5 must-know facts about AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
With WWE WrestleMania 34 on the horizon, we are building up to the event by taking a look at five key facts about every match at this year’s “Showcase of the Immortals”.
In this article, we focus on the potential Match of the Year contender between WWE champion AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Will Styles fulfill his promise of walking in and out of WrestleMania with the WWE Championship? Or will Nakamura add to his Royal Rumble triumph with a huge victory on his ‘Mania debut?
#5 Shinsuke Nakamura defeated AJ Styles in 2016
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura produced a 24-minute classic at Wrestle Kingdom 10 in 2016, with the latter gaining the victory to retain his IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
Both men were signed by WWE just weeks later, with Styles debuting at the 2016 Royal Rumble and Nakamura making his WWE in-ring debut against Sami Zayn at NXT TakeOver: Dallas.
WWE hasn’t mentioned NJPW during the build to Styles vs. Nakamura at this year’s WrestleMania, but it’s fair to say that the “dream match” is essentially a long-awaited rematch between the two men from their days in Japan.