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Shinsuke Nakamura Shares the Strangest Place He’s Ever Wrestled: Wrestling History

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Shinsuke Nakamura opens up about speaking Japanese on WWE television and why it mattered to his identity as a performer. He also shares stories from his long international career, including the strangest and most unexpected place he’s ever wrestled. From WWE production decisions to life on the road, Nakamura offers a rare look behind the curtain of his journey in professional wrestling.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the wrestling history channel.

0:02.7

I'm Steve Fall, and on today's edition,

0:04.6

I'm going to give you a classic interview

0:06.6

with one of your favorite wrestlers.

0:09.7

Enjoy.

0:10.7

What's going on wrestling fans?

0:11.8

I, Steve Fall, we're backstage after a meeting,

0:14.2

greet. We're on the eve of Fastling,

0:15.9

one of the biggest matches of your career, obviously.

0:18.0

How do they feel meeting all those children out there

0:19.8

because they look up to you?

0:23.3

How do they describe?

0:25.9

I like doing like this because it is very rare

0:30.8

to meet everyone in the arena.

0:36.3

Sometimes we have a meet in Greece like this, also in the arena yeah sometimes we have a mean and Greece like this also they

0:38.8

in like in the house shows also the overseas but yeah so when I was in Japan so

0:49.6

like this opportunity more so yeah yeah I'm having fun with talking with friends

0:58.0

and talking with family sometimes I can get the small feedback versus you know they're paying

1:06.6

come in meet you this was a whole different ball game they were there was children again

1:10.4

I saw our children the line was thousands of people around the corner waiting to meet you on the eve of Fast Lane. You and Seth Rollins, the chemistry is obviously there. I was in payback last month watching that amazing match where you, you know, beat him down after that matchup. But the chemistry, is there more chemistry between you two now than there was, say, in the past when you fought?

1:28.3

Yeah, but I think I need to change this strategy to bit him.

1:36.3

Also, I need to prove so what I'm better than him or so to not only so I'm not enough to beat

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