10 On-screen WWE rivals who were once roommates 

Many on-screen WWE rivals once shared an apartment
Many on-screen WWE rivals once shared an apartment

#4. Former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan and Shinsuke Nakamura

Earlier this year, when Daniel Bryan was feuding with Sami Zayn over The Intercontinental Championship heading into WWE WrestleMania, he also stepped into the path of Shinsuke Nakamura.

The two men have had a few matches on WWE TV, but now that Bryan is a face and The Artist remains a heel, they will likely be involved in a lengthy feud in the future on SmackDown.

This would definitely be a show-stealing feud since Daniel Bryan and Nakamura have known each other for many years and wrestled many times. Back in the early 2000s, when Nakamura was training in Los Angeles at the LA Dojo, he was roommates with the former WWE Champion. Bryan talked about rooming with Nakamura back in 2016, where he realized that The Japanese star didn't like sweets.

"Me and Nakamura had a great time living together. So he is not a big fan of sweets. I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day. And some weeks I've gone really bad, so, like, I love cookies, cakes, that sort of thing, and so I introduced Nakamura to donuts. I don't think he [has] ever had a donut. He's like, 'I don't really like sweets'. [Bryan responded] 'no! This is going to blow your mind!' And I never met anybody like it who, he had a bite of the donut and he said, 'ew, too sweet' and I was just like, 'what? What culture do you come from where you can ingest too much sugar?'"

Bryan revealed that he was the person who introduced the King of Strong Style to donuts around 18 years ago.

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