It looks like an absent WWE star will be returning to television for the company.
Shinsuke Nakamura hasn’t worked a TV match since April 22nd when he put over Sheamus on WWE Raw. Since then, he has worked dark and house show matches. He last worked the European tour in late August ahead of Bash in Berlin.
WWE reportedly didn’t have any creative plans for him on television and wasn’t using him. It was recently announced that Nakamura will wrestle Ulka Sasaki on January 1, 2025.
PWInsider.com reports Nakamura is expected at this Friday’s SmackDown event in Brooklyn, NY. WWE will be airing a live episode on Friday night before taping next week’s Crown Jewel go-home edition of SmackDown.
As of this writing, it’s unclear what the company has planned for him.
