WWE RAW: 43-year-old star says he's "the real nightmare," not Cody Rhodes

A top WWE star called himself "the real nightmare" instead of Cody Rhodes.

Shinsuke Nakamura has experienced a change in behavior over the past couple of months. It all started during his rivalry against Seth Rollins, where he began to exhibit a vicious side of himself that hadn't been seen before.

Shinsuke Nakamura was brutal in that feud and tried his best to end Seth Rollins' career. However, Rollins managed to survive and retain his title. Following this, Nakamura started sharing cryptic messages about a future challenger with no proper indication of who it might be.

A couple of weeks ago, the King of Strong Style revealed who he was talking about when he attacked Cody Rhodes from behind. This set up a match between both men for tonight.

Prior to the match taking place, a video package of Shinsuke Nakamura played where he called Cody weak for pandering to the crowd. He also called himself "the real nightmare" instead of Cody. This statement was a reference to Cody's nickname, The American Nightmare.

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It will be interesting to see if Cody Rhodes will be able to overcome Nakamura tonight on RAW.

Who do you think will win tonight? Sound off in the comments section.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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