WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, who had been out of action since December with a hand injury suffered at a WWE live event, announced on his Instagram Stories that he has been cleared to make an in-ring return.

Nakamura, who won the 2018 WWE Royal Rumble is in town for tonight’s WWE SmackDown and with this news would be cleared to enter the 2022 Men’s WWE Royal Rumble Match.