Former WWE ring announcer Lillian Garcia interviewed Shinsuke Nakamura at the Ace Comic Con and discussed his WWE career. Nakamura divulged his decision to leave New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in favor of WWE:
“In Japan, I thought I accomplished everything,” said Nakamura. “So, I tried other things. So, then in 2015, [I thought], what should I do next? At the time, my friend, who works in WWE, called me. Probably it’s time to challenge next. Then I [decided to join WWE].
“So, I didn’t follow the WWE history, but I knew big names like Andre the Giant [and] Hulk Hogan, because they wrestled in Japan. When I was a kid, [it was] hard to watch WWE, because I needed to go to [the] video shop, [but] I didn’t have any money.”
