5 Superstars who were lackluster at WWE Crown Jewel

#2 Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura at WWE Crown Jewel

Interestingly enough, the WWE Crown Jewel PPV featured a 10-man tag team match in the same month as the upcoming Survivor Series PPV, which always features several traditional 5-on-5 tag team Elimination matches, carrying on the concept of Survivor Series.

But just weeks before Survivor Series this year, WWE Crown Jewel featured Team Flair vs Team Hogan, comprised of numerous top stars including Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Rusev, Shorty G, Ricochet and more. One of the competitors on Team Flair was current WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, who saw little hype heading into the match as one of Ric Flair's team members.

In recent months, Nakamura has been paired up with Sami Zayn, and while the two have worked well together with Zayn acting as a mouthpiece for Nakamura, Zayn was featured very little during the build up to Crown Jewel. Without his manager by his side, Nakamura struggled to take center stage at the event.

Given the lack of both Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura heading into WWE Crown Jewel this year, and Nakamura's limited in-ring time in the 10-man tag team match, Nakamura felt out of place in the bout this year, and was overall one of the more lackluster match competitors.