VIDEO: Shinsuke Nakamura Meets with Top WWE Officials, WWE Stars Comment on His Signing, Press Conference Photos

February 21, 2016

As noted, WWE has officially announced the signing of Shinsuke Nakamura, and in the video above, WWE looks at Nakamura’s journey to eventually signing with the company.

The video also features comments on Nakamura’s signing from Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, AJ Styles and more.

The video also features Nakamura meeting Triple H and Vince McMahon at WWE Headquarters, and visiting the WWE Performance Center to meet NXT head trainer Matt Bloom.

A press conference took place in Japan today to officially announce his WWE signing, and you can check out photos below:

The official signing to @WWENXT of @ShinsukeN was announced at a press conference in Japan tonight! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/LwogjtX4qC

— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2016

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.