We now know some possible reasons for WWE allowing Shinsuke Nakamura to compete in NOAH during The Great Muta’s retirement tour on New Years Day.
After the news broke, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio explained why WWE is letting Shinsuke Nakamura wrestle in the bout, nevertheless.
“There’s two things it could be. Number 1, WWE with the new regime is allowing guys to do — it will never be a lot of guys — but, maybe guys to request ‘hey maybe let me do something special outside the States with another company, or you know just something really special’ and they said, ‘Okay, do it.’ Also, that Muta, because such a legend and it’s his final matches, and it’s like ‘hey I can do one of his last matches,’ and everyone who comes from Triple H’s generation, you know Muta was a legend, and he was a big star before and a legend in Japan and I think maybe it’s just kinda something that’s real special, and they’ll let him do it. It was still a surprise.”
Dave Meltzer on The Wrestling Observer Radio
We’ll have to wait and watch how Nakamura performs in his matchup with Muta. Time will tell if we will ever find out for sure why Nakamura was allowed to compete in this match.
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