3: Shinsuke Nakamura
What some WWE fans might not be aware of is that the current NXT Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura, has already faced Brock Lesnar in 2006. Nakamura challenged Lesnar for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in 2006 at Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 in a losing effort.
Since 2006, Nakamura has completely reinvented himself and he was widely regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world when he signed with NXT earlier this year. Nakamura is still unbeaten in NXT and beat Samoa Joe, who appears earlier in this list, for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II earlier this year.
Lesnar vs Nakamura might not be the biggest draw on this list because of Nakamura’s smaller profile in the States but the match between them would be an instant classic. With Nakamura’s relatively pooe English, WWE could create an instant star that night if Nakamura beat Lesnar especially if Paul Heyman turned on Brock to align with Nakamura.
