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title: "See WWE Star Shinsuke Nakamura Stunning Return To Japan"
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language: "en-US"
author: "Amanda Savage"
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published: "2023-01-01T11:45:21Z"
modified: "2023-01-01T11:45:21Z"
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# See WWE Star Shinsuke Nakamura Stunning Return To Japan

WWE Star Shinsuke Nakamura has made a stunning return to Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH.

An [unprecedented agreement](https://wrestletalk.com/news/wwe-originally-turned-down-noah-shinsuke-nakamura/) allowed WWE star Shinsuke Nakamura being able to compete in Japan at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s January 1 event, NOAH The New Year again the Great Muta.

The match did not disappoint with Shinsuke Nakamura receiving a stunning entrance at the event, including his WWE theme music.

Wearing special new attire for the match, it ended up being a great night for Nakamura.

Shinsuke Nakamura bested the Great Muta to pick up the pinfall victory after a hard fought battle saw the two combatants leave it all in the ring.

Not only did Nakamura continue through getting misted by the Great Muta, he also kicked out of a fierce Shining Wizard.

Nakamura then delivered a return mist to Muta, hitting his Kinshasa finisher and defeating the wrestling legend as apart of his farewell tour of matches.

This was Shinsuke Nakamura’s first non-WWE wrestling event since signing with the company in 2016.

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> SHINSUKE NAKAMURA‼️‼️[#noah\_ghc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/noah_ghc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#byebyeMUTA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/byebyeMUTA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2NBNnKFOn0](https://t.co/2NBNnKFOn0)
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> — Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) [January 1, 2023](https://twitter.com/noahglobal/status/1609499849271181312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> SHINSUKE NAKAMURA DEFEATS THE GREAT MUTA! [#noah\_ghc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/noah_ghc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#byebyeMUTA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/byebyeMUTA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ynyCx4MnvX](https://t.co/ynyCx4MnvX)
>
> — Pro Wrestling NOAH Global (@noahglobal) [January 1, 2023](https://twitter.com/noahglobal/status/1609513055318335490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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