Nakamura's involvement with Pro Wrestling NOAH's at their 'The New Year 2023' event was announced in late October 2022 and at the time, Nakamura called it a "miracle. On the day of the event, Keiji Muto will blast the Great Muta, so thank you. At that time, there was a feeling that many things would change in the future. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. the Great Muta. This is not the first incident of WWE being open to working with other promotions since Triple H took over. Muta would use the chair in the ring, with the referee down on the floor. It's time for WWE to give him the real run that fans have wanted to see.
- Shinsuke Nakamura Defeats The Great Muta at Pro Wrestling NOAH Event
- I was horrified," Shinsuke Nakamura reflects on his match against Great Muta
- WATCH: Highlights from Pro Wrestling NOAH's "The New Year" 2023 Main Event, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. The Great Muta - Wrestling Forum - Forums
- Shinsuke Nakamura vs The Great Muta announced for The New Year 2023 Event
- Shinsuke Nakamura Comments His Match Against The Great Muta At NOAH The New Year 2023
Shinsuke Nakamura Defeats The Great Muta At Pro Wrestling Noah Event
However, they allowed it to happen because of the legacy of The Great Muta, who is retiring at the age of 60 after 39 years as a professional wrestler. Naturally, it was a highly anticipated matchup, as something like this was not seen in a very long time, especially after WWE allowed Nakamura to take part in the match. Nakamura won that match against Sami Zayn, which collected high admiration from all around the world. "When I woke up this morning, I was horrified and thought, maybe it really was a dream... Shinsuke Nakamura reflects on facing Great Muta (Keiji Muto). In what can only be described as a first ballot Hall of Fame worthy career, The Great Muta has his final singles match in The Nippon Budokan facing off against current WWE Superstar Shinsuke Nakamura. Shinsuke Nakamura Discusses How His Match With Muta Came To Be. When "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan needed help with Skandor Akbar's army, he called up "Cowboy" Bill Watts to throw some soup bones.
Show starts 4pm Japan time. It was a landmark match just because of who it involved, but it was also a rare moment where someone signed to WWE was able to wrestle in another company's event. These types of matches are usually very simple and very crowd-pleasing: the heels almost always will get a long advantage on the active wrestler who called in the favor, delaying the entrance of the icon until the very end, when he will come in and run wild. LGBTQIA representation in professional wrestling has come far in the last twenty years, with prominent wrestlers like Fred Rosser and Anthony Bowens rising to prominence without the albatross of bigotry that hung on so many gay wrestlers of the past. With this announcement, Shinsuke Nakamura will make his grand return to Japan under Pro Wrestling NOAH. Shinsuke Nakamura was an avid pro wrestling fan, and the Great Muta was his idol when he was a child. Meanwhile, out of the corner of my eye, I started to notice that Omega and Fénix were brawling over near the side of the stage. Muta would tweet a photo of himself and Nakamura after the match, admitting he is tired after their impressive performances. Shinsuke Nakamura returned to Pro Wrestling NOAH today and left the Nippon Budokan victorious. Heyman's like Paulie Cicero in Goodfellas, all smiles and backslaps and warmth, but any minute now Zayn might be walking into a paneled basement. Click here to see what he had to say. Pro Wrestling NOAH has uploaded the statements to their YouTube channel, and Japanese and English Twitter accounts, with fans noting that the transcriptions of the comments focused on the farewell instead of the derogatory terms that preceded them.
I Was Horrified," Shinsuke Nakamura Reflects On His Match Against Great Muta
Nakamura then followed it up with a kinsasha for the win. When Owens went to make a tag, Reigns pulled Cena off the apron and ran him into the barricade. Shinsuke Nakamura Defeats The Great Muta At NOAH The New Year 2023. Nakamura had a special entrance for the match which included unique attire and his WWE theme music. After the match, Nakamura cut a brief promo before he ran up the ramp and posed with Muta to end the show. He noted that, once it was over, he woke up and thought the match had been a dream. After facing a WWE Superstar in Nakamura, Muta is set to team with All Elite Wrestling's Sting and Darby Allin on January 22 against yet-to-be-named opponents at Great Muta Bye-Bye in Yokohama.
Nakamura's full entrance for the match, complete with Lee England Jr. playing the violin, was uploaded to NOAH's YouTube channel and can be viewed below. In so many ways it still felt hard to believe, but then it was showtime, and then it was match time, and then there he was: And here's the creative way they got to the finish: Finally, here's the actual finish itself: This was the first time Nakamura has wrestled for anyone other than WWE in five years. We are very pleased that the name of SHINSUKE NAKAMURA will be engraved on the page of its history. He made it clear that he was glad he could showcase himself to the world. Keiji Muto, also known as Great Muta, is scheduled to retire officially on February 21, 2023, and his match against Shinsuke Nakamura will be a great lead up to that. It's 2023, and guess what? Nakamura brought over Lee England Jr. to play the violin as he came to the ring, and he was decked out in a black-and-red bodysuit (think a wrestling version of Eddie Murphy's Delirious outfit). "I guess the best way to describe it is that it was really my first dream, " Nakamura said. In what is a very rare occurrence, Shinsuke Nakamura will go one-on-one with The Great Muta on Sunday, January 1 in Pro-Wrestling NOAH. Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Atsushi Kotoge & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki JR. Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya & Hajime Ohara vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin, NOSAWA Rongai & X. Timothy Thatcher vs. Jack Morris. Nakamura would follow, and ended up getting choked with a camera cable. Pro Wrestling NOAH released the following post-match interview with WWE superstar Shinsuke Nakamura following his match against The Great Muta as part of their The New Year 2023 event at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, a match that was requested specifically by Muta and went through various back-and-forth conversations before being eventually approved by WWE management.
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How to watch SHINSUKE NAKAMURA v GREAT MUTA on 1/1. This episode is sponsored by. The fact that 'no' became 'yes' gave me a boost. Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Daiki Inaba defeated Shuhei Taniguchi, Akitoshi Saito & Mohammed Yone. Sleeper Hold was applied over the ropes, weakening Muta for Nakmaura to run up the stage and come back with a big lariat. Nakamura also walked with Muta to the entrance area where they posed together as the pyro went off in the building to end the show. Muta then cut off a running attack from Nakamura with a spray of red mist. However, surprisingly to me, the standout was the sixth match of AEW's best-of-seven series between Death Triangle and the Elite. Visit SportsWhy Wrestling for more updates. Nakamura scored the victory after he hit Muta with mist of his own and followed up with the Kinshasa. Nakamura returned to the promotion to take on The Great Muta in one of his final matches at NOAH The New Year. After a 7-year absence, the King of Strong Style returned to Japan to wrestle against Japanese legend Great Muta, at Noah's New Year 2023 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
Nakamura is a contracted WWE Superstar and WWE Superstars rarely get to compete outside of promotional boundaries. AEW Dynamite, December 28. Nakamuara & Muto have wrestled in the past in NJPW, but Nakamuara never faced the Great Muta persona, and Muta never met the King of Strong Style in his truest form.
Shinsuke Nakamura Vs The Great Muta Announced For The New Year 2023 Event
One such would be more utilization across the roster and Nakamura should be someone at the top of the list getting that time. One highlight sequence saw him get flipped into a hurricanrana on one Buck, somersault into a cutter on the other Buck, and then wipe out Omega and Michael Nakazawa with a tope con hilo. Reigns then blocked a pop-up powerbomb with a Superman punch but missed a follow-up spear and smashed his shoulder into the turnbuckle. This was a hell of a live demolition derby and was definitely the match that stuck in my mind as I was driving 25 miles per hour down a freeway with my hazards on in a white-out blizzard. Nakamura would be able to nail the Kinshaha, but a second was met with a block. During the commercial break, Owens had his eyebrow split and was bleeding from the eye as Zayn and Owens worked him over. As for Muta, his next stop is the Tokyo Dome for Wrestle Kingdom 17. Nakamura adds, "There was a big change in the WWE between when Mutoh announced his retirement and when the match was decided. Nakamura, was hit in the face at one point by Muta's mist. As a professional, it was perfect, miraculous timing, Nippon Budokan on New Year's Day, fighting The Great Muta, the best entrance. Muta would normally move into a Figure Four, but was fine with just hyper extending the leg. Muta will then have his retirement match on January 22 where he is set to team with Sting and Darby Allin.
The week between Christmas and New Year's is always a big one for wrestling, and there were a bunch of great contenders for this spot in my column. Nakamura will take part in a huge match to kick off 2023, but that match isn't in WWE. On Sunday, NOAH confirmed that the WWE star will compete in a singles match against The Great Muta at The New Year 2023 event. The WWE star also stated that he was able to show what he could to do the entire wrestling world. How the entire experience felt like a dream: I guess the best way to describe it is that it was really my first dream. What are your thoughts about what The Great Muta said? That allowed Muta to drill the Shining Wizard for a close near-fall. Steel chair would be grabbed, with Muta taking the referee out, and Nakamura was nailed before being rolled into the ring. — Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) January 1, 2023.
Shinsuke Nakamura Comments His Match Against The Great Muta At Noah The New Year 2023
"If possible, I want to go wild. These are two of the most charismatic names to ever come from Japan, making this match larger than life. That allowed Owens to finally tag Cena and the conquering hero ran wild, dropping both Reigns and Zayn with back suplexes and setting up a double Five Knuckle Shuffle with Owens, dropping Reigns with the Attitude Adjustment, leaving Owens to stunner Zayn and get the pin. This is the same man that is a three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, a five-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a two-time NXT Champion, and has won a Royal Rumble. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. defeated Seiki Yoshioka, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Atsushi Kotoge. I still feel like I'm in a dream. In the end, Nakamura stole the green mist from his opponent to win the match. Rey Mysterio also sent a video message to AAA's big show, TripleMania XXX. The in-ring portion of the match never slowed down, with wrestlers flying in and out of the ring at breakneck speed. In both instances, he was used as a surprise opponent, once against Channing Lorenzo and the other as a surprise teammate for Hit Row. We can't take our eyes off the beginning of 2023. I wasn't particularly excited when they announced this specific best-of-seven series; I have been a low voter on most of their previous interactions, and I am generally lower on the Elite, Penta, and Pac than most wrestling fans—all love to Fénix, no shade on that guy at all. Nakamura would linger too long, and was taken down with a Dragon Screw into a leg lock.
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