Best and Worst of SmackDown Live: 23 May, 2017

This one image was the IWC’s ‘dream come true’ moment

#1 Worst: Shinsuke Nakamura’s booking

Nakamura just took way too much punishment this week

As a former NXT Champion, and a man who could be the next breakout star for WWE, Shinsuke Nakamura has not been booked right at all. In his matches, he just takes an awful lot of punishment, and while he does manage to pick up the win at the end, he does not appear to be a dominant Superstar.

We saw his match at Backlash go far too long, and even tonight, he was dominated by the heels before he got the hot tag in.

While WCW’s booking has been criticised by the IWC, Goldberg was booked dominantly and as a consequence, he can walk into an arena after not wrestling for over a decade, and become a main event player almost instantly. Just because Nakamura is a very good seller, does not mean that he should be selling for 75% of almost every match.

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