7 Things WWE Could Learn From NJPW Dominion 6.9
6. How To Deliver Dream Matches
Even the most optimistic of supporters going into Dominion couldn't have predicted the level of fan service afforded in the main event matches pitting Kenny Omega against Kazuchika Okada and Chris Jericho against Tetsuya Naito, but NJPW and the talent involved giving so much to the cause wasn't out of the realms of the regular for the organisation.
Very little motion is wasted by the wrestlers during matches - things really really mater. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura will wrestle at Backlash for the fourth time in WWE, and yet will potentially learn few lessons from the clunky efforts they've assembled so far. It's simply not within the DNA of the matchmaking process the company relies upon like it used to be. If Styles doesn't protect his testicles in the contest, he's a f*cking idiot and deserves to lose to the villain that's been targeting them with such veracity this last month. This is not the way one should feel about a babyface and a man that could still (on technicalities alone) make a case for being the best wrestler in the entire world.
Their WrestleMania clash was literally billed as a 'Dream' match despite the company being unable to produce such a thing in the era of the multi-show feud. The fire behind Daniel Bryan's comeback was extinguished by the time he saved Shane McMahon on the 'Show Of Shows'. Such combinations are lucky not to descend into nightmarish parodies of themselves now, regardless of how tantalising the match graphic looks upon release to the world.