Shinsuke Nakamura announces return to WWE on SmackDown

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During this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown from Philadelphia, WWE aired a pre-taped promo from Shinsuke Nakamura announcing he is coming back but he is not coming back alone. Said promo: "I'm back, and this time, I will not be alone." What does @ShinsukeN have up his sleeve?!? pic.twitter.com/S3n7i2b0AR — WWE (@WWE) August 8, 2026 “Tongans, MFTs. You think you’ve evolved. You have a new leader now. But you also have past enemies. You say you need to remember who you are. You’re wrong. You need to remember who I am —The King of Strong Style, the artist known as Shinsuke Nakamura. I’m back, and this time I will not be alone. I’m starting a war and I’m no longer a one-man army. He and I make it clear who are warriors, and who are just pawns. Here is your warning. You are running out of time.” Whoever could he be talking about? There are plenty of possibilities — Naraku could be getting a quick main roster call up from NXT, Hiromu Takahashi has been rumored to be coming to WWE for months now, hell even Finn Balor needs something to do after he was pushed out of the title scene unceremoniously at SummerSlam. You could even talk about names like Ilja Dragunov, who hasn’t been on television for a while but definitely should be doing something with someone, anyone. So what’s your best guess? Get complete SmackDown results and coverage of this week’s entire episode by clicking here.