Ranking What Was Really The Best Wrestling Entrance Every Year 1990-2021

6. 2016 - Shinsuke Nakamura, NXT TakeOver: Dallas

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When Shinsuke Nakamura made his glorious entrance at NXT TakeOver: Dallas - with the sharp, frantic violins the perfect accompaniment to his blitzkrieg strike game - it legitimately felt like a mythical legend had walked onto our plane of reality. Framed in silhouette before the mega-pop of a reveal, the stunning production captured his mystique perfectly.

In a lowkey moment that was almost touching, the camera panned to his opponent, Sami Zayn, crouched by the turnbuckles.

He was smiling, marking out inwardly as much as the Dallas crowd was outwardly going apesh*t.

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