Shinsuke Nakamura Talks Long-Awaited Rematch With Brock Lesnar in WWE
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Long before he was wrestling in the WWE, a young Shinsuke Nakamura squared off with then-IWGP Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar inside a New Japan Pro Wrestling ring at the Tokyo Dome in 2006. Lesnar, having left the WWE by this point, had a contentious run in New Japan after winning the company s top title in 2005, eventually refusing to defend or even return the title over what he claimed was money the company owed him. The Beast eventually lost that title to Kurt Angle, who then turned around and dropped it to Nakamura in February 2008 to unify the two world championships.
AEW s Chris Jericho Throws Shade at WWE Over the WrestleMania Backlash Zombies
WrestleMania Backlash event had a surprise crossover with Zack Synder s
Zombies.ZOMBIES? Wow that just set wrestling back 30 years. Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) May 17, 2021
Wtf you telling me?!! You think I booked a bunch of fucking zombies. I’m on a damn plane! Shouldn’t you be tweeting Vince?! ♂️ https://t.co/Eb8wNdijRI The Artist Formerly Known as Super Duper Dave (@DaveBautista) May 17, 2021 Blood & Guts is a little bit different, Jericho said when comparing it to WarGames. Even just in the way that it s constructed. You ll see that on Wednesday. I ve been in a lot of first matches before. The first Elimination Chamber, the first Money in the Bank, the first Stadium Stampede, so I m no stranger to that.
John Cena Rejects the Idea That He Carried WWE
John Cena sat down with I really want audiences to get back to WWE. Heck I m with everybody I think around the world saying I just want the world to get back to normal, but these are interesting times and I have a lot of interesting opportunities at my feet, and I really do appreciate the WWE universe understanding that after so many years of. Cena said before the interviewer finished the sentence by saying, carrying the company on your back for a while there. He promptly rejected that notion. No, no, that s not true. That s not true, Cena said. If you think so, watch any wrestling match or WWE performance with one individual. So I don t believe in that term. It s an absolute team effort. And I hate when people say that because it takes the credit away from a lot of talented individuals. But I think one thing is for certain that if WWE ever asked me to do anything, be it a phone interview or go to a smaller city to promote o