18 Things We Learned From Shinsuke Nakamura On Talk Is Jericho

13. Who Contacted Who?

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To answer the question of which party reached out to the other about Nakamura joining WWE, Shinsuke says that the promotion contacted him. He says that he had a lot of friends wrestling in WWE back in 2004, and they told him when his contract was up he should come and wrestle for Vince McMahon.

Each time his deal would expire, he would put it off and tell himself that he would stay "just one more year" in New Japan, but finally in August of last year he decided he had to go to the United States and give it a shot.

Nakamura says that current NXT head trainer Matt Bloom, better known to wrestling fans as Albert, A-Train, Giant Bernard and Lord Tensai, was very instrumental in helping him make the jump. The two had worked together in NJPW, growing close and getting to know each others' families and he says that Bloom understood him and knew his challenge.

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