As noted, 2018 WWE Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura spoke with ESPN following his big Rumble match win, and below is what Nakamura had to say on the match itself and the people supporting his win:
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“I really felt the people behind me,” he said. “You had (John) Cena, Roman, Randy (Orton), the biggest stars in the WWE and I feel like I’m a new guy, but the WWE Universe really supported me.”
“This was my first time being in a match with these kinds of rules,” Nakamura said. “I’ve never watched a Royal Rumble match. This was my first time. I wanted to enjoy it for the first time being in it.”
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Nakamura also addressed transitioning from NXT to the WWE main roster, and had the following to say:
“When I came to NXT, I didn’t need to adjust,” Nakamura said. “NXT fans are hardcore wrestling fans. I just had to wrestle and they reacted but when I got called up to SmackDown it was different. There’s just a difference in the live events. So last year I had to make an adjustment from NXT to SmackDown like others have done from NXT to Raw. It takes time to adjust but today I finally feel like I’m there. I feel at home. It’s hard to choose the words even if I was speaking Japanese. It’s hard to find the words.”
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