10 Ways DDT Did WWE Better Than WWE At WrestleMania 35 Weekend
4. Villainous Villains
WWE's move away from traditional heel tropes has left them with a roster full of villains who don't actually feel like villains. There are exceptions (Daniel Bryan, Charlotte Flair, etc.), but in restricting the kind of dastardly deeds their evildoers can pull off to distractions, tight-pulls, and ref bump-related chicanery, they make it extremely difficult for their talented men and women to draw legitimate heat.
DDT don't have that problem: Daisuke Sasaki is proof.
Damnation's leader is a scuzzy, detestable piece of sh*t. It's in everything from his long, greasy hair and ironclad perma-scowl to the way he wrestles. He actively works towards referee bumps so that he can boot his opponent in the balls, drag them out of the ring, let his stablemates wail on them, then batter the poor sod with weapons. That's precisely what Sasaki did at Coming To America, and his work was gritty, grimy, and downright nasty even when working "clean."
Nicknamed 'Charisma,' he commands attention from the moment you lock eyes on him. You know Sasaki is a scumbag as soon as he swaggers through the curtain. That's a trait that can't be taught, though WWE couldn't undoubtedly benefit from letting their own heels work like him.