El Desperado Is the Perfect Teacher for Wheeler Yuta.
Marie Shadows reviews El Desperado vs Wheeler Yuta for BOSJ 29 Block B for 5.22.22
This is a Best of the Super Jrs 29 Block B review for May 22, 2022. However, I’m only spotlighting one match in particular because I think I found the cure to help elevate Wheeler Yuta. If you’ve been reading my Best of the Super Jrs 29 Block B reviews, you’ll know that I discussed a lot about Wheeler Yuta. Especially the following:
What’s in a name?
He needs a personality.
Well, when wrestlers fight El Desperado, they become a better wrestler from it. I hope after the main event, Wheeler Yuta starts transforming into “The Star” that AEW CEO Tony Khan wants us to so desperately accept. I’m not accepting that Yuta is a star because a promoter says so. That’s now how wrestling works. Sure, a promoter can have their say about the talent but to push the narrative of: Let’s cheer for this guy! How great is Yuta!?
You are setting Yuta up for failure. My opinion. But seriously Tony Khan was setting up Yuta for failure. Failure, you ask? By pushing “The Star” concept on a still new wrestler in the business and if Yuta can’t deliver on “The Star” concept, he’ll be exposed wrestling others. It’s happened already in this tournament. He’s been exposed. He’s comfortable with showing off wrestling moves, so like chain wrestling and connecting that with variations of the wrist/hammer lock. And then moving to a little bit of high flying, and get in some elbows and a seatbelt clutch for a hopeful win. Ok. Nice. Technically sound—well, almost there, but good nonetheless. But what else can you do to wow me or get me interested into cheering you? He’s not that scrappy during his matches. If anything, El Desperado reminded Yuta to be scrappy by stomping on Yuta’s toes as Yuta has El Desperado in a wrist lock. Amateur 101 from Yuta.
I don’t mean to be harsh, if you deem this assessment to be harsh. But when you are representing the Blackpool Combat Club and when Kevin Kelly acknowledges that on commentary, you have to bring the violence, the scrappy, and the pristine. Yuta bled so he can be accepted into that Club and to be given “The Star” approval by Tony Khan, you just have to bring what you learn and don’t always approach the tag matches and single matches as the newbie babyface clean from wrestling school. Where’s that fight in this tournament? This tournament is to get a one-winged trophy that says: YOU are the best Junior of NJPW and YOU get a shot at the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Where’s that chip on Yuta’s shoulder? That’s all I ask for.
Hell, Clark Connors, Alex Zayne, and Ace Austin have staked their claim in NJPW and in the tournament and I want to see them more than Yuta. That’s a bad thing.
Ok! Let me back up.
This is how Wheeler Yuta vs El Desperado slightly fixed my problem with Yuta. Hopefully, Yuta capitalizes on the lesson with Desperado.
El Desperado started working early on Yuta’s leg so he can do Numero Dos to gain a submission win. At one point during the match, El Desperado did a roll through and keeping hold of Yuta’s hurt leg, Desperado does Numero Dos. Yuta is grunting in pain, but he’s thinking of his next move. Out of desperation, Yuta manages to escape Numero Dos by transitioning into a Fujiwara armbar on Desperado. Yuta wasted no time to float over into the Cattle Mutilation on Desperado. You can hear Desperado’s screams.
I popped for that. That got me invested. It looked smooth and felt like Yuta was finding himself. There were other instances where it felt desperate. Yuta taking advantage of Desperado’s left arm by snapping the limb over the top rope.
I appreciated that El Desperado pushed Wheeler Yuta to think on his feet. Desperado placed Yuta into corner to where Yuta used the pain he felt in his leg to quickly think create offense where others may have tapped out. I like desperate Yuta rather than clean out of wrestling school babyface Yuta that feels like he has to do the continuous chain wrestling. I love when a wrestler works on a body part but we are on night 3 and it’s the same routine match with no difference in story I’ve seen two nights ago.
El Desperado vs Wheeler Yuta truly was a nice match to watch. El Desperado helped show that Yuta can be a nice household name. I personally believe that the Blackpool Combat Club will be Yuta ceiling. If we take out Yuta from the BCC, anyone can take his place. The dynamic wouldn’t change if Yuta ever left. However, if you remove Jon Moxley or Bryan Danielson or William Regal then the dynamic changes. Yuta is still super young in age and experience and doesn’t have enough battle scars under his belt to represent a tough, hard as nails Blackpool Combat Club.
I really hope that after this main event he learns from Desperado and decided to tell Tony Khan he wants his excursion in NJPW to expand the true potential he has. Desperado can see Yuta’s true potential.
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