5 Things Shinsuke Nakamura needs to do before his WWE career ends

#4 Headline a singles PPV match

Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura featured further down the card

Given that Shinsuke Nakamura has challenged for the WWE Championship in one-on-one matches at six separate PPVs, it’s crazy to think that he is yet to headline a major WWE event in a singles match.

The Fatal 4-Way Universal Championship match at SummerSlam 2017 was chosen to go on last instead of Jinder Mahal vs. Nakamura, while the rematch at Hell In A Cell was only fifth on a seven-match card, with Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon main-eventing.

In 2018, none of the four PPV matches between AJ Styles and Nakamura closed the show, with Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe vs. Reigns, as well as the Greatest Royal Rumble and the men’s Money In The Bank ladder match, headlining ahead of the WWE Championship.

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Danny Hart has been one of the most active writers at Sportskeeda since he began working for the WWE section of the site in October 2017.

Danny currently writes around 100 articles per month about WWE. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked for seven years as a writer and editor for the football website Goal.com. He also reported live from Premier League stadiums around England.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram