Is Shinsuke Nakamura already planning for return to New Japan?

When Shinsuke Nakamura debuted on the WWE main roster a lot of people were very excited to see what he could do. There were a whole slew of dream matches to be had and fans couldnโ€™t wait to see WWE set up one dream match after another.

While there seems to be a dream match on the way in the form of John Cena vs Nakamura, WWE hasnโ€™t seemed to offer the kind of competition fans would have preferred for The King Of Strong Style.

On a recent episode of Killing The Town with Storm and Cyrus, Lance Storm and Paul Lazenby reviewed Battleground and Shinsukeโ€™s lackluster match against Baron Corbin. While giving his own analysis of what happened, Lazenby made a very startling observation about Shinsuke Nakamuraโ€™s overall demeanor in WWE and Storm seemed to agree with his sentiment.

โ€œAs for Nakamura, Iโ€™m starting to think that perhaps he has already scratched โ€˜wrestle for WWEโ€™ off his bucket list and now heโ€™s putting in time, cashing checks, and already planning his return to New Japanโ€ Lazenby said.

โ€œYeah, I wouldnโ€™t be surprised if his stay in NXT developed him a really strong cruise control tendencyโ€ Lance Storm replied. โ€œHeโ€™s been biding his time in NXT and heโ€™s been working at that speed now for a while that Iโ€™m curious if heโ€™s ever gonna come out of it barring perhaps a match with AJ.โ€

The overall opinion was there is really no incentive for Nakamura to kick it up a notch at this point. Heโ€™s a very smart guy and knows what it takes to get by. If you add in the fact heโ€™s no young man anymore, Shinsuke realizes what he can do and not overexert himself.

It was said North American companies and fans arenโ€™t as demanding to wrestlers about how much they need to produce compared to New Japan. It was speculated Nakamura might be thinking, โ€œwhy should I beat myself up when I can be just as over and make just as much money by doing less?โ€

Of course Nakamuraโ€™s match against John Cena might see him turn it up another level, but weโ€™ll have to wait and see on that one.

If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Killing The Town with Storm and Cyrus with a H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

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