WRESTLER FILE
Shinsuke Nakamura
WrestleFile archive coverage across reviewed Event Files. These numbers describe the matches and events indexed by WrestleFile, not a complete career record.
COMPARE THIS WRESTLER94Reviewed Matches
91Event File Appearances
74Indexed Opponents
7.4Average Match Score
WRESTLEGRADE
Best Reviewed Match
A+9.8
NXT TakeOver: Dallas (2016) - Apr 1, 2016
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Sami Zayn
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Recent Event Files
Saturday Night's Main Event XLIII (2026)Jan 24, 2026
A-8.8
Royal Rumble 2025Feb 1, 2025
A-8.8
NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2025Jan 1, 2025
A9.0
Survivor Series: WarGames (2024)Nov 30, 2024
B+8.0
Royal Rumble 2024Jan 27, 2024
B7.7
Fastlane 2023Oct 7, 2023
B-7.4
Payback 2023Sep 2, 2023
B7.7
SummerSlam 2023Aug 5, 2023
B7.8
Money in the Bank 2023Jul 1, 2023
A-8.7
WrestleMania 38 (2022)Apr 2, 2022
A-8.7
Royal Rumble 2022Jan 29, 2022
D+5.3
Money in the Bank 2021Jul 18, 2021
A-8.8
MATCH FINDER DATA
Top Indexed Opponents
01AJ Styles7 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 5 reviewed matches against AJ Styles
AJ Styles def. Shinsuke NakamuraSaturday Night's Main Event XLIII (2026) · Jan 24, 2026A · 9.3Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated AJ StylesWrestle Kingdom 10 (2016) · Jan 4, 2016A · 9.3AJ Styles def. Shinsuke Nakamura — WWE Championship Last Man Standing MatchMoney in the Bank 2018 · Jun 17, 2018A- · 8.8Roderick Strong def. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura — Champions Triple ThreatSurvivor Series 2019 · Nov 24, 2019B · 7.8AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — Double Count-Out — WWE ChampionshipGreatest Royal Rumble 2018 · Apr 27, 2018B- · 7.0OPEN AJ STYLES'S WRESTLER FILE →02Hiroshi Tanahashi7 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 5 reviewed matches against Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Shinsuke Nakamura (c)Wrestle Kingdom 8 (2014) · Jan 4, 2014A- · 8.9Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi (c)Wrestle Kingdom II (2008) · Jan 4, 2008A- · 8.9IWGP Intercontinental Championship Shinsuke Nakamura defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) to win the titleInvasion Attack 2014 · Apr 6, 2014B+ · 8.4IWGP Heavyweight Championship Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeats Shinsuke Nakamura to retain the titleWrestling Dontaku 2011 · May 3, 2011B+ · 8.1IWGP Heavyweight Championship Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi to retain the titleDestruction '09 (2009) · Nov 8, 2009B+ · 8.1OPEN HIROSHI TANAHASHI'S WRESTLER FILE →03Hirooki Goto5 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 5 reviewed matches against Hirooki Goto
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Hirooki Goto defeats Shinsuke Nakamura (c) to win the titleWrestling Dontaku 2015 · May 3, 2015B+ · 8.1IWGP Intercontinental Championship Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeats Hirooki Goto to retain the titleKing of Pro-Wrestling 2012 · Oct 8, 2012B- · 7.4Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & YOSHI-HASHI)King of Pro-Wrestling 2014 · Oct 13, 2014B- · 7.1Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada & Yujiro Takahashi)Destruction 2012 · Sep 23, 2012B- · 7.1Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto & Togi Makabe defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)Invasion Attack 2015 · Apr 5, 2015C+ · 6.8OPEN HIROOKI GOTO'S WRESTLER FILE →04Karl Anderson5 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 5 reviewed matches against Karl Anderson
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeats Karl Anderson to retain the titlePower Struggle 2015 · Nov 7, 2015B+ · 8.1IWGP Intercontinental Championship Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeats Karl Anderson to retain the titlePower Struggle 2012 · Nov 11, 2012B- · 7.4Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada & Yujiro Takahashi)Destruction 2012 · Sep 23, 2012B- · 7.1Shinsuke Nakamura defeats Karl AndersonWrestling Dontaku 2012 · May 3, 2012B- · 7.1CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba) defeat Bullet Club (Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Bad Luck Fale)King of Pro-Wrestling 2015 · Oct 12, 2015C · 6.3OPEN KARL ANDERSON'S WRESTLER FILE →05Seth Rollins4 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 4 reviewed matches against Seth Rollins
Seth "Freakin" Rollins def. Shinsuke Nakamura — World Heavyweight Championship Last Man Standing MatchFastlane 2023 · Oct 7, 2023A- · 8.7Seth "Freakin" Rollins def. Shinsuke Nakamura — World Heavyweight ChampionshipPayback 2023 · Sep 2, 2023B · 7.8Seth Rollins def. Shinsuke NakamuraFastlane 2021 · Mar 21, 2021B · 7.8Seth Rollins def. Shinsuke Nakamura — Champion vs. ChampionSurvivor Series 2018 · Nov 18, 2018B · 7.5OPEN SETH ROLLINS'S WRESTLER FILE →06Hiroyoshi Tenzan3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 3 reviewed matches against Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Elimination Match Shinsuke Nakamura, Minoru Suzuki, Bob Sapp, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazuyuki Fujita defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Seiji Sakaguchi | Survivors: Suzuki & SappUltimate Crush II (2003) · Oct 13, 2003B+ · 8.0CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Jado, Tomohiro Ishii & Takashi Iizuka) defeat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata & Wataru InoueDominion 6.20 (2009) · Jun 20, 2009C+ · 6.8Shinsuke Nakamura defeats Hiroyoshi TenzanKing of Sports 2004 · Mar 28, 2004C+ · 6.8OPEN HIROYOSHI TENZAN'S WRESTLER FILE →07Manabu Nakanishi3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 3 reviewed matches against Manabu Nakanishi
Elimination Match Shinsuke Nakamura, Minoru Suzuki, Bob Sapp, Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazuyuki Fujita defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Seiji Sakaguchi | Survivors: Suzuki & SappUltimate Crush II (2003) · Oct 13, 2003B+ · 8.0IWGP Tag Team Championship Shinsuke Nakamura & Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeat Team JAPAN (Manabu Nakanishi & Kendo Kashin) to retain the titlesNexess VI (2005) · May 14, 2005B- · 7.4"New Japan vs. Inoki Army" | Bob Sapp & Shinsuke Nakamura [Inoki] defeat Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura [NJPW]Yokohama Dead Out 2003 · Nov 3, 2003B- · 7.1OPEN MANABU NAKANISHI'S WRESTLER FILE →08Rey Mysterio3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 3 reviewed matches against Rey Mysterio
Dilsher Shanky, Giant Zanjeer, Rey Mysterio & Ricochet def. Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin & Shinsuke NakamuraSuperstar Spectacle 2021 · Jan 22, 2021C+ · 6.5Rey Mysterio & Rusev def. The Miz & Shinsuke NakamuraStarrcade 2018 · Nov 24, 2018D+ · 5.4Rey Mysterio def. Shinsuke Nakamura — United States ChampionshipStarrcade 2018 · Nov 24, 2018F · 3.8OPEN REY MYSTERIO'S WRESTLER FILE →09Ricochet3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 3 reviewed matches against Ricochet
The Usos def. The Bar, Aleister Black & Ricochet, and Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura — SmackDown Tag Team Championship (The Usos retain)WrestleMania 35 (2019) · Apr 7, 2019B · 7.9Team Hogan def. Team FlairCrown Jewel 2019 · Oct 31, 2019B · 7.8Dilsher Shanky, Giant Zanjeer, Rey Mysterio & Ricochet def. Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin & Shinsuke NakamuraSuperstar Spectacle 2021 · Jan 22, 2021C+ · 6.5OPEN RICOCHET'S WRESTLER FILE →10Rusev3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
11Samoa Joe3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 3 reviewed matches against Samoa Joe
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Samoa Joe (c) — NXT ChampionshipNXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II (2016) · Aug 20, 2016A- · 8.8Samoa Joe def. Shinsuke Nakamura — NXT ChampionshipNXT TakeOver: Toronto (2016) · Nov 19, 2016A- · 8.5Team Raw def. Team SmackDown — Men's 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination MatchSurvivor Series 2017 · Nov 19, 2017C · 6.2OPEN SAMOA JOE'S WRESTLER FILE →12Tetsuya Naito3 reviewed matches · VIEW MATCHES
Top 3 reviewed matches against Tetsuya Naito
Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto & Karl Anderson defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada & Yujiro Takahashi)Destruction 2012 · Sep 23, 2012B- · 7.1Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto & Togi Makabe defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)Invasion Attack 2015 · Apr 5, 2015C+ · 6.8Tetsuya Naito & MVP defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Yujiro Takahashi)Power Struggle 2011 · Nov 12, 2011C+ · 6.8OPEN TETSUYA NAITO'S WRESTLER FILE →