‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin was recently a guest on Wade Keller’s PW Torch Livecast. Austin spoke on a wide variety of topics, including the recent Backlash Pay-Per-View. This included Shinsuke Nakamura’s debut match against Dolph Ziggler.
Austin would praise both Nakamura and Ziggler’s talent but said he was a bit disappointed after it was all said and done.
Here is what he said:
“First of all, let me go on record to say that I respect the ability of both guys in the ring. Dolph Ziggler can work his a** off, as well as Shinsuke. The way the match was presented to me, from what I wanted to see out of Nakamura, the match in of itself had some really nice moments, and nice sequences and exchanges of offense, but I just thought that the sense of urgency and pacing of the match was just too slow of what it needed to accomplish, which is to light Shinsuke’s a** up and let everyone know that he is a player, he is a superstar, he has this charisma, but he’s nothing like Great Muta or Kabuki from back in the day—he can deliver that, he just doesn’t do it enough. A little too much of no sense of urgency in the match and just drawing things out; I was just disappointed in that regard”
He continued:
“If you look at the match and how it was put together nice match, but I just thought that Dolph needs more malice behind his offense, and the point of Shinsuke, you know what he can do, but he just doesn’t do enough of it. He panders to that crowd; hey, the crowd came for him. After that match was over they gave him a standing ovation, so maybe I am the only guy that thinks this. The Chicago crowd is off the charts 9 times out of 10 was truly appreciative of the effort put forth. Again, I was critical of the match in of itself a good match you can say, but did it accomplish what it needed to in order to light Shinsuke’s a** up? No, and I think that is on him and whoever put that match together”
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Let us know what you think in the comment section below. Agree or disagree with Steve? What did you think of Nakamura’s debut?
You can listen to the full episode here. h/t to Wrestlezone for the transcript.
