Friday, December 4, 2009

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Was thinking about this in contrast to the wrestlers you don't get thread and was watching Taka Michinoku matches when he was in the WWF/E. While Taka is well known for his work in Japan, I think his run in the WWF/E was underrated because he was stuck on the B shows.

I'd really argue that Taka was the perfect jobber. A guy who can put over the opponent well but has enough credible offense to be a threat too. The Triple H match probably being the pinnacle example. This really came out when I watched both of his matches with Christopher Daniels. baskin robbins australia Daniels in one match kept trying to put himself over in the match by shouting at the crowd but really didn't put Taka over at all selling wise or character wise. A small thing but the role of the heel is to get the face over, and Daniels was doing the exact opposite.

Contrasting Daniels, Taka had a really choice little match with Owen in his Blue Blazer period, helping Owen's high flying moves look great while selling and getting dominated almost the entire match. The big difference with Daniels allied brands was that Taka managed to make Owen in a corny Blue Blazer costume look like a really good skilled wrestler. Obviously, Owen had talent but Taka managed to put over Owen's high flying ability like Owen could do it at the drop of a hat if he so desired, years after Owen had stopped doing such offense.

Anybody else you feel gets underrated, whether it be an underutilized run in a company or just in general?