NXT teased Shinsuke Nakamura vs Austin Aries when they tagged together last week (Link if not working on mobile).
Shinsuke Nakamura was revealed as Austin Aries’ mystery partner on the latest episode of WWE NXT. The duo tagged together against Blake & Murphy and picked up the win. There was some heat teased between both Nakamura and Aries during the match when Shinsuke refused to tag his partner in and picked up the win by himself.
At the NXT TV taping on Thursday night, William Regal made Shinsuke Nakamura vs Austin Aries official for NXT Takeover on June 8th 2016. It appears that Aries was working heel during the recent taping.
This will be both of these guys second NXT Takeover event as they both made their debuts at NXT Takeover Dallas. Shinsuke Nakamura got the win against Sami Zayn in a match of the year candidate. Austin Aries defeated Baron Corbin at the event.
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Here were some tweets at the NXT taping:
@SamoaJoe v @wwebalor @AustinAries v @ShinsukeN
AmericanAlpha v TheRevial pic.twitter.com/8lBEiNSeba
— Gabriel Araya (@Gabo_aaraya) May 20, 2016
It’s official. @ShinsukeN vs @AustinAries at #WWENXT Takeover on June 8th. First time they’ll fight each other. pic.twitter.com/nNk1Nc4NxB
— Dalyxman’s World (@The_Dalyxman) May 19, 2016
Omg. Austin Aries vs Shinsuke Nakamura en Takeover.
— MΛRTΘΠ KΞϟϟLΞR. (@KesslerCM) May 19, 2016
BREAKING: Shinsuke Nakamura VS Austin Aries at Takeover on June 8th
— Blake (@WWEBlake_) May 19, 2016
Looking forward to this one! Should be a great match!! Both guys are very talented! Shinsuke Nakamura vs Austin Aries could steal the show!