10 Reasons Shinsuke Nakamura's WWE Run Will Fail
7. Script Error
Nakamura's impressive-but-broken English was a joy to behold on NXT.
Required to slip into the back and forth rhythms of WWE's stoic promo style in order to effectively season him for the main roster, he put on a charming but ultra-confident front, shielding any linguistic deficiencies with his enigmatic glow.
This was perhaps best exhibited in his showdown with a soon-to-be-departing Finn Balor. With Full Sail University hanging on his every word, he deliberately held back on his killer line, addressing 'The Demon' as the 'Icon' he had to beat to become one himself.
Much like his guarded threat to Sami Zayn earlier in the year, it was a pitch-perfect presentation that didn't rob an ounce of cool from 'The King of Strong Style'.
His scripting on the main show has been utterly abysmal, and again left him completely exposed less than a full month on from his in-ring debut.
Forced into reciting decrepit dialogue that didn't remotely suit his character, Nakamura uttered nonsense about the ring being his 'playground', stripping just about every bizarrely relatable quality of his act away and leaving behind the vaunted model of a homogonised WWE superstar. That he has to spit the words out from behind his gum shield is even more ludicrous.