SmackDown Star Makes Surprise NXT Appearance (And He Could Be Sticking Around)

There is a place for him. WWE has a lot of talent but there is only so much time to put that talent on television. It can be difficult to come up with something for everyone to do and sometimes the best answer is to move them to another show for a change. Having three shows helps WWE quite a bit and now it seems that one star might be going to another of those shows.

Shinsuke Nakamura appeared on this week’s edition of NXT as a surprise, defeating Stacks of the D’Angelo Family. It was Nakamura’s first televised match since the August 26 SmackDown. According to Fightful Select, and prior to the appearance, there had been discussion in WWE about Nakamura appearing for NXT. It is not clear if this will be a one off appearance or a permanent, or even semi-permanent, move.

Opinion: This is one of those situations where we’ll have to wait and see what happens but Nakamura going back to NXT, even for a bit, could be interesting. Nakamura is an NXT legend and doesn’t have anything going on up in NXT, so why not see what his star power can bring to the show? NXT could use some names like him and maybe WWE seems to agree with the thinking.