Shinsuke Nakamura Rooming With Daniel Bryan, Who He Likes In NXT, Tye Dillinger, Working In Mexico

Source: Talk Is Jericho

Recently on Talk Is Jericho, ‘The Ayatollah Of Rock n Rolla’ Chris Jericho welcomed ‘The King Of Strong Style’ Shinsuke Nakamura to the podcast. Among other things, Nakamura talked about whether moving to the United States from Japan was a difficult transition, living with Daniel Bryan to train in MMA, changing his gimmick in Mexico, inspiration for his mesmerizing character, and who he likes working in NXT.

On the subject of moving to the United States, Nakamura said that the transition was not too difficult because he already had many friends stateside.

“Not so strange. I already had a lot of friends in the United States and I was looking for something new, like a new stimulation. So finally, I did a lot of things at New Japan. [I said] ‘okay, I need more, I need more, maybe I have to go to the United States, yeah’ because I needed something new, a new challenge. A big challenge.”

Nakamura was certainly no stranger to the United States when he signed with NXT this year as he lived in California with Daniel Bryan and MMA’s Lyoto Machida when they were in the Inoki Dojo.

“I think 2002 to 2004, I trained MMA at Los Angeles [California], and also I trained pro wrestling at Los Angeles at the LA Dojo. So me and Daniel Bryan, Lyoto Machida had the same apartment almost 14 years ago. So I couldn’t speak …

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