WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura Open To Brock Lesnar Rematch
They first went one on one back in 2006
May 19, 2021
Shinsuke Nakamura revealed during a recent interview with Renee Paquette on Oral Sessions that he would be open to facing Brock Lesnar again should the opportunity arise.
"If I have the opportunity, of course I want [it]. I was young, he [Brock Lesnar] was young? I don't know. Probably yeah," Nakamura said.
The two men have a history going back to their time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Lesnar defeated Nakamura to retain the IWGP Heavyweight Title inside the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2006. They would then team together one month later in a loss to Akebono and Japanese legend Riki Choshu.
Nakamura was asked about working with Lesnar in Japan later in the interview and The King Of Strong Style admitted he thought Brock's conduct was "unprofessional."
Lesnar won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in October 2005 from Masahiro Chono and he would hold the title for almost a year until he refused to travel to Japan to defend the gold because of "visa issues." The Beast was subsequently stripped of the title by NJPW, but he would hold onto the physical belt until he dropped it to Kurt Angle at an Inoki Genome Federation show in June 2007.
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