{"id":142890,"date":"2025-09-30T01:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=142890"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:55:30","slug":"shinsuke-nakamura-wwe-comeback-japan-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/09\/30\/shinsuke-nakamura-wwe-comeback-japan-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinsuke Nakamura Set for In-Ring Comeback on WWE Japan Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE is preparing for a much-anticipated return to Japan this October with two Supershow events in Tokyo. Fans can look forward to stacked match cards, top stars, and the long-awaited in-ring comeback of Shinsuke Nakamura, who has not appeared since June. Alongside Nakamura, big names like CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY are set to deliver unforgettable action for Japanese audiences.<\/p>\n<h2>Inring Return by Shinsuke Nakamura<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest attraction of the tour will be the return of Shinsuke Nakamura. He has not competed since the King of the Ring qualifying match on SmackDown in June, and fans in Japan will finally see his comeback matches after several months away.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On October 17 (Night One), Nakamura will be partnering with Jey Uso against Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed.<\/li>\n<li>On Night Two (18 October), Nakamura, CM Punk, and Jey Uso team up against The Vision (Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed) in a six-man tag team match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1091\">Other Featured Matches on the Card<\/h2>\n<p>The Tokyo Supershows will also have championship matches.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giulia defends against IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley for the WWE Women\u2019s United States Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins defends his World Heavyweight Championship against CM Punk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Such games will provide the Japanese fans with memorable experiences.<\/p>\n<h2>The Future of Nakamura Remains Unclear<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"405\">Nakamura is officially making his return to action in Japan. However, he is not scheduled to compete at the Crown Jewel event in November. WWE has not confirmed whether he will continue as a full-time television star after the Tokyo shows. Fans will have to wait to see when the \u201cKing of Strong Style\u201d next appears on TV.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142933\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142933 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of WWE star Shinsuke Nakamura.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/09\/Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: By <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Shinsuke_Nakamura#\/media\/File:Shinsuke_Nakamura_WWE_United_States_Champion.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Manard<\/a> &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/145739041@N05\/45382137211\/, CC BY-SA 2.0,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"716\">When WWE returned to Japan in October 2015, the events were a massive hit, featuring exciting bouts, title defenses, and the long-awaited return of Shinsuke Nakamura. Japanese fans can look forward to a unique opportunity to witness the best of WWE action, with the road ultimately leading to Crown Jewel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Shinsuke_Nakamura#\/media\/File:Shinsuke_Nakamura_debut_on_Smackdown_Live.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WikiMedia Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on Shinsuke Nakamura and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments), and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event, as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE is preparing for a much-anticipated return to Japan this October with two Supershow events in Tokyo. Fans can look forward to stacked match cards, top stars, and the long-awaited in-ring comeback of Shinsuke Nakamura, who has not appeared since June. Alongside Nakamura, big names like CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5606,"featured_media":142934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2192,4,3],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-142890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-shinsuke-nakamura"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142936,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142890\/revisions\/142936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}