Regardless of beforehand saying he could be a part of John Cena and AJ Types in retirement, WWE Famous person Shinsuke Nakamura will not be hanging it up quickly.
Talking to Tokyo Sports activities (through Wrestle Purists), Nakamura defined that he should still have extra time than initially thought. It helps that he hasn’t been coping with loads of accidents, which might help prolong a profession.
He is aware of Father Time is undefeated. Whereas Nakamura, 45, conceded that he could not have one other 10 years within the tank, he might stick round for the speedy future.
“Thankfully, I have never had many accidents, so it isn’t like I’ve to retire proper now,” Nakamura mentioned. “However nothing lasts ceaselessly. For those who ask me in regards to the subsequent 10 years, I’ve my doubts, however for those who ask me about 5 years, possibly. You by no means know what tomorrow brings, so I simply should do what I can do now.”
Why would not Shinsuke Nakamura wish to retire from WWE but?
What retains him going is his need to win championships and his perception that he nonetheless has it. Nakamura desires to win the World Heavyweight Championship, a title that has alluded him. He beforehand feuded with Seth Rollins over it through the “Visionary’s” first reign in 2023, however Nakamura didn’t win it.
Nakamuara has by no means received world championship gold on WWE’s major roster (he’s a two-time NXT Champion), and he desires to pave the way in which for future Japanese and Asian wrestlers.
“That’s what I’m after,” he mentioned of the World Heavyweight Championship. “When you consider the issues Japanese wrestlers, particularly males, haven’t but damaged by in America, that’s it.
“I don’t know if it’ll function proof of something, however generally I ponder—if I can’t do it, what occurs then? I simply wish to go away behind a path, a way of hope, for the subsequent technology of Japanese and Asian wrestlers,” Nakamura concluded.
His newest feedback come shortly after WWE’s current tour of Japan. Nakamura appeared contemplative on X, previously Twitter, afterward. He took to X to say his retirement “may not be far off.” Granted, he did additionally say he nonetheless has “issues I need to do.” So, it feels like he’ll preserve going, at the very least for a short time.