8 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dark (Aug 18)

1. Kip Sabian vs. Michael Nakazawa

Kip Sabian Michael Nakazawa
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See: the Shawn Spears entry. The exact same applies here.

Nakazawa does what he does without ever micing it up. He gets his little oil slip-outs, gets knocked around for a bit, pulls his rancid pants from his crotch, then either wins via stuffing them in his opponent's mouth of gets a taste of his own musk. Here, he lost to Sabian.

This is beyond lazy. See Orange Cassidy for an example of a wrestler who works shtick without falling into this trap.

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