5 Pairs of WWE Superstars you didn't know were once roommates 

Daniel Bryan and Shinsuke Nakamura shared a place before either man made it to WWE.
Daniel Bryan and Shinsuke Nakamura shared a place before either man made it to WWE.

#1 Shinsuke Nakamura and Daniel Bryan

Nakamura and Bryan shared a house together long before either man made it to the WWE.
Nakamura and Bryan shared a house together long before either man made it to the WWE.

Long before Shinsuke Nakamura and Daniel Bryan crossed paths in WWE, it may surprise fans to know that the pair were actually roommates in Los Angeles. Sharing a place with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida, the trio lived together and trained at the L.A. Dojo, though tensions were always high.

Neither Machida nor Nakamura spoke English well, and it was often up to Bryan to be a translator between the two. Though Bryan became good friends with the King of Strong Style, neither of them could see eye-to-eye with Machida, leading to some very heated arguments.

Once again, it would be up to Bryan to act as the peacemaker of the group, foreshadowing his work years later as the General Manager of SmackDown Live from 2016-2018.

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Edited by Israel Lutete
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