Pari gbolohun yii: Ṣaaju ki o to ṣe ifilọlẹ akọkọ rẹ, Nakamura dije ni ami iyasọtọ NXT ti WWE, nibiti o ti di Oludije NXT igba meji. Ní January 2018, Nakamura gba ife ẹ̀yẹ
2018 Men's Royal Rumble match, àti nígbà tó yá gba WWE United States Championship lẹ́ẹ̀mejì. O gba ife ẹyẹ Intercontinental Championship fun igba akọkọ ni ọdun 2019 ni Extreme Rules, ti o jẹ ki o jẹ agbọnrin keji (lẹhin Chris Jericho) lati mu WWE ati IWGP Intercontinental Championships. Nakamura tun jẹ WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion tẹlẹ pẹlu Cesaro. Ní ọdún 2021, Nakamura ṣẹ́gun Ọba Corbin fún adé Ọba Òrùka rẹ̀, ó pe ara rẹ̀ ní Ọba Nakamura.