10 Ways DDT Did WWE Better Than WWE At WrestleMania 35 Weekend

This is Chinsuke Nakamura. He rules.

His act is so convincing that WhatCultre's Ben-Roy Turner had to do a double-take upon passing him after the show, just to be sure WWE's own 'King Of Strong Style' wasn't chilling by the La Boom merch stalls. Chinsuke is smaller, scruffier, and (much) less charismatic than the former NJPW star, but he was one of the best parody acts any of our group had ever seen.

Chinsuke entered the Weapon Rumble not as a participant, but a weapon. His Shinsuke-isms were spot on. Aping everything from the trademark gesticulations to the low blows and stiff strikes, he nailed it, making this a more entertaining performance than anything the original Nakamura has done in a long, long time.

Greatly diminished from his NJPW and NXT days, modern-day Shinsuke Nakamura is a sorry sight, with 'The Artist' seemingly content to coast through his WWE career in second gear. He performs like a man who mentally checked out months ago, and who can blame him? He's old and beaten up, the WWE road schedule is punishing, and his main roster run hasn't been well handled at all.

Now, weirdly, Shinsuke has been overtaken by his own parody act.