To Japan for the penultimate name in the list, and what a name it is. Shinsuke Nakamura is often referred to as the Coolest Professional Wrestler on the Planet, and you'd have to work pretty darn hard to argue against that. Nakamura has been living at the top of the NJPW card for a number of years now, and he'll be there for as long as he wants to be. 2015 also saw Nakamura make a number of appearances in the US, turning up on Ring of Honor cards as part of the working agreement between RoH and New Japan. Will the number of these appearances increase in 2016? Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rey Mysterio is a dream match in professional wrestling on name value alone. It is very rare that such a big name leaves WWE, and it happening opens up these dream of dreams matches. Rey is unlikely to head for a stint in Japan for a number of reasons, the gruelling schedule being the main one of those. Still, one can dream.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
