Yes it would. It gives people the lazy route out. It completely stops offensive pressure. I can't count how many times i'm going ham as fuck and have to sit there trying to guess what kick the person is going to do. That's annoying. It interrupts my flow when i'm trying to play with Zack.
Every 3d fighter has a wake up kick in some shape or form. It's used to help the game not being one sided and besides it adds a huger layer other then in 2d fighters, do i just shoruyken or not?
Now, imagine if you didn't have a wake up kick and you had to deal with a character like helena who literally can sneeze and stun you. You're at negative frames doing a stand up, that game is going to become extremely one sided. Besides if that's really an issue for you, zack has a reset throw(a few i believe) so you can just keep on up with the bullshit.