WWE News: Twitter Reacts to Shinsuke Nakamura winning the Royal Rumble

The "King of Strong" Style heard the Wells Fargo Center explode with joy when fans realized that Shinsuke Nakamura won the 2018 Royal Rumble Match.

If fans weren't excited enough, the announcement of Nakamura challenging AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34 gave fans a satisfaction they haven't experienced from the main roster in quite some time.

If you don't believe me, check out what wrestling fans had to say on Twitter about The King of Strong Style becoming the first Japanese WWE superstar to win the Royal Rumble.

For how poorly WWE was utilizing Shinsuke Nakamura since joining the company, they just salvaged all of that by having him win the #RoyalRumble.

— Robby The Brain™ (@RobbyTheBrain) January 29, 2018

The #14 spot used to be "cursed" according to the internet. Shinsuke Nakamura won from that number.

— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) January 29, 2018

SHINSUKE NAKAMURA WINS THE ROYAL RUMBLE!!! 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

— SPORTbible (@sportbible) January 29, 2018

So someone in the @WWE front office still has a clue. Finally no #StumbleintheRumble this year. Shinsuke Nakamura wins the #RoyalRumble.

— TampaTrey (@Tampa_Trey) January 29, 2018

Many fans were expecting Reigns to win the match, which made the moment that much better when Nakamura hit a Kinsasha and tossed the Big Dog over the top rope.

No more complaining, INTERNET, about Shinsuke Nakamura in the WWE. He WON THE RUMBLE and eliminated Roman on the way there. Now, he just has to execute a great match at Wrestlemania.

— Mr. Tito (@titowrestling) January 29, 2018

Shinsuke Nakamura eliminated John Cena and Roman Reigns to win the Rumble. That happened. Imagine saying that 3 years ago

— Jake Nazar (@ATVS_JakeNazar) January 29, 2018

Shinsuke Nakamura outlasting Cena, Reigns and Mysterio to win it all was unpredictable. Philly crowd was totally into it. #RoyalRumble #StrongStyle #WWE

— Jesse B. Kelsey (@Jesse_B_Kelsey) January 29, 2018

Of course, there were some fans who couldn't enjoy the moment for what it was.

Why would a casual fan like Shinsuke Nakamura? I’ll wait marks. #RoyalRumble

— Frank McMahen (@Frank__Samuel) January 29, 2018

Oh well Shinsuke Nakamura won but Roman Reigns is still headlining WrestleMania. #RoyalRumble

— nWoWolfpacTV (@nWoWolfpacTV) January 29, 2018

And one response that was so out there, that it needed to be highlighted on its own to be properly analyzed - and yes, this tweet was sent shortly after Nakamura won.

Congratulations Guys you killed Shinsukes Career #RoyalRumble

— 🎅🎄RXW World Champion Bullet Adams #AmberPrice❤️❄ (@RXWBulletAdams) January 29, 2018

Regardless of popular thoughts, the Internet's opinion was almost unanimously positive as Nakamura celebrated his victory and declared that he would challenge Styles for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34 - which would make their first singles match since their IWGP Intercontinental Championship match at Wrestle Kingdom 10.

Hooray! Shinsuke Nakamura won The #RoyalRumble everyone is happy and we’re gonna get the dream match of Shinsuke Nakamura vs AJ Styles at Wrestlemania. #WWE

— T-Bone Delmore (@IronFist1982) January 29, 2018

If you want a preview of what an AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura match will look like, Go Watch #Wrestlekingdom10 pic.twitter.com/I3Kmy7ep2N

— The Excelllence (@TheExcelllence) January 29, 2018

Never really felt emotional about wrestling at all. Always been a fan, but never felt that kind of emotion with it. That being said...Shinsuke Nakamura winning the Rumble legit almost made me shed a tear....that was fuckin incredible. AJ vs Shinsuke at Mania for the title!!!

— JMV (@Its_JMV_Bro) January 29, 2018

The Main Event of #WrestleMania34...Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/kxOaYj786w

— Alastair Moore (@alastairmoore_) January 29, 2018

There was a lack of excitement as WWE kicked off the Road to WrestleMania, but Nakamura winning the 2018 Royal Rumble was a great way to inject some energy into their fanbase and get the internet buzzing with a major match already in the works.

WrestleMania 34 looks like the place to be!

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