On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry analyzed Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the World Heavyweight Championship at WWE Payback 2023.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins: “Now, Nakamura is seizing this opportunity and bringing the best out of himself, and you can see it in his face, in the way that he’s communicating — listen how clear Nakamura’s English is now. He’s evolved. I talked about this, and you told me, ‘Nah. Just don’t like that.’ I was talking about it for Asuka, that they should have the subtitles and have him speak Japanese and do the subtitles. They did it last night, and it f*****g worked.”
On the match having a big fight feel: “This is a big fight feel to me. This is one of those where they [say], ‘This is a championship match, and both guys are in their corner. And from Osaka, Japan. And [from] Davenport, Iowa.’ They’re gonna build this because they have to … You have to build this to be what it needs to be, and that is an ultimate championship match that people are willing to pay money to see.”
WWE Payback 2023 takes place on Saturday, September 2, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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