Shinsuke Nakamura

“My inspirations were 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Andre the Giant. It was easy to understand their character.”

“Being here in the United States, English is not my first language. It's kind of a challenge for me, a big challenge for my family.”

“I'm not, like, an English speaker, so I have confidence in my wrestling skills, also, like, body language, hand gestures, facial expressions. I put all of my emotion in my wrestling.”

“One of the purposes of coming to WWE was to wrestle with Daniel Bryan.”

“Strong style is a philosophy for Japanese wrestling fans that was created by New Japan Pro Wrestling founder Antonio Inoki. He wanted you to show every motion and show real technique in the...”

“Around 2005, UFC offered me a chance to fight for them. But, at that moment, I was under contract with NJPW, and I decided to stay in pro-wrestling. It was a good opportunity, but I don't re...”

“A lot of people misunderstand what is Strong Style. Hard hits? Stiff? I don't think so. Strong Style is a kind of philosophy.”

“Sometimes I dance for concentration. I dance to release my nervousness.”

“Most fighters are nervous before they go out there. Nervousness makes the body tight. I don't like that. I want to fight with a normal feeling. That's why I move the fingers, shoulders, ever...”

“Antonio Inoki majored in strong style. He showed real emotion with real technique in the ring. Hard shots that look like hard shots. But the important steps is the real technique from the re...”

“I really want to face Roman Reigns again.”

“Before I came to WWE, they sent me samples of all of the entrance music, so I told them, 'I don't use this,' and 'I don't use this,' and, 'Please mix music with violin,' and they would make...”

“I need to study English more. I'll start by watching 'Sesame Street' every day.”

“Wrestling is a universal language. The moves, the facial expressions, most people understand.”