're looking at your watch and thinking, gee, Adam really is dwelling
03:26on this one Dolph Ziggler-ass match from three years ago, then yeah, because that's sort
03:32of Shinsuke Nakamura's main roster run in a nutshell.
03:36Oof, I am a sweaty boy.
03:38It is a hot day, it is the hottest day of the year, and I'm...
03:43So a brief great match with John Cena on a random SmackDown 2-1 side, Nakamura lost a
03:49lot of his shine in the summer of 2017.
03:53He wrestled the same generic WWE-style match with Jinder f***ing Goddamn Mahal, because
03:59Jinder was never tasked with doing anything beyond a serviceable house show match, he
04:05just didn't have the equipment to do something of Nakamura's level, so Nakamura didn't hinder
04:12Jinder at SummerSlam, lost to him because of the Sings, and then he lost again at Hell
04:17in a Cell, not because of the Sings, that one relatively clean, because God died.
04:22During the Jinder feud, Mahal showed pictures of Nakamura doing like silly faces, and then,
04:30you know, he did a laugh at the silly face, and then some of us remember Nakamura fighting
04:34Kota Ibushi at WrestleKingdom 9, and just got quiet and sad.
04:38He was then eliminated first for his team at Survivor Series, he got swallowed up by
04:42the awful Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, Shane McMahon, Daniel Bryan thing, and then he won
04:50the Royal Rumble, holy s***, what, cool, that one night he felt like Nakamura again,
04:58for the first time in about six months, and long after that beautiful tease early in the
05:05year at Money in the Bank, we were getting that Nakamura styles match, a match that bizarrely
05:12was hyped by WWE as, hey, it's a match the fans really want to see, how exciting, we
05:18want to see it too, like for a wrestling company that has a roster with some of the best wrestlers
05:23in the world on it, they don't do that a lot, which is weird.
05:28So the dream match vibe was real and intense and partially stolen from New Japan without
05:34ever really crediting New Japan where they got Nakamura from in the first place, which
05:37is cheeky, but then at WrestleMania, oh no.
05:43It was a WWE match with pretensions of epicness, it trusted its hype to do all the work and
05:50get the crowd to the level of a match, where like every move is important and this is awesome,
05:57and you know, like I reckon they would have got away with it if the crowd wasn't f***ing
06:03tired, because they'd seen four f***ing hours of WrestleMania by that point, which is arguably
06:08one more hour than WrestleMania ever needs.
06:11And a WWE style match with Nakamura doing signature moves but not having signature style,
06:18it felt underwhelming and again, Nakamura in a nutshell.
06:22And speaking of nutshells, so you know how this goes, Nak turned heel by Shoryukening
06:28AJ Styles in the bowels, rendering them flatter than his preferred terrain, and that was Nakamura's
06:34new favourite hobby, like he just kept going for him, like you know you try and shoo a
06:38dog away, he's constantly biting your trousers, like f*** off, f*** off, f*** off the f***.
06:45The Styles feud crashed and burned with an increased symphony of horrendous booking,
06:52double count out, a great extra raw rumble, not great.
06:54The no DQ match ended in no contest because both men hoofed each other in the chutneys
06:59and couldn't answer a count of ten, how's that dream match working out for you, idiots?
07:04The closest we got to an actual straight up, no bollocks match between the two was a random
07:08one on Smackdown to decide a stipulation, and that was really good, and everyone was
07:12like, dude, do that!
07:14And WWE were like, nah, nah, not gonna do that, oh sorry, this can't be a last man standing
07:21match, because they're really boring, because the referee has to count to ten like 50 times
07:27a match, and it's really stupid, hahaha.
07:29So yes, the Nakamura finally conclusively lost to Styles and Money in the Bank, broken
07:34and confused Nakamura wallowed in the US title scene, which he won via a low blow because
07:39what's the King of Strong Style gonna do, not get you in the jellies?
07:44Which is not to say that the US title is unworthy of Shinsuke Nakamura, it's not, it's just
07:48that by that time everyone was just sort of like, why though?
07:55So Nakamura kept on keeping on, he lost the US title on Christmas Day to Rusev, went back
07:59at the Rumble, made random friends with Rusev over a combined vibe of, we should probably
08:04be doing better than this, right?
08:06He won the IC title, became part of Sami Zayn's WhatsApp group for insanely talented super
08:11wrestlers who for some reason have never been world champion, got squashed for the title
08:15by Braun Strowman, and dicked around with Cesaro long enough to become tag team champions
08:19where he lives to this day.
08:25And like, yeah, oh well, he's earned a lot of money, and he's been on the main roster
08:30for three years, and you can count the number of matches that felt like they were agented
08:34by someone who understood Nakamura's appeal on one f***ing hand with fingers to spare.
08:39I'm not saying it's the worst that a superstar's ever been treated, he's got a couple of matches,
08:45but it's Nakamura, he was the best thing going for a bit, so let me have a go.
08:56So the first thing to come to terms with with Shinsuke Nakamura is that he doesn't always
09:01try.
09:02Now, I'm not calling Shinsuke Nakamura lazy, of course, I'm just saying that a lot of people
09:07have this perception of Shinsuke Nakamura as being a 100% reliable dream match factory.
09:13It's not that.
09:14With the right circumstances, there's fewer better in the world, but if you're looking
09:19for someone to spin the chicken s*** WWE placeholder match before s***ty non-finish to build to
09:25another match down the road, take that and turn it into chicken salad, Nakamura isn't
09:29that man.
09:30And I kind of respect him for it.
09:32He's just like, well, if we're both going to kick each other in the d***, then maybe
09:36I won't, you know, get hit really hard.
09:39What he is, is a fully formed marquee talent that WWE has imported for a reason.
09:44To drum up some of that Japanese market, but also capitalize on that credentials as
09:48a unique character to increase the prestige of their own product.
09:52For that reason, it behooves WWE to present Nakamura in the style to which he's become
09:57accustomed.
09:58When you find a WWE superstar and make them know you have a Nakamura match, it's brilliant.
10:06Give it time, have it properly build to an actual non-f***ing finish, and he is golden.
10:10So I'm just going to book a timeline for Shinsuke Nakamura, which is mostly that, basically,
10:15because wrestling isn't really that hard, which is why his first opponent at Backlash
10:20is Sami Zayn.
10:22Round two.
10:23This is Nakamura's main roster debut.
10:25You are introducing a lot of people to him.
10:28Never underestimate how much a mainstream audience simply does not give a s*** about
10:32Japanese wrestling or, heartbreakingly, NXT.
10:36This is where you sell Nakamura's unique upside.
10:39So prepare something that we know works.
10:41It's Chicago.
10:43Those guys are some of the most proudly hardcore, loud fans you can find.
10:48If you want to broadcast worldwide to all of your mainstream viewers a new presentation
10:52of this new global superstar, Shinsuke Nakamura, then putting him against Zayn in Chicago is
10:58up there with your best possible options.
11:02Develop the match to tell the story that Zayn was Nakamura's first opponent in the company,
11:06and he lost.
11:07He's dedicated himself to learning, and have him try and avenge that loss, remixing Takeover
11:14Dallas spots to showcase that, yeah, he's learning.
11:17You get something new.
11:18Also, I have a fun idea for the general presentation of Nakamura.
11:24Now, I think a lot of people think, oh, the reason why the WWE main roster never got behind
11:28him is because his English is good, but his style of speaking is a bit slow, and his cadence
11:36is a little odd, because it's not his first language.
11:39So present him with a translator.
11:41Now, it doesn't have to be Funaki, you don't have to put the Japanese people together,
11:46but find someone who's really good on the mic, someone charismatic, you know, they found
11:50Dr. Shelby, they can find charismatic, funny people to be backstage talent.
11:54Then you can have Nakamura cut backstage promos to the best of his raw Japanese charisma,
12:01and then the translator has to try and match that charisma.
12:04I think if you find the right person, you can get a really endearing pairing to the
12:09level that Damien Mizdow was to The Miz.
12:12Anyway, I think that would be fun, and also let Nakamura be unique, and also let him be
12:19really, really, really cool.
12:22Next up, Money in the Bank.
12:24Keep all of this Corbin winning, we'll get to why, and most especially that I think we're
12:29destined to do this forever moment where Nakamura and AJ Styles spot each other like
12:34old flames reuniting as the clock strikes midnight, because f**k it, call it hubris,
12:40I think I can fix Styles Nakamura.
12:42Spoiler, it might involve a little less penis.
12:47So Nakamura doesn't win Money in the Bank, and moving on to SummerSlam 2017, and this
12:53is where my booking starts to match up with my Jinder Mahal booking.
12:57There it is.
12:58Watch it.
12:59Go on.
13:00So at SummerSlam, AJ Styles beats Jinder Mahal to become WWE Champion, while a bit further
13:05down the card, Nakamura faces John Cena.
13:10Cena proved in real life that he was willing to put over Nakka's, so you know, instead
13:15of sticking an extra boot into a very sad bazaar corpse, who still has the briefcase
13:20in this booking by the way, we have a marquee match.
13:24The face, for many people, of Western Wrestling versus WWE's face of Eastern Wrestling.
13:30Cena is pretty great at losing at SummerSlam to anyone who isn't the Nexus, so 20 minutes
13:35of a match and some nice shine for Nakamura.
13:38So Nakamura wins with the Kinshasa, then AJ Styles wins the WWE Championship after that
13:43match backstage at SummerSlam, Nakamura and Styles just have a little confrontation where
13:48Nakamura congratulates Styles for winning the championship and then just runs a little
13:53finger down the belt, because he's a big sex weirdo, he's great.
13:57Also the translator then has to do the same thing, which I like.
14:01Then you head to Hell in a Cell and Styles defending the WWE Championship, not against
14:06Nakamura, but against Rusev, who is starting to get really over with the whole Rusev Day
14:11thing.
14:12I'm going to use this booking to also do some nice things for some nice people, because
14:16that's nice.
14:17Nakamura, on the other hand, is going up against Kevin Owens for the United States Championship.
14:23Kevin Owens still has that belt, according to my Jinder Mahal booking.
14:26Now I think that's a really fun feud.
14:27Kevin Owens can have a go at Shinsuke Nakamura, saying, why do you want this belt, you're
14:31not even from America, and actually, you know, he could be charming with that, rather than,
14:37you know.
14:38Also, Kevin Owens can attack Shinsuke's translator, who's hopefully been around for long enough
14:42that they've actually become an endearing figure on the show, and this can make the
14:45feud a little hotter.
14:46Nakamura hits a Kinshasa on Kevin Owens, pins him, Nakamura is the United States Champion,
14:52goes on to Survivor Series 2017, champions versus champions, Nakamura versus The Miz.
14:58On the SmackDown singles champion side of things, you've got Nakamura winning against
15:03The Miz, and AJ Styles losing against Lesnar.
15:07Then you have a little SmackDown bit, where someone interviews both champions, being like,
15:11Nakamura, you won, for SmackDown, AJ Styles, you lost, and AJ Styles gets really flustered
15:16and he walks out of the interview, and that's just the very start of Styles-Nakamura-with-Styles
15:21playing heel.
15:22Clash of Champions 2017, Styles defends the belt successfully against Randy Orton, we're
15:27not doing the Shane story, we're just not doing it, which frees up heel Kevin Owens
15:32and still babyface Sami Zayn to fight Nakamura in a triple threat for the US title.
15:37It's an all good boy special, Nakamura retains by pinning KO, bit of Nak and Zayn working
15:44together.
15:45I really want to develop Sami Zayn and Nakamura as sort of spiritual partners really early
15:49on.
15:50Then, the Royal Rumble 2018, which Shinsuke wins.
15:53Obviously, Renee goes to ask his translator who Nakamura will choose, when Nakamura takes
15:58the mic and says, for himself, AJ Styles, because it's had a bit more teasing than
16:07even in real life, so people will hopefully want to see it even more.
16:12So, the night after the Royal Rumble, Baron Corbin cashes in on AJ Styles and wins the
16:18WWE Championship, aren't I a stinker?
16:22Now the reason for this is twofold, first of all, poor Baron Corbin, he did deserve
16:25a bit better than that, and second of all, part of mania is toying with the fans thinking
16:30you're going to take it away from them, and so when you eventually give it back to
16:34them, hopefully they will work harder to appreciate it.
16:38At this stage, Nakamura tells a crestfallen AJ Styles via his translator that he is disappointed,
16:44he wanted to be AJ Styles for the title, Styles lost his focus.
16:51At Fastlane 2018, first of all, on the undercard, we get Nakamura vs Sami Zayn for the US title.
16:58Zayn wasn't pinned in the Triple Threat at Clash, and tries to fight Nakamura for
17:02the third time, one on one, and this time it looks like, again, Nakamura has Zayn's
17:08number, and he's in the corner, and he's waiting for Zayn to get up, and he's priming
17:13the Kinshasa, when AJ Styles walks down the ramp, without his music playing, because that
17:18doesn't make sense.
17:19This distracts Nakamura for a split second, and Nakamura then turns his head back to,
17:24boom, just in time to get hallouba kicked by Sami Zayn, who pins Nakamura to win the
17:29US title, one, two, three, for the first time in WWE.
17:34When Styles is asked why he cost Nakamura the US championship backstage, Styles says
17:38it's to help Nakamura focus on the WWE championship.
17:43Later on in that night at Fastlane, Styles faces Corbin in a rematch for the WWE championship.
17:48When the ref is knocked down, both men are trying to get to their feet.
17:52When Nakamura runs to the ring, you think he's going to hit Styles in retaliation,
17:57but instead he clocks Baron Corbin with the Kinshasa, helps AJ Styles become champion,
18:03because in his own words, speaking a full English sentence on the main roster for the
18:06first time, I want to be AJ Styles for the WWE championship.
18:12Styles is frustrated that Shinsuke helped him and is lashing out at all the people who
18:18think that Nakamura is going to beat him at Mania.
18:20He doesn't necessarily have to go full heel, it's just that he's got an ego, like most
18:26athletes do, and his ego is pushing him into a bit of a dark place.
18:30It also makes the dynamic at Mania, it makes that match easier to get into for the mass
18:35market fan.
18:36Naka face, Styles heel, which allows them to do a little bit more storytelling mid-match
18:42to kind of get you into it.
18:44WrestleMania 34 and Styles vs Nakamura opens the show.
18:50Now I know some people regard that as a spot unworthy of the WWE championship, but hear
18:56me out.
18:57The show opens, you've got the always great Mania video package, there's excitement in
19:03the air, fireworks, spotlights, pomp, circumstance.
19:06It's that buzz of, okay, it's another WrestleMania, here we go.
19:10And then Nakamura's music hits, like, I don't know man, I would really dig it.
19:16Rollins and Lesnar massively benefited from going first, you catch the crowd while they're
19:22out there, most awake, and they are ready for a dream match.
19:27And you start the show, at least in this case, with Nakamura pinning AJ Styles to become
19:33the new WWE champion.
19:36You get the match 20 minutes, tell that heel face story, tell the story of AJ Styles getting
19:41frustrated with himself that he can't put Nakamura away, and that's part of the reason
19:45why Nakamura gets him.
19:46And then later on the show, according to my previous bookings, you've got Chad Gable vs
19:50Kurt Angle, you've got Steph vs Ronda, and here's my pitch for the US Championship, Sami
19:56Zayn vs Daniel Bryan.
20:00No stables or distractions like at WrestleMania 36, both men working full babyface.
20:06Instead of running the Shane angle, which I thought was s***, Daniel Bryan announced
20:10that he's clear to wrestle.
20:12He just announces it on Smackdown, being like, this is the happiest day of my life, and immediately
20:17Sami Zayn comes out.
20:19The US title was the first title that you won in this company.
20:24It would be my honour to face you for that belt in your first match back.
20:29Daniel Bryan, Sami Zayn, 20 minutes, Bryan pins Zayn to win the belt, which he can then
20:35take into a feud with Miz, like they did all the way back in 2010.
20:40And Miz and Daniel Bryan can happen for the US title at Backlash 2018, also on that card,
20:44in the main event no less, not Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe, please.
20:48AJ Styles vs Nakamura vs Baron Corbin.
20:52There's no need to repeat the one-on-one match at Mania again.
20:55Corbin wants his belt back, so does Styles.
20:58So Nakamura has to fight against their combined force to retain his title.
21:03So Nakamura retains, and Styles is out of the title picture for now, and currently no
21:08one has had their d*** punched.
21:11We get to Money in the Bank 2018, Nakamura vs Samoa Joe.
21:16Now Joe knows how to humble Shinsuke, he says, you know, he references their history
21:22in NXT.
21:23Nakamura retains, and Joe absolutely wrecks him afterwards.
21:27Joe goes on a rampage, hospitalising those closest to Nakamura.
21:31He takes out Nakamura's beloved translator.
21:33Look, just hire a talented comedic performer.
21:37This can work, dammit.
21:38He hospitalises Shinsuke's long-time friendly rival, Sami Zayn, which also serves to write
21:43Zayn off so he can get his rotator cuff surgery.
21:46This then leads to Extreme Rules 2018, Shinsuke Nakamura vs Samoa Joe, Extreme Rules match.
21:54Again, Nakamura retains by putting a chair up against Samoa Joe and hitting the Kinshasa
22:00into it.
22:01Also on the card, Daniel Bryan's comeback tour continues, he's won the US title, he's
22:05probably lost a title to The Miz on SmackDown, and then here, like in real life, he teams
22:10up with Kane for one last team hell no.
22:13Then at SummerSlam, it's time for Daniel Bryan to get back what he never lost at the
22:18biggest party of the summer, Shinsuke Nakamura vs Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship.
22:24These two wrestled on SmackDown earlier this year.
22:27It went 12 minutes, it ended in a DQ, and it was in front of no fans, and to this day,
22:33it is the only time both men have wrestled on camera, one-on-one, in their entire careers.
22:40What a f***ing sentence.
22:42They wrestle for 20 minutes, Daniel Bryan beats Nakamura, and Nakamura doesn't kick
22:50Daniel Bryan in the penis.
22:52At Hell in a Cell, the two men wrestle again with Daniel Bryan retaining before Shinsuke
22:55Nakamura becomes part of the men's team for SmackDown at Survivor Series.
22:59During this match, Nakamura has a little moment with Finn Balor, which is sort of what they
23:04had in real life in a different time, which leads to Nakamura issuing an interbrand challenge
23:10for TLC 2018, Nakamura vs Finn Balor, so he's got two matches vs Finn, again playing
23:16off their Japanese history.
23:18The first one at TLC, which is against Finn Balor normal, which Nakamura wins.
23:22The next match at the Royal Rumble, Shinsuke Nakamura vs The Demon Finn, which Balor wins,
23:28which means that Balor wouldn't be fighting Bobby Lashley like in my Bobby Lashley booking,
23:33but he can do that at Elimination Chamber.
23:35If anything, he's going to parlay this picture of Nakamura into challenging Bobby Lashley.
23:40Look, it adds up.
23:42Get off my back.
23:43Also, for some worried fans, Elimination Chamber is where Daniel Bryan finally turns heel.
23:51He gets down to the final two with Kofi Kingston, and Kofi's getting that huge swell of support
23:56that he got at that time, and this, on pay-per-view, is where Daniel Bryan kicks Kofi in the balls
24:03with.
24:04Bryan's finally getting the dick kick.
24:05Somebody's going to get the dick kick.
24:07Okay, so look, I've done it.
24:10There.
24:11Someone's got nailed in the balls.
24:15Are you happy, WWE Universe?
24:18Someone's got a hurt penis.
24:19Anyway, so Bryan thought that he was the people's choice.
24:23This is why the heel turn, I think, makes sense now.
24:25He thought he was the people's choice.
24:26He fought his way back to WWE for the people.
24:30He won the WWE Championship, which he never lost, and then suddenly, he's seeing everyone
24:33cheering on Kofi like it's Kofi's time.
24:36No, it's my time, and so he betrays everyone who believed in him because Daniel Bryan is,
24:45you know, if anyone who's seen Ring of Honor, he's a nasty man.
24:49He kicks Kofi Kingston in the balls, hits him with a running knee, retains the WWE Championship,
24:52and the first thing he does to cement the heel turn on SmackDown after that is label
24:56Kofi Kingston a B-plus player, and look, I like it.
25:00Now, if anyone's wondering what Nakamura is up to, like, he hasn't done as well as
25:05he did.
25:06That is when you bring Sami Zayn back, and because Sami Zayn, I don't care what the heel
25:12turn says, Sami Zayn is one of the purest souls to ever step foot in a WWE ring.
25:17He's a care bear, and I will not stand for your foolishness, so Zayn takes it upon himself
25:21to basically bring Nakamura back up to being the best wrestler in the world.
25:26That's the person he knows.
25:27That's the person he's had this epic year-spanning friendly rivalry with, so Zayn and Nakamura,
25:33they become a team, which kind of makes sense because, again, they've been together on and
25:38off for years, and they challenge the Usos to a match at Mania 35 for the SmackDown Tag
25:44Team Championships, and so Mania 5 looks like this.
25:47You've got Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn versus the Usos, Daniel Bryan versus Kofi
25:50Kingston, Bobby Lashley versus Brock Lesnar, Becky versus Ronda, Sharla versus Asuka, Finn
25:56versus Seth for the IC title, and Roman versus Dean, loser, leaves WWE.
26:02I think that's fine.
26:03Also, Nakamura's in his 40s, like, expecting him to go out there and have top-level main
26:08event matches forever, one-on-one, is pushing it.
26:11This way, we've got a WWE Championship run out of it, we've got some, hopefully, great
26:16matches against opponents who can adapt their style to Nakamura in order to present him
26:21as this unique, special attraction, not dumbing him down with some sh**ty bollocks about him
26:27being fixated on other people's bollocks.
26:31And yet, he may not be main event forever because WWE is a cycle.
26:37People come and they get their time, and then it's not their time, but you can still utilize
26:41them in interesting, character-based ways, and that, going forward, is him and Sami Zayn,
26:47both guys who definitely deserve more.
26:51And that is how I would book Shinsuke Nakamura on the main roster.
26:56What do you think?
26:57Let me know in the comments.
26:58Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to PartsFunKnown.
27:02We've also got QuizzleMania, we've got Explained, we've got Calling Spots.
27:09It's a new format that we're doing, where we're basically playing the telephone game
27:12and telling each other WWE stories, and you have to try and remember them, and the stories
27:16get really stupid and weird, and it's really funny, so check that out.
27:19And also, I guess, Jam That Jam.
27:24Jam That Jam.