Shibata has said that it’s “essential” Tanahashi faces Nakamura during his retirement road. He also said there could be nothing more dramatic than the New Three Musketeers being reunited in the ring, and that maybe Tanahashi can make it happen with his influence.
They don’t have the balls to do it. Pardon my French
NOAH New Year 2026?
Gods be if we can get Tana, Naka, Shibata vs Shoots, Yota, Ren.
My hope has always been that Tanahashi and Nakamura be each other’s final opponent, where whoever retires first comes out of retirement for the sole purpose of wrestling the other one last time. Their rivalry was a huge part of what got me into NJPW in the first place.
It would be awesome to see but unlikely. Nakamura is kind of in a weird spot in WWE. They go through periods of just not using him and then they give him pushes for a few weeks. Then he disappears again. I guess now he is certainly getting a push.
I’m pretty sure tana can make it happen but njpw will have to make good with Aew as a courtesy or somehow convince Aew and WWE to do some sort business.
I know a pipe dream, but I’m dreaming for Tanahashi v Cena in their final years. They paralleled for so long, it would be significant to both. Obviously like tana v shin it would have to happen in Noah.
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They don’t have the balls to do it. Pardon my French
NOAH New Year 2026?
Gods be if we can get Tana, Naka, Shibata vs Shoots, Yota, Ren.
My hope has always been that Tanahashi and Nakamura be each other’s final opponent, where whoever retires first comes out of retirement for the sole purpose of wrestling the other one last time. Their rivalry was a huge part of what got me into NJPW in the first place.
It would be awesome to see but unlikely. Nakamura is kind of in a weird spot in WWE. They go through periods of just not using him and then they give him pushes for a few weeks. Then he disappears again. I guess now he is certainly getting a push.
I’m pretty sure tana can make it happen but njpw will have to make good with Aew as a courtesy or somehow convince Aew and WWE to do some sort business.
I know a pipe dream, but I’m dreaming for Tanahashi v Cena in their final years. They paralleled for so long, it would be significant to both. Obviously like tana v shin it would have to happen in Noah.