Assuming the rumors and various reports floating around are true, and Shinsuke Nakamura is on his way to WWE in the near future, it's time to consider what name the company may give him. Sure, it would seem to make the most sense to allow him to keep the name he's made famous, but that doesn't mean they will.
I asked our following on Twitter what name WWE would give him and the response did not disappoint:
@cagesideseats Naka'Murica! Give him a cowboy hat and American flag trunks. Asian Redneck!
— Jeffrey Grubb (@JeffGrubb) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Sam U. Rye
— Matt Fowler (@TheMattFowler) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Shino Nagasaki
— Peter Nygaard (@RetepAdam) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Shiny McNamara
— YOUCEF (@WrestlingYoucef) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Funaki
— DPalm (@dpalm66) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Jackie Li or Jet Chan
— Lean Malenko (@R_Dizzy) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats CrazyHair McStrongStyle-San?
— Danny Tuccitto (@IR_DannyT) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Kenta
— Mando Calrissian (@El__Mando) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Ninsuke Sakamura
— Jack Gould (@jackalltogether) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats They should call him Kana, just for the laughs.
— Conor Dowley (@c_dowley) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats I called him "Leonardo Prince" in WWE2K16.
— King of Scoops (@TheFrayMovement) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Hiroshi Okada.
— Garrett Kidney (@garrettkidney) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats NaKaiEnTai
— Grantlance (@commandercacho) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Kabuke 2: Electric Bogaloo
— Franco (@DonCheech) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Jimmy Wang Yang Jr.
— bob. (@BeeOhBeeRT) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats ShinSplints NahKimura?
— Josh Gray (@JoshGray294) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Kung Fu Naka.
— Wade Harrison (@MrWadHarrison) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Goku Johnson.
— Soundwave (@Soundwave721) January 6, 2016
@cagesideseats Yokozuma
— FACTS (@KlynParker) January 6, 2016
Shoryuken https://t.co/rvi3eBrIAj
— Lana DelRey Mysterio (@CMKarlee) January 6, 2016
I’m sticking with Hiro Fuji, YOW! https://t.co/TicCQCrb3j
— Tape Machines (@tapemachines) January 6, 2016
Kamikaze. https://t.co/TZTNqIcqwZ
— Jonathan Snowden (@JESnowden) January 6, 2016
Amazing.