“The current and a two times WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura who is also a former two times WWE United States champion recently talked about his desire to return to NJPW this year. “
Shinsuke Nakamura has been a huge name in Japanese professional wrestling and has earned several championships including the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. He started his professional wrestling career in Japan before signing with WWE back in 2016. Nakamura won a lot of big titles while working in Japan, including the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
After arriving in WWE, he started working at the NXT. He had been the face of NXT for a year and won the WWE NXT Championship two different times in that time span. In 2017, he debuted as a main eventer on SmackDown. Even though his role was viewed as big at first, he’s had his share of tough times like winning the Royal Rumble match in 2018 and challenging AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. It’s been a dream match from all angles.
He failed to win the championship and after the defeat, he was demoted to a mid-card role as promised. After that, he was never elevated to the main event status but he has always been treated as a constant mid-card champion. He won the WWE United States Championship twice and also the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice.
Shinsuke Nakamura BEST MATCH
Nakamura has been portrayed as a big star in WWE for his bizarre theme music and for much more risky wrestling match types. His work outside of WWE showcases his true potential – Nakamura was one of the brightest stars for New Japan Pro Wrestling until he joined up with WWE.
Shinsuke Nakamura Vs Tomohiro Ishii – 9.21
Despite being an outsider to the fighting scene, Shinsuke Nakamura competed on the opportunity to potentially win G1 in 2014. Along his path to victory, Nakamura defeated homegrown stars like Katsuyori Shibata and Shelton Benjamin as well as foreign talent, DH Smith.
Nakamura, a tough champion himself, faced a worthy opponent–Tomoro Ishii–on his path to the finals. While Nakamura is known for his strong-style arsenal, there are few New Japan talents who can brawl better than Ishii. Nakamura won this hard-fought match through an amazing match.
