Shinsuke Nakamura to face The Great Muta at NOAH The New Year 2023

[Chris]

 

[Samoa Looch]

...holy crap

Is... is this the first look at what opening the forbidden door with WWE operating the doorknob would/could be?

 

[Comrade Khan]

...holy crap

Is... is this the first look at what opening the forbidden door with WWE operating the doorknob would/could be?

likely a one off but babysteps

 

[Samoa Looch]

likely a one off but babysteps

Of course it's just a one off... but it's WWE we are talking about. I'd still say this is more than just a tiny step.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Of course it's just a one off... but it's WWE we are talking about. I'd still say this is more than just a tiny step.

mickey james too id say counts. id say this likely more as well to get muta in the HOF and some goodwill but i also dont want to dismiss how awesome this is. and yes, the important thing too is that you can expect wwe to at least listen and be open to a lot more things with new management in charge

 

[Samoa Looch]

mickey james too id say counts. id say this likely more as well to get muta in the HOF and some goodwill but i also dont want to dismiss how awesome this is. and yes, the important thing too is that you can expect wwe to at least listen and be open to a lot more things with new management in charge

Mickie James as in her Rumble appearance while being TNA champion? While I would count that as also pretty big, I do think that probably had also a whole lot to do with how she was released.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Mickie James as in her Rumble appearance while being TNA champion? While I would count that as also pretty big, I do think that probably had also a whole lot to do with how she was released.

yeah i can see that

 

[Chris]

Shinsuke Nakamura has opened up about WWE granting him permission to face The Great Muta.

NJPW announced on Sunday that Nakamura will face Muta at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s The New Year 2023 event on January 1 at Budokan Hall. An article in Tokyo Sports recently revealed how Nakamura was able to receive permission from WWE to do the match.

"After a disagreement at first, he persisted in negotiating with a new regime after Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon retired in July," a translation of the article reads. "The final agreement was reached on the 26th of this month, and it seems that the tenacity has paid off."

Nakamura mentioned in the article that the match against Muta is something he worked hard to make happen.

"It's nothing but a miracle," Nakamura said. "Of course, I wanted to do it. I opened a door that no one could break in. Hahaha...it's a real 'Forbidden Door'."

"I think it's really fate, and I worked hard to make it happen. I've fought Keiji Muto twice in the past, but this was my first encounter with Great Muta, the first and last. I definitely think that I am in the midst of the miracle of the times,” he continued.

Keiji Muto's last match as The Great Muta will take place on January 22, 2023 at The Great Muta Final Bye-Bye show in Yokohama. He will team with Sting on the show. Muto's retirement tour then concludes with his final match on February 21, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome.

Shinsuke Nakamura details WWE/NOAH negotiations for Great Muta match

Nakamura vs. The Great Muta will take place January 1 from Budokan Hall.

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an actually motivated Shinsuke can move mountains

 

[Comrade Khan]

should be a classic

 

[Deezy]

I've grown to hate that "forbidden door" phrase.

 

[Chris]

WWE star Shinsuke Nakamura is heading home to Japan to face The Great Muta for Pro Wrestling NOAH this weekend -- but it's a match that wouldn't be happening if Vince McMahon was still in charge of WWE.

In a Japanese-language interview with Encount ahead of facing Muta, Nakamura said the match only became possible after McMahon retired from WWE:

It was something that would never have happened under the previous structure of the WWE... Vince [McMahon] stepped down in the summer, and I was advised by people within the company that it might be possible now. Even so, I thought it would be difficult, but I spoke directly to Triple H. When the decision was actually made, I was shaken.
There was a big change in the WWE between when Mutoh announced his retirement and when the match was decided. Vince, who was the symbol of everything, was retiring, and that was something that no one could believe. Everything changes in America when the top changes. At that time, there was a feeling that many things would change in the future. One of the changes that occurred to me was this. The fact that ‘no’ became ‘yes’ gave me a boost.

Nakamura vs. Muta is happening at NOAH's The New Year this Sunday (January 1, 2023). The show will air live on Wrestle Universe.

The match is part of Keiji Mutoh's retirement tour. Mutoh have his final match as the Great Muta character on Sunday, January 22, teaming with Sting & Darby Allin in a six-man tag team bout. Mutoh will then have his final match at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday, February 21.

Nakamura was part of a five-way ladder match for the Intercontinental title at WWE's Madison Square Garden house show on Monday night. He most recently wrestled on television when he lost to Santos Escobar in the first round of the SmackDown World Cup tournament.

Nakamura says Muta NOAH match wouldn't have happened under old WWE regime

WWE's Shinsuke Nakamura is facing Great Muta for Pro Wrestling NOAH this Sunday.

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[Hoss]

Good shit

 

[Grimoire Lenin]