10 NXT Wrestlers Who Must Be Called Up For WWE Brand Split 2016

6. Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura
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Shinsuke Nakamura is one of the absolute best professional wrestlers walking planet Earth today. While his English probably isn’t as strong as Vince McMahon would hope, he has an incredible charisma that transcends any language. Some big stars who come to NXT lose the giant pop from the crowd after some time, but the faithful at Full Sail still explode with excitement every time Nakamura's high-energy violin theme hits. That passion should be brought to Raw or SmackDown.

WWE has an incredibly sketchy history of pushing Asian wrestlers, and it’s time to right that wrong. Nakamura is a guy who can be a pay-per-view main-eventer in any company, and needs to be called up as soon as possible. He’s 36 right now, and as the King of Strong Style, that hard-hitting form of wrestling has likely taken a big toll on his body. He’s already proven he can get over where ever he shows up, and there’s no reason to think things will be any different when he joins the main roster.

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