[venkyrenga]

If u do not know the guy, watch his matches in NJPW... he is so good.... SO I am just wondering if he is the best foreign talent wwe has signed since Andre The Giant? (excluding Canadian stars)

 

[Lariatoh!]

If booked correctly the guy could possibly be the 2016 equivalent of bringing in Goldberg.

Although not many casual fans may know of NJPW and their stars, for the wrestling fans who have been big supporters of Daniel Bryan and CM Punk over the years (the Punk and Yes Chants that still fill arenas today to piss off Vince and Co.) will most probably know who this guy is.

If big time vignettes of this guy are produced and led upto to his arrival, promoting him as a very big deal before he debuts to cater to those casuals who don;t know him, they could have something big on their hands.

Ass kickers like Lesnar and Goldberg and the Great Muta and Big Van Vader were mostly silent monsters who didn't need to talk. They were just killers. Same can go for Nakamura. His body language and natural charisma can speak for itself as he kicks the heads off his opponents.

He is a huge deal, a huge signing and needs to be treated as such.

 

[Arkham258]

I actually DO want to hear him talk. He's supposedly fluent in English, I wonder if his charisma will translate when he's doing English promos. Also, let's face it, there's a glass ceiling in WWE for people who don't speak English. I would love to see him become a huge star in WWE (I doubt it will actually happen), just so we can FINALLY see an Asian talent become a big, huge star in WWE.

I'd love to see him become such a huge star he can do stuff outside WWE like commercials or fun stuff like this:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ff32m

 

[TheDevilsPimp]

Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero?

 

[Drago]

Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero?

 

[blackholeson]

Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero?

They were both in America for years though. WCW ring a bell, or even ECW? Nakamura really has no WCW, or even ECW to expose his skills to an American audience. Both of the men you mentioned already worked the American audiences for years.

 

[phyfts]

Great Khali?

 

[Kowalski's Killer]

They were both in America for years though. WCW ring a bell, or even ECW? Nakamura really has no WCW, or even ECW to expose his skills to an American audience. Both of the men you mentioned already worked the American audiences for years.

Plus Rey and Eddie were both born in the U.S.A.

 

[DesoloutionRow]

Antonio Inoki!

 

[Crewz]

Are you on crack?... Obviously not. If i thought about it for a while, i could probably come up with 20 guys bigger than him.

 

[utvolzac]

Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero?

Massive fail. Neither of these guys are foreign. Eddie was born in Texas and Rey was born in California.

 

[Kowalski's Killer]

The only World Champion born in Spain:

 

[TheBeastLesnar]

I hate to say it but no if anything he would be an upper midcarder at best vince will never push a japanese character to the main event scene and nakamura is no exeption

 

[RockStarDud]

Plus Rey and Eddie were both born in the U.S.A.

nailed it

 

[RockStarDud]

take your pick

outback jack
Kamala
Taka
Saba Simba
Ludvig Borga
ADR
Chico Santana
Does Ted Dibiase count as a foreign talent since he had a seasonal residence?
Warrior was from Parts Unknown thats not in the United States

Prior to Andre - Antonio Rocca and Bruno Sammartino

 

[PimentoSlice]

Nakamura speaks three languages(Japanese, English and Spanish) throughout this interview video that also features La Sombra/Manny Andrade from NXT. I'm not saying his English is the greatest, but it's a whole lot more decent than I initially thought. At the 8:40,12:20 and the 12:56 mark he breaks into English and Spanish so seamlessly. You can watch more of that video and find more moments he breaks into English but you get the picture. This was also back in 2013 so who knows if he's gotten better at his English working with so many Gaijins all the time, but it's certainly a nice sign that Nakamura is comfortable speaking English and is a hell of a lot more advanced than Itami or Asuka with their English.

Like many have already mentioned, If WWE books him strong, there is no telling how big of a star Nakamura can be.

Amazing.

 

[Jordo]

Ive never heard of him, who is he

 

[AboveAverageBob]

They were both in America for years though. WCW ring a bell, or even ECW? Nakamura really has no WCW, or even ECW to expose his skills to an American audience. Both of the men you mentioned already worked the American audiences for years.

You said foreign, so Mysterio and Guerrero would count. I'd put all three ahead of Andre though.

 

[RockStarDud]

You said foreign, so Mysterio and Guerrero would count. I'd put all three ahead of Andre though.

Depends on how we're defining foreign talent?

Are we talking about guys who worked in a foreign promotion or guys who are foreigners?

IMO Eddie or Rey wouldn't count.

Would Karl Anderson count as a foreign talent

 

[Gutwrench]

This dude is getting some serious hype around here. Too much maybe?