10 Best In-Ring Workers In WWE Right Now
2. Shinsuke Nakamura
There's no argument that Shinsuke Nakamura has tempered his in-ring style since arriving in WWE. His matches have almost verged on the formulaic at times; the programmes with Samoa Joe and Bobby Roode were both plotted around neutralising the use of his knee, but that he remains one of the best wrestlers on the planet speaks to his adaptability.
As standardised as those matches were, they were still excellently-crafted and performed, even if to New Japan fans familiar with his insane and totally unprecedented matches with Kota Ibushi - in which he more or less kicked the Golden Sun into a state of insanity - they were almost irreconcilable.
Almost. Nakamura in New Japan, operating within the Fighting Spirit psychological mode, would have been galvanised by the pain he suffered at TakeOver: Orlando, but Nakamura in WWE shouldn't be chastised for attuning himself to a new environment; he should be celebrated.
His body language in that match was superb, too, which bodes well for his main roster prospects in a company heavy on cinematic storytelling. The bumps he took mirrored his trademark Yeaoh pose in one last admission that Bobby Roode had broken him.