There’s a video from 2016 where Adam stated “If they don’t make him equivalent to a Japanese Brock Lesnar, I will.... do a strongly worded video.” Here is that video.
@@Couldbedumber Lesnar can have competitive matches when he wants to. Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe (minus the finish), Rollins at Summerslam, Reigns at WM31, most of his stuff from his first run, etc etc.
Yash yeah but having competitive matches doesn’t mean his matches aren’t usually either finisher spams or just squashes, nakamura consistently had crazy competitive matches in new japan
@@Couldbedumber Having too many competitive matches doesn't really make sense for Brock's character now. He's the final boss, ofc he'll squash most of his opposition. But Lesnar has the gift of making his opponents look good even in defeat and when he's motivated, he will sell his opponent's offence better than anybody else in the business.
this! imagine Adam taking WWE, from a year like 2011, booking each month in a video, he talks about what happens leading up to the PPV and how the PPV itself goes, kinda like his Wrestlemania booking videos, and he either takes it all the way to 2023 or end it whenever he feels like, or he does seasons where he takes 2012 from the real world original booking and starts over from there
*REDACTED* really just by wrestling a certain way and with a certain pace. For example when Brock Lesnar first returned to the WWE he had a very strong MMA style relying on actual MMA technique. Now eventually he went back to finisher spamming but that style was unique and really made him look even more intimidating than he already was and his match and move pacing lined up with that. Other examples could be the Lucha style as seen with Rey Mysterious that relies on fast paced fighting and acrobatic moves, Jeff Hardy’s and Darby Allins high flying style that emphasizes them taking extreme risks and taking bumps like they’re in a pinball machine, and finally Shinsuke’s strong style which is extremely hard hitting, stiff, fast paced, and relies on actual connecting strikes and their impact to get the crowd invested fully into the match
*REDACTED* anyone can have a cool finisher but a wrestlers style can set them apart tremendously. Like I mentioned early, Darby Allin in the best example of this. Just imagine in Allin kept the Coffin Drop finisher and everything about his character yet wrestled a bland, run of the mill wrestling style. He would most likely be just another wrestler with a cool gimmick and finisher but nothing else of substance, his style of wrestling is what sets him apart
@@ImBenjiRich Another example would be someone like Chris Benoit or Bret Hart that wrestled a crisp clean technical style. While it was a bit boring but it was a signature style that allowed them to tell an amazing story in the ring.
*REDACTED* There used to be territories where people developed styles You didn’t wrestle on one because not everyone had the same stuff on tv At this point There are 4 distinct styles American (WWE) Japanese (NJPW) Lucha World of Sport
I wish WWE thought this deep about their storylines too. Adam is thinking and creatively making some amazing storylines and world's biggest wrestling promotion is making scripts before the show and even cancelling them randomly. Such a pity for the roster.
Eh. They knew what they signed up for. You wrestle for WWE so your paychecks are consistent. That’s about it. At this point, the list of people the E has wasted is long enough that aspiring WWE talent are fully aware it’s a crap shoot going in.
@@jlyo1991 True man. But it's saddening to see that company with such a talented roster, amazing production quality and reach still manages screw up the basics of wrestling. The company which globalised pro wrestling as a whole is off track and burrying talents and making wrestler loose passion for wrestling. Rusev too announced that he's done with wrestling, CM punk is done and Jon Moxley was almost done with wrestling because of lost passion. They need to fix things before they screw up everything.
Thing is, from what other wrestlers are saying; creative probably does come up with alot of really good, compelling stuff. Then Vince just won’t approve, or change everything.
@@ayushdogra_ "burrying talents and making wrestler loose passion for wrestling.' That's on THEM. P.S. What has Rusev done since being fired again? LOL.
If it were me, I'd have Owens retain the title at Fastlane to someone else who isn't Goldberg, then have Owens vs. Jericho at Mania 33 for the Universal Championship and not the United States Championship cause this is what the match should have been, and then Owens gets drafted to Smackdown with the Universal Championship going with him to the brand, and then he loses the Championship to Sami Zayn at Money In The Bank in a Ladder Match
I liked his 2017 feud with Shane and Bryan and I liked the Rollins feud and I like his face run but you are right because those things I mentioned are so far apart from each other. Honestly I think it was after Wrestlemania 34 when he went downhill but the start of his 2017 Smackdown run with Aj wasn’t that good sadly.
They had the perfect setup of Sami vs Owens at Mania for the Universal Title with Sami with winning the Rumble. He was done with his feud with Braun at that point and was ready for the final push. A Rumble win from number 8, last eliminating Jericho (Owens new best friend at the time) would have been the perfect build
Bro what? Kevin Owens been in mutiple top storylines since then Only Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, have been featured better for that much of length of time
What I would do is have him feud with and beat Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series for the WWE Championship right after he beat Shane and sent him off Smackdown Basically,he becomes the guy who's saving SmackDown Drew can still win the Rumble and challenge him at Wrestlemania this time
The thing is, Adam doesn't try to book around real life injuries. That's more of a Pllana Productions kind of fantasy booking i.e. what if Eddie didn't die or what if CM Punk didn't quit WWE.
Adam generally only drops shoot injuries if the booking eliminates the circumstances that led to the injury. For example, in the Invasion fantasy booking, Adam had Triple H be a major player in it, even though Trips missed the Invasion in real life after tearing his quad. No Austin heel turn=no Two-Man Power-Trip=no match with Jericho and Benoit on Raw=no torn quad.
"The best way to trick the fans into thinking you're hitting each other really hard is to hit each other really hard," "The last Japanese wrestler to main event a WWE Pay Per View was this Samoan guy," This video is full of gold
Just pointing out that in this booking Cena would have Lost one SummerSlam Match for Every Nexus Member he screwed over at SummerSlam 2010 2011: CM Punk 2012: CM Punk 2013: Daniel Bryan 2014: Brock Lesnar 2015: Seth Rollins 2016: AJ Styles 2017: Shinskue Nakamura
How Adam Would Book... Finn Balor's return from his Summer Slam injury Seemed as though WWE was ready to hand him the ball and run with it but that injury took a major set back and brought him back to NXT (which is a good thing looking at it now), but what could have been if her had a big push once he returned from injury
Nakamura's booking was bad, but at least Vince didn't portray him as a ninja or samurai or something. With a company record as bad as WWE's we should take what few blessings we can get
They made Jinsei Shinsake/Hakushi a Buddhist monk. They gave Akira Tozawa the ninja thing(except he isn't wearing the ninja gear, he is the leader of them). They gave Funaki a King Fu gimmick, even though Kung Fu is Chinese, and Funaki is Japanese. Hahahaha
@@Venemofthe888 Yeah, that's like making Minoru Suzuki toss pancakes and cereal around, like the New Day(I like the New Day, but Minoru Suzuki shouldn't be doing that...so it made no sense for Kenzo Suzuki).
Holy, Adam slowly creates an alternative WWE-Verse, where all "How Adam Would Book..." are connected. A universe where WWE is perfect. Guys, I think we're in the wrong timeline ..
That's not bad, lots of people call him Shin. And some people in Japan used to call him Shin-chan but like usually that was people older than him or Kenny being a rude heel
I haven’t watched an Adam video in forever and it’s so good to hear and see him so sharp! Loved it. I met Shinsuke Nakamura 3 times (twice in one day, all at meet and greets). His English is excellent! I disagree with the notion Nakamura needed a translator or mouthpiece. I would have slowed his cadence down and use words that can be strongly annunciated and can make great t-shirts. He used to do that in Japan (calling out Tanahashi, for example, by breaking the syllables down; he did do it at Royal Rumble ‘18). He’s my favorite wrestler ever and although I wish he didn’t lose so much shine in WWE, I am glad he had the career he’s had. The Cesaro tag team has potential.
Samoa Joe. If you're doing more main roster call up bookings (even though he's done better than most call ups), I wish Samoa Joe had it better. Have a go?
Joe vs Lesnar deserved better than being on “Great Balls of Fire”. That was hyped as a serious fight between two intense, big guys and it was ruined for me by being on a show with a ridiculous name that wasn’t a main PPV.
You smarks think that someone not being world champ means they got buried hahaha! Not everyone can or should be world champ, freaking get that already.
how to properly book shinsuke make him a top babyface Call him the king of strong style more not "the artist known as shinsuke nakamura" make him look like a threat instead of being some ordinary mid carder turn him face because THE RISING SUN SONG NEEDS TO COMEBACK , IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE GONE
There's a part of me that wants to recreate Plumpied's Booking Universe in 2K, but at this point it's gotten so hard to follow that I know 2K haven't equipped their Universe Mode with the necessary tools. Also, would love to see how Adam would book the Sasha/Bayley saga so it isn't a four year story arc (not that there's anything wrong with that).
I hear a lot of the talent has said the writers actually come up with a lotta good stuff, Vince just doesn't want to greenlight it. Bitter old bastard, that man is.
I would love to see it. Basically from 2017 to 2019 we have had about 5 bookings on this channel so I think it would be great to see a chart comparing real life to the adamverse and we just update it so continuity is maintained for future ones. All of these are so much fun to do.
How Adam would book: The Return of the Cruiserweights (mainly TJ Perkins). The only good thing I can remember from the cruiserweight comeback is Neville, and I can't think of anything that stands out in a good way about TJ Perkins' title run. I'd really like to see this re-booked
@@TravisBroski An idea for that one, make 205 Live a Tuesday show, since when the cruiserweight division was brought back, WWE made a big deal about it being exclusive to Raw, thus putting their show on Tuesday nights makes sense from a branding angle. And since I believe this was before NXT UK was a thing, they'd have an easy out to move the division to SmackDown should the desire to do so happen, and put it on Thursdays.
I’d like to argue that the Owens/Jericho feud would’ve been perfect had they fought for the Universal Championship in the main event instead of fighting for the US Championship in the second match on the card after Goldberg squashed KO at Fastlane
Adam, I swear by all that is holy and otherwise, when I build my time machine one of the top ten things I am going to do is go back in time and make sure that you, not dusty rhodes (RIP) Not Micheal Hayes, YOU, are the one in charge of WWE creative. Everything you have done on the how I would have booked it series (Grant you hindsight is 2020... or in this day and age is it 2020 is hindsight... Either way!) is 1000x better than the slop they are serving at the Titan Towers roadkill cafe. And yes, Shinsuke deserved WAY better than what he was given. Well done sir.
Every time Adam says "Zayn", my brain asks me: "When did Shinsuke have a match wit Z-Man Brian Zane?" Serious question: Did NJPW "get lucky" that WWE poached Nakamura and Styles when they did? It paved the way for Omega vs. Okada and the two Okada vs. Naito Tokyo Dome main events.
At this point it just feels like NJPW kidnapped Vince McMahon from 1999 and are using him there as a prisoner...and have replaced him with this clown WWE right now...
NJPW had guys that could fill those spots Styles and Nakamura left in Naito (who had returned from this Mexico excursion) and Omega. Though I doubt if neither had left if Omega would become the "Best Bout Machine" or if Naito ever would have won the IWGP Heavyweight Title
I'm genuinely impressed at how Adam has kept his booked universe consistent and with little to no contradictions. Whatever his next entry is, I can't wait. P.S. Please let it be The Revival's Main Roster Run. Do them justice better than how WWE sloppily handled them.
I love just listening to your stories and lowkey imagining it all happening in reality. Does put a smile on my face. oh, what WWE can be with more care put into the stories.
It was an aggressively stupid period of booking for SDL. Infamously terrible, even by modern WWE standards. Wasn't this the same period where it was revealed Road Dogg was a writer/booker for SDL and he (fairly or not) caught a ton of fan anger online blaming him for what a mess it all was? They had so much incredible talent and multiple instances of organic fan support for wrestlers that WWE actively tried to quash and destroy.
Arnav Bhagwat it was good eventually. They delayed his fued with the Miz that people I think had wanted since Miz’s talking smack promo with the Big Cass fued about being short 🙄. Then when they got to the Miz fued They complicated it by Adding The wives at least IMO
Eric Da Bronze Smarks would've hated that translator thing hahaha! They would've said it was corny and that WWE was already ruining Nakamura. Trust me on that.
Hello just here to say that I love you Adam. And I’m really glad you’re back in the iwc doing what you love for the people who love you. Also, the “it’s like prince and mick jagger had a baby and that baby’s first language was KNEES” line was killer. And finally, if you pause at 0:39 you’ll see Adam ready to yeet himself into tomorrow 😂😂
Well but here's the thing sometimes not all can benefit from a story sometimes someone loses and loses badly and can't recover fro that it's like hhh on e said to Daniel Bryan cold hart fact of life some guys get to the top some guys don't :/ sad but true
Bryan was a madman in ROH. Fucker broke his eyesocket and carried on wrestling. It's a shame Nigel's career ended before he had a real shot in ring in WWE.
@@LORDUnLuCkY13 I feel blessed listening his voice on the commentary team since he joined in early 2017. But, yes, wished he would've gor in-ring action.
@@Christopherjazzcat BTW, the fact that you try to sound like Meltzer Magoo is hilarious to me. That con-artist really has you people brainwashed doesn't he? Sad.
I really look forward to these videos. You're incredibly talented and creative with booking and I think we'd all love to see some of these ideas play out. Hopefully one of these days someone will reach out to you with an opportunity to implement some of your ideas whether that's WWE or AEW. I watch both and I think either one would be very well served to utilize your talents
This entire review is entirely sold in those first 40 seconds. These never cease to entertain. Adam, this is why I call you the funniest man on all the internet.
Finished the new list video and I thought to myself "Hmmm, it's been a while since we've had a How Adam Would Book video". Low and behold there was a video...today is a good day.
Few problems on this one, starting the AJ heel turn early means your match with him against Corbin becomes heel vs heel and you can't build excitement for that. Also, you completely pull all the heat out of Corbin and give him nothing to build up with to be put back in the 3way match 2 months later.
He was ruined so early. After his match against Zane in NXT, everyone was thinking: "OMG! What are they going to do with this guy! What exciting angles are they going to put him in! How are they going to utilise his incredible natural charisma to create amazing feuds!?" Aaaaaaand WWE decided to just kind of NOT. Cut to the next week's NXT when he and bland babyface Finn Balor stood in the ring and cut a super slow and super awkward "I want to fight you for no reason and with zero stakes because I respect you." Promo, with both awkwardly and stiffly smiling and nodding at the crowd... Okay, great... you killed it.
ADAM: I think I booked it better, what do YEAOH think?
Better you never fail us
watch it first before commenting lads and lassies
YEAOH killed it mate
Adam, you are a booking genius. Can you book us a proper Sasha Banks title run? Please? PLEASE?!
@@thattimestampguy no
Adam referencing his own rebookings of earlier episodes...
Adam's enhanced and extended WWE Universe confirmed.
The Plumpyverse
@@Dr170 I love it. Book it, Oli.
I luv it maggle!
Dr170 I was about to say the “Adamverse” but I love your comment so much more
So are the Whatculture Booking videos Canon
Low Blow’s Bizarre Adventure absolutely sounds like a PWG event name.
joey janela's spring break was gonna have a jojo-esque logo this year ;-;
I love it
Fraser King or a GCW show name
There’s a video from 2016 where Adam stated “If they don’t make him equivalent to a Japanese Brock Lesnar, I will.... do a strongly worded video.”
Here is that video.
Tbh he’s not even Japanese Brock Lesnar, he’s Japanese Matt riddle, Lesnar is a squash machine, nakamura has competitive matches
netanel mullokandov Paraphrasing Adam’s Pipebomb video regarding the NJPW exodus from his WhatCulture days, it’s actually a solid video.
@@Couldbedumber Lesnar can have competitive matches when he wants to. Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe (minus the finish), Rollins at Summerslam, Reigns at WM31, most of his stuff from his first run, etc etc.
Yash yeah but having competitive matches doesn’t mean his matches aren’t usually either finisher spams or just squashes, nakamura consistently had crazy competitive matches in new japan
@@Couldbedumber Having too many competitive matches doesn't really make sense for Brock's character now. He's the final boss, ofc he'll squash most of his opposition. But Lesnar has the gift of making his opponents look good even in defeat and when he's motivated, he will sell his opponent's offence better than anybody else in the business.
I love how this went from "How Adam Books Shinsuke Nakamura" to "How Adam Books the Entire 2018-19 Year of WWE".
Technically that’s all he’s been doing on his booking videos in Parts Funknown
“Low-Blow’s Bizarre Adventure” ok you got me: that was legitimately hilarious
As a shinsuke fan and a bit of a weeb, I laughed harder than I should have
Is that a JoJo reference
Geeky Metalhead stop it
@@MDMR1 everything is a JoJo's reference.
@@Sarabheswaran7010 it's got to the point where asking if it's not a jojo reference is a better question lmao
Shinsuke Nakamura : I can be a great asian big name in your company
Vince : yes Yoshi Tatsu, you will put over Jinder Mahal
LMFAOOO
To be fair, at least Jinder's Asian as well.
Not to say his run was any good
@@ryan_alexander Jinder's Canadian
@@07ghost13 Him being part Indian is also part Asian.
@@Sophie-pf9iv Indian is as Asian as Russian is Asian
I will never forgive WWE for not calling Shinsuke's low-blows the "Peenshasa".
Don't think we don't know you stole this from Brian Zane.
@@Skinblade I'm glad you got the reference lol
@@Skinblade Jokes are meant to be shared. You cannot steal something that has no owner ffs
@@gandalfthegrey7135 I wish more people understood this.
@@gandalfthegrey7135 he was meant to make the joke as he was meant to share it
I want to see a whole Adam's Extended Rebooked universe now
I wonder if it would include stuff from his old what culture days?
I made a playlist of his cannon rebooks in chronological order
this!
imagine Adam taking WWE, from a year like 2011, booking each month in a video, he talks about what happens leading up to the PPV and how the PPV itself goes, kinda like his Wrestlemania booking videos, and he either takes it all the way to 2023 or end it whenever he feels like, or he does seasons where he takes 2012 from the real world original booking and starts over from there
How to book Shinsuke well: DON'T HAVE HIM LOSE TO JINDER MAHAL
and to stop kicking AJ in his phenomenal ones
And maybe capitalizing on the Rumble win
he should have beat Brock Lesner for universal title at Mania.Red wearing Nakamura holding the Red Universal title on the Red Brand Sounds Cool
@@rajataggarwal5208 he's good but you cant have him beat brock.
@@BertMustin_ but he is worthy of it. If you haven't seen his matches prior to the main roster aka Nxt, njpw and other ones, Pls check it out.
The entire problem with the WWE style, both in the ring and on promos is-
Everyone has their signature moves, but no one has a signature style
Genuinely curious: how does a wrestler develop a signature style?
*REDACTED* really just by wrestling a certain way and with a certain pace. For example when Brock Lesnar first returned to the WWE he had a very strong MMA style relying on actual MMA technique. Now eventually he went back to finisher spamming but that style was unique and really made him look even more intimidating than he already was and his match and move pacing lined up with that. Other examples could be the Lucha style as seen with Rey Mysterious that relies on fast paced fighting and acrobatic moves, Jeff Hardy’s and Darby Allins high flying style that emphasizes them taking extreme risks and taking bumps like they’re in a pinball machine, and finally Shinsuke’s strong style which is extremely hard hitting, stiff, fast paced, and relies on actual connecting strikes and their impact to get the crowd invested fully into the match
*REDACTED* anyone can have a cool finisher but a wrestlers style can set them apart tremendously. Like I mentioned early, Darby Allin in the best example of this. Just imagine in Allin kept the Coffin Drop finisher and everything about his character yet wrestled a bland, run of the mill wrestling style. He would most likely be just another wrestler with a cool gimmick and finisher but nothing else of substance, his style of wrestling is what sets him apart
@@ImBenjiRich Another example would be someone like Chris Benoit or Bret Hart that wrestled a crisp clean technical style. While it was a bit boring but it was a signature style that allowed them to tell an amazing story in the ring.
*REDACTED*
There used to be territories where people developed styles
You didn’t wrestle on one because not everyone had the same stuff on tv
At this point
There are 4 distinct styles
American (WWE)
Japanese (NJPW)
Lucha
World of Sport
I wish WWE thought this deep about their storylines too. Adam is thinking and creatively making some amazing storylines and world's biggest wrestling promotion is making scripts before the show and even cancelling them randomly. Such a pity for the roster.
Eh. They knew what they signed up for. You wrestle for WWE so your paychecks are consistent. That’s about it. At this point, the list of people the E has wasted is long enough that aspiring WWE talent are fully aware it’s a crap shoot going in.
@@jlyo1991 True man. But it's saddening to see that company with such a talented roster, amazing production quality and reach still manages screw up the basics of wrestling. The company which globalised pro wrestling as a whole is off track and burrying talents and making wrestler loose passion for wrestling. Rusev too announced that he's done with wrestling, CM punk is done and Jon Moxley was almost done with wrestling because of lost passion. They need to fix things before they screw up everything.
Thing is, from what other wrestlers are saying; creative probably does come up with alot of really good, compelling stuff. Then Vince just won’t approve, or change everything.
@@ayushdogra_ His idea for a translator character is awful and you smarks would've hated it.
@@ayushdogra_ "burrying talents and making wrestler loose passion for wrestling.'
That's on THEM.
P.S. What has Rusev done since being fired again? LOL.
Kevin Owens, a Canadian, telling Shinsuke he shouldn't chase the US title because he's not American
Love it
I thought it was odd for this reason, but this fits heel Owens so much
cogitoergo what does that even mean? lol even if it is against his morals he’d be portraying a bad guy so why wouldn’t he wanna get that booed?
@@BananaWamma7 Cause sjw-hurr Durr of course /s
Technically Owens is NA but yeah not US
@@chubbubdreamer6904 It'd be said by a villainous character. The SJW's would be fine with it.
Adam can you do How WWE should have booked Kevin Owens?
He's been on a downward spiral since Goldberg beat him.
If it were me, I'd have Owens retain the title at Fastlane to someone else who isn't Goldberg, then have Owens vs. Jericho at Mania 33 for the Universal Championship and not the United States Championship cause this is what the match should have been, and then Owens gets drafted to Smackdown with the Universal Championship going with him to the brand, and then he loses the Championship to Sami Zayn at Money In The Bank in a Ladder Match
I liked his 2017 feud with Shane and Bryan and I liked the Rollins feud and I like his face run but you are right because those things I mentioned are so far apart from each other. Honestly I think it was after Wrestlemania 34 when he went downhill but the start of his 2017 Smackdown run with Aj wasn’t that good sadly.
They had the perfect setup of Sami vs Owens at Mania for the Universal Title with Sami with winning the Rumble. He was done with his feud with Braun at that point and was ready for the final push. A Rumble win from number 8, last eliminating Jericho (Owens new best friend at the time) would have been the perfect build
Bro what? Kevin Owens been in mutiple top storylines since then
Only Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, have been featured better for that much of length of time
What I would do is have him feud with and beat Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series for the WWE Championship right after he beat Shane and sent him off Smackdown
Basically,he becomes the guy who's saving SmackDown
Drew can still win the Rumble and challenge him at Wrestlemania this time
How Adam Would Have Booked Finn Balor as Universal Champion (as if the injury didn’t happen)
The thing is, Adam doesn't try to book around real life injuries. That's more of a Pllana Productions kind of fantasy booking i.e. what if Eddie didn't die or what if CM Punk didn't quit WWE.
Adam generally only drops shoot injuries if the booking eliminates the circumstances that led to the injury. For example, in the Invasion fantasy booking, Adam had Triple H be a major player in it, even though Trips missed the Invasion in real life after tearing his quad. No Austin heel turn=no Two-Man Power-Trip=no match with Jericho and Benoit on Raw=no torn quad.
"The best way to trick the fans into thinking you're hitting each other really hard is to hit each other really hard,"
"The last Japanese wrestler to main event a WWE Pay Per View was this Samoan guy,"
This video is full of gold
But Adam is not wrong tbf
Just pointing out that in this booking Cena would have Lost one SummerSlam Match for Every Nexus Member he screwed over at SummerSlam 2010
2011: CM Punk
2012: CM Punk
2013: Daniel Bryan
2014: Brock Lesnar
2015: Seth Rollins
2016: AJ Styles
2017: Shinskue Nakamura
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
I mean didn't he strongly dislike Ryback? I pretend he just lost a match for everyone except Skip Sheffield/Ryback.
I mean didn't he strongly dislike Ryback? I pretend he just lost a match for everyone except Skip Sheffield/Ryback.
Now add roman reigns
I was thinking about when the next booking video would be 10 minutes ago, so this is a lovely surprise to my Sunday!
SAME , just rewatched the old ones yesterday
Same here, lol
Everytime they call Shinsuke "The Artist" I die a little on the inside
Shinsuke The Artist Nakamura.
Oh what SHOULD have been.
Also when they were calling him "Rockstar"
Especially when it was JBL 😖
WWEs rockstar
"He was like prince and Mick Jagger had a baby and that baby's first language was knees" Ok that got me 😂
when the Jinder booking becomes the core of the Adam extended wrestling universe
How Adam Would Book... Finn Balor's return from his Summer Slam injury
Seemed as though WWE was ready to hand him the ball and run with it but that injury took a major set back and brought him back to NXT (which is a good thing looking at it now), but what could have been if her had a big push once he returned from injury
Nakamura's booking was bad, but at least Vince didn't portray him as a ninja or samurai or something. With a company record as bad as WWE's we should take what few blessings we can get
They made Jinsei Shinsake/Hakushi a Buddhist monk. They gave Akira Tozawa the ninja thing(except he isn't wearing the ninja gear, he is the leader of them). They gave Funaki a King Fu gimmick, even though Kung Fu is Chinese, and Funaki is Japanese. Hahahaha
@@Venemofthe888 Jimmy Wang Yang anyone?
@@JayRasheed718 that was his idea though
@@Venemofthe888 Yeah, that's like making Minoru Suzuki toss pancakes and cereal around, like the New Day(I like the New Day, but Minoru Suzuki shouldn't be doing that...so it made no sense for Kenzo Suzuki).
@@JayRasheed718 Jimmy Wang is Chinese, but he is from America...that was his idea.
Mr. Blampied, after seeing your “Shinsuke emote on the ropes” impression, I have faith in humanity.
5 years later, Adam Blampied is still one of the most creative writers to never be an actual writer for WWE
How Adam would book.... a Cesaro World Title run?
Wins it at Elimination Chamber, carries it until around Summerslam where he drops it to Big E.
That moment when you realize that these "How Adam Would Book" episodes are actually, collectively, "How Adam Would Book Wrestlemania 35."
No one:
Adam: They go *20 minutes*
Holy, Adam slowly creates an alternative WWE-Verse, where all "How Adam Would Book..." are connected.
A universe where WWE is perfect.
Guys, I think we're in the wrong timeline ..
Nakamura Vs Demon Balor...
"JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEINS!!!!"
You gotta love how AEW is doing a similar translator gimmick to the one Adam proposed for Nakamura with Penta and Abrahantes.
"Low Blow's Bizarre Adventure"
Yes, a JoJo reference in a wrestling video.
yes it is
yes we are, and we will run the world one day
The worst part about WWE Nakamura? Michael Cole calling him ‘Shin’
No.
It's way worse that he is a midcarder with no potential to raise to the main event in this company.
That's not bad, lots of people call him Shin. And some people in Japan used to call him Shin-chan but like usually that was people older than him or Kenny being a rude heel
@@gandalfthegrey7135 called a joke bro 🤦♂️
@@jcm5863 1. It’s a joke, 2. I still stand by Michael Cole shouting Shin that makes his matches unwatchable
@@itsmejackyg7981 Ah sorry I guess I took it too seriously, also like. I don't really like watching shinsuke in wwe anyway so . . .
I haven’t watched an Adam video in forever and it’s so good to hear and see him so sharp! Loved it. I met Shinsuke Nakamura 3 times (twice in one day, all at meet and greets). His English is excellent! I disagree with the notion Nakamura needed a translator or mouthpiece. I would have slowed his cadence down and use words that can be strongly annunciated and can make great t-shirts. He used to do that in Japan (calling out Tanahashi, for example, by breaking the syllables down; he did do it at Royal Rumble ‘18).
He’s my favorite wrestler ever and although I wish he didn’t lose so much shine in WWE, I am glad he had the career he’s had. The Cesaro tag team has potential.
Man this is so good. They absolutely should’ve done the translator.
Samoa Joe. If you're doing more main roster call up bookings (even though he's done better than most call ups), I wish Samoa Joe had it better. Have a go?
Joe vs Lesnar deserved better than being on “Great Balls of Fire”. That was hyped as a serious fight between two intense, big guys and it was ruined for me by being on a show with a ridiculous name that wasn’t a main PPV.
He was unlucky with the injuries, that's for sure
Shame he came to the WWE so late in his career. Injuries were the real enemy here
You smarks think that someone not being world champ means they got buried hahaha! Not everyone can or should be world champ, freaking get that already.
In the words of Corey Graves, "YES, YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES" I've been waiting since he said this in the bobby lashley video
how to properly book shinsuke
make him a top babyface
Call him the king of strong style more not "the artist known as shinsuke nakamura"
make him look like a threat instead of being some ordinary mid carder
turn him face because THE RISING SUN SONG NEEDS TO COMEBACK , IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE GONE
Tbh I love his heel song
I freaking hate it that they call him the artist instead of the king of strong style
Someone has really good predictions
The fact that you have him winning the WWE title automatically makes it better than WWE. Biggest missed chance.
Mainstream wrestling fans don’t care about NXT, and I couldn’t agree with you more Adam.
How can they when WWE gives them no reason to care.
@@Lunacorva Yeah, is true.
There's a part of me that wants to recreate Plumpied's Booking Universe in 2K, but at this point it's gotten so hard to follow that I know 2K haven't equipped their Universe Mode with the necessary tools. Also, would love to see how Adam would book the Sasha/Bayley saga so it isn't a four year story arc (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Have him win at wrestlmania and stay face
VIDEO DONE.
*Summerslam and not have his first to feuds be with Ziggler and Baron🙄🙄
ADAM: NO PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE THING
partsFUNknown ADAM HELLO
@@partsFUNknown ok yours is better
“Rendering them flatter than his preferred terrain.”
Shade!!!! 😂😂😂
When you realize that IF Nakamura wins world title, he become grandslam champion
* Let's just hope this eventually happen *
2 Adam vids in one day. Am I dreaming
OH MY GOD. OH. MY. GOD. HE FINALLY DID NAKAMURA. IM GONNA SCREAM. ITS 12.30 MIDNIGHT HERE IN INDIA AND IM GONNA SCREAM. AAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Adam please could you do a how you would’ve booked kofi Kingston’s wwe title run
It’s actually enraging that this ONE man can book amazing material like this and the billion dollar company with multiple writers can’t.
I hear a lot of the talent has said the writers actually come up with a lotta good stuff, Vince just doesn't want to greenlight it. Bitter old bastard, that man is.
Last time I was this early everyone was hyped after the Styles Nakamura face off at money in the back.
You need to make an official Timeline to connect all these Story ReBookings together of the A.C.U.
Would honestly love to see someone piece it all together and give us the PPV cards from Mania to Mania.
The A.E.SingleU (not my creation, stolen from someone else)
I would love to see it. Basically from 2017 to 2019 we have had about 5 bookings on this channel so I think it would be great to see a chart comparing real life to the adamverse and we just update it so continuity is maintained for future ones. All of these are so much fun to do.
Always loved your booking videos Adam! Really hope we get to see plenty more of these
I really like the idea of Shinsuke having his own Alex Abrahantes.
“Shinsuke said. COMMMEEE OOOOONNNN!”
They should’ve had him beat Jinder. Done.
Yea I agree. He could beat Jinder, aj wins the rumble and faces nakamura at mania 34
No because that doesn’t fit in with the other how Adam would books
How Adam would book: The Return of the Cruiserweights (mainly TJ Perkins). The only good thing I can remember from the cruiserweight comeback is Neville, and I can't think of anything that stands out in a good way about TJ Perkins' title run. I'd really like to see this re-booked
One thing they should’ve done was not do 205 Live AFTER SMACKDOWN IN A LARGE ARENA
@@TravisBroski An idea for that one, make 205 Live a Tuesday show, since when the cruiserweight division was brought back, WWE made a big deal about it being exclusive to Raw, thus putting their show on Tuesday nights makes sense from a branding angle. And since I believe this was before NXT UK was a thing, they'd have an easy out to move the division to SmackDown should the desire to do so happen, and put it on Thursdays.
@@TravisBroski Also, don't give them their own weird purple island on Raw.
Hot Take: I don’t really like his whole “Mega-Man” shtick. It gives off some weird “Gamer” vibes.
Low Blow’s Bizarre Adventure?
It’s official, wrestling itself is a Jojo reference
Vince is Dio, no question
@@geekymetalhead5112 NOW THAT'S A SCARY THOUGHT! 😰
@@JaimeD. it is
ABCU - Adam's Booking Cinematic Universe
More engaging than Marvel.
Good name tag. 😎👍
How Adam would Book Charlotte, Kofi’s title time, Asuka’s streak, Rollins as Universal Champion, and Owens/Jericho feud
I’d like to argue that the Owens/Jericho feud would’ve been perfect had they fought for the Universal Championship in the main event instead of fighting for the US Championship in the second match on the card after Goldberg squashed KO at Fastlane
Adam: It's hot on this side of the pond!
Me: (Laughs and sweats from within a heat dome)
Adam, I swear by all that is holy and otherwise, when I build my time machine one of the top ten things I am going to do is go back in time and make sure that you, not dusty rhodes (RIP) Not Micheal Hayes, YOU, are the one in charge of WWE creative. Everything you have done on the how I would have booked it series (Grant you hindsight is 2020... or in this day and age is it 2020 is hindsight... Either way!) is 1000x better than the slop they are serving at the Titan Towers roadkill cafe. And yes, Shinsuke deserved WAY better than what he was given. Well done sir.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES. I AM SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS. IVE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR YEARS. IM CRYING 😭😭😭
How adam would book: The cruiserweight division
Every time Adam says "Zayn", my brain asks me: "When did Shinsuke have a match wit Z-Man Brian Zane?"
Serious question: Did NJPW "get lucky" that WWE poached Nakamura and Styles when they did? It paved the way for Omega vs. Okada and the two Okada vs. Naito Tokyo Dome main events.
Your comment made me realize how NJPW can make the best out of awful situations and building new stars in the process
They didn't get lucky, they just do an immensely better job at building an entire talent pool so people are ready to move up.
At this point it just feels like NJPW kidnapped Vince McMahon from 1999 and are using him there as a prisoner...and have replaced him with this clown WWE right now...
NJPW had guys that could fill those spots Styles and Nakamura left in Naito (who had returned from this Mexico excursion) and Omega. Though I doubt if neither had left if Omega would become the "Best Bout Machine" or if Naito ever would have won the IWGP Heavyweight Title
NJPW can get away with many stuff, they have an infinite pool of talent that comed from the NJPW dojo the most.
This made me so happy to watch. I feel like Shinsuke gets forgotten so often, and he is/was so amazing. Then I got sad because it didn't happen.
"The artist formerly known as Shinsuke Nakamura."
It hurts in its accuracy. They took a special attraction and made him just another body
Please do Goldust vs. Stardust/Cody Rhodes as a main eventer, how they should do John Morrison vs. The Miz and how they should do Conor McGregor.
I'm genuinely impressed at how Adam has kept his booked universe consistent and with little to no contradictions. Whatever his next entry is, I can't wait.
P.S. Please let it be The Revival's Main Roster Run. Do them justice better than how WWE sloppily handled them.
I love just listening to your stories and lowkey imagining it all happening in reality. Does put a smile on my face. oh, what WWE can be with more care put into the stories.
You have no idea how badly I've been waiting for this.
Adam starts this premise of rebooking Shinsuke Nakamura, but in actuality rebooks a year and a half of Smackdown
It was an aggressively stupid period of booking for SDL. Infamously terrible, even by modern WWE standards. Wasn't this the same period where it was revealed Road Dogg was a writer/booker for SDL and he (fairly or not) caught a ton of fan anger online blaming him for what a mess it all was? They had so much incredible talent and multiple instances of organic fan support for wrestlers that WWE actively tried to quash and destroy.
Do How Adam Would Book: Sami Zayn on the main roster.
I love Adam's videos on how he would book things, I picture things in my head as he's saying it and it all sounds really amazing.
Surprisingly, I was at Smackdown Live on May 9th 2017 in the O2, where Nakamura has his "debut match": A dark match on 205 Live vs Dolph Ziggler.
Since you mentioned it you should to a video clearifing Daniel Bryan’s return to the Ring leading to his official heel turn and wrestle mania 35 match
Why...that was quite good in my opinion...why not book Cody Rhodes as a main eventer...
Arnav Bhagwat it was good eventually. They delayed his fued with the Miz that people I think had wanted since Miz’s talking smack promo with the Big Cass fued about being short 🙄. Then when they got to the Miz fued They complicated it by Adding The wives at least IMO
Does anyone remember sorry don’t speak English
No speak Engrish. Genuinely loved that.
this feels really good to watch after the Gauntlet match - which included Nakamura vs Bryan
Honestly, I think you, Adam, should be Shinsuke's translator. I think you'd ABSOLUTELY nail it, my dude!
How Adam would book Sami Zayn's main roster run. PLEASE. Sami deserves better!
In this how to book scenario, I can see Drake Maverick as Nakamura’s manager/translator.
Oh that'd be beautiful. And a great use of Maverick's charisma
Eric Da Bronze
Smarks would've hated that translator thing hahaha! They would've said it was corny and that WWE was already ruining Nakamura. Trust me on that.
Either him or Sandow as someone else mentioned would be perfect
Hello just here to say that I love you Adam. And I’m really glad you’re back in the iwc doing what you love for the people who love you. Also, the “it’s like prince and mick jagger had a baby and that baby’s first language was KNEES” line was killer. And finally, if you pause at 0:39 you’ll see Adam ready to yeet himself into tomorrow 😂😂
at this point i'd love to see just Adams booked timeline of an entire year of events not just one guys story xD
This is how it should have happened, every choices makes sense and every superstarts benefits. Awesome video.
Well but here's the thing sometimes not all can benefit from a story sometimes someone loses and loses badly and can't recover fro that it's like hhh on e said to Daniel Bryan cold hart fact of life some guys get to the top some guys don't :/ sad but true
The Adam WWE universe is so much better than the real thing
I got chills dude. This is awesome!
We all been waitin on this one, thanks ladds
Bryan in ROH was insane. His matches with Nigel were difficult to watch at times. Those guys went to war.
Bryan was a madman in ROH. Fucker broke his eyesocket and carried on wrestling.
It's a shame Nigel's career ended before he had a real shot in ring in WWE.
@@LORDUnLuCkY13 I feel blessed listening his voice on the commentary team since he joined in early 2017. But, yes, wished he would've gor in-ring action.
Christopher Jazzcat
They went to war in bingo halls. That style doesn't draw.
@@rodycaz8984 the 70,071 fans who attended Wrestle Kingdom seems to indicate otherwise.
@@Christopherjazzcat BTW, the fact that you try to sound like Meltzer Magoo is hilarious to me. That con-artist really has you people brainwashed doesn't he? Sad.
I really look forward to these videos. You're incredibly talented and creative with booking and I think we'd all love to see some of these ideas play out. Hopefully one of these days someone will reach out to you with an opportunity to implement some of your ideas whether that's WWE or AEW. I watch both and I think either one would be very well served to utilize your talents
This entire review is entirely sold in those first 40 seconds. These never cease to entertain. Adam, this is why I call you the funniest man on all the internet.
I think I am going to need a flowchart to keep track of the complete "How Adam Would Book..." cinematic universe.
Vince shoulda let Nakamura beat AJ at least ONCE... and not lose to him 3 in a row.... mid-carder for LIFE after that...
How Adam would book: Brett Hart in WCW
I think he did that during his time with Whatculture.
Finished the new list video and I thought to myself "Hmmm, it's been a while since we've had a How Adam Would Book video".
Low and behold there was a video...today is a good day.
Watching this in 2021 while NakaMania is happening makes me happy
Few problems on this one, starting the AJ heel turn early means your match with him against Corbin becomes heel vs heel and you can't build excitement for that. Also, you completely pull all the heat out of Corbin and give him nothing to build up with to be put back in the 3way match 2 months later.
He was ruined so early. After his match against Zane in NXT, everyone was thinking:
"OMG! What are they going to do with this guy! What exciting angles are they going to put him in! How are they going to utilise his incredible natural charisma to create amazing feuds!?"
Aaaaaaand WWE decided to just kind of NOT.
Cut to the next week's NXT when he and bland babyface Finn Balor stood in the ring and cut a super slow and super awkward "I want to fight you for no reason and with zero stakes because I respect you." Promo, with both awkwardly and stiffly smiling and nodding at the crowd...
Okay, great... you killed it.
It's because Nak really doesn't care. He kinda wants to just collect a paycheck and surf.
Just realised nakamura is one title away from becoming a grand slam champion
This was another great Booking video! Great job as always Adam! Jam that Jam!
How Adam Would Book: Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship reign
You should do a how WWE should book Kenny Omega
Oh the goosebumps hearing this rebooking...
That shoryuken part just summed the entire career of Nakkers...