10 Wrestlers WWE Need To Do More With In 2021

8. Shinsuke Nakamura

10 Wrestlers WWE Need To Do More With In 2021
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Remember Shinsuke Nakamura? No, not WWE Shinsuke Nakamura, I'm talking about NJPW Shinsuke Nakamura. The King of Strong Style. Swagsuke. The coolest motherf*cker in every single room he walked into. New Japan Nakamura was an elite talent, a generational star who demanded attention at every turn. He had great matches with a variety of opponents and was arguably the company's biggest star, no small feat when you consider the popularity of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and the rest.

Will we ever see that Shinsuke in WWE? It is unlikely, but there must be a happy middle ground, somewhere between the magnetic Nakamura of old and the phoning-it-in Shinsuke of today. On paper, his WWE run has been a success: two NXT Championships, a Royal Rumble win, runs with both the United States and Intercontinental titles, a tag team championship with Cesaro. In reality? Underwhelming is the word that springs to mind.

Shinsuke Nakamura needs a reset in 2021. A babyface turn, a major feud, a change of scenery, anything, anything will do. Something needs to happen. He can't be underwhelming forever, can he?

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