Major Backstage Update on Top New Japan Pro Wrestling Star Heading to the Performance Center and Potentially Signing with WWE

January 13, 2016

As noted, top New Japan Pro Wrestling star Shinsuke Nakamura was stripped of his IWGP Intercontinental Title earlier this week, and his contract is set to expire with NJPW very soon.

According to PWInsider.com, Nakamura will be traveling to the United States in February to begin working out for a few weeks at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

Nakamura will also be undergoing medical testing, likely in Pittsburgh, and pending the results of his medical tests could then be clear to sign with WWE.

Nakamura reached out to WWE early in 2015 to see if the company had any interest in him, but by the time WWE responded to Nakamura he had already re-signed a one year deal with NJPW. That deal expires at the end of this month.

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.