by Hanley! » Apr 14, '17, 1:49 pm
I'm a big fan of Nakamura's, so I've been a little disappointed with his WWE run. It feels like he hasn't been able to get out of second gear since he joined the company. He was a massive star on his first night and had an epic match with Sami Zayn. But he's never reached those heights since. Most of his matches since then have been good but not great, and he got less over the longer he was in NXT.
It's an unfortunate truth about today's WWE: in most cases, the more you're on television, the less popular you are. They don't know how to turn television time into star power.
Now that he's appeared on Smackdown he's got a little extra boost. There's a bit of that extra spark and excitement about him again. I really hope he does some good stuff soon to keep people's excitement levels up. Dolph isn't a bad first opponent on that score - I just hope that they can really deliver in the ring. I feel like Nakamura needs a statement match soon to let American fans know how good he is.