Five faces WWE surprisingly didn’t use to their full potential

Shinsuke Nakamura

Ok, let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room. WWE has failed to present any of their Japanese wrestlers as top stars, even though many of them have the in-ring ability and distinct personas to do so.

If any Asian Superstar on the roster had the potential to be bigger than a perennial mid-carder, it’s Shinsuke Nakamura. “The King of Strong Style” is a star. There’s no doubt about it. No one in the company moves like him or produces strikes nearly as convincing.

Nakamura oozes charisma. He has great facial expressions and he had one of the best entrances in wrestling at one point. If you doubt that, revisit his first entrance on the main roster from SmackDown debut and try not to get chills.

When Shinsuke did the unthinkable and won the 2018 Royal Rumble, it was one of the most feel-good moments of the year. It was one of the rare times WWE gave fans the outcome they wanted, hence why the typically harsh Philadelphia crowd showered him in cheers.

The first Japanese-born man to win the match added to the excitement by making his dream match with AJ Styles official for WrestleMania 34. Imagine if he rode that momentum into “The Grandest Stage of Them All” and left as the first Japanese WWE Champion.