Shinsuke Nakamura faced off against John Cena last year on an episode of Smackdown Live. You might remember that during this match, Nakamura went for the inverted-exploder suplex on Cena. This resulted in a scary moment where Cena landed right on his head.
Luckily, Cena did not suffer a serious injury from the bump and appeared to be okay after the match.
Nakamura was recently interviewed by Gorilla Position where he spoke about the backstage reaction to the incident. Nakamura wouldn’t say a name but said that someone yelled at him after the match.
Here is a quote (via Pro Wrestling):
“Someone was upset backstage, not John Cena. But someone. They got pissed off at me, ‘why did you do that?’. So I just thought, my career is finished, today.
But everybody came to support me and help me, even John Cena. [Cena said] ‘not your fault, it was my fault’.”
Nakamura also says that he would love to face Cena again.
On a related note, Nakamura recently explained why he cried after his match against Brock Lesnar in NJPW. You can read that here.