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Shinsuke Nakamura won the Royal Rumble, and that earned him the right to challenge AJ Styles for the WWE championship at WrestleMania 34. He did just that, and he was unsuccessful, losing clean in the middle of the ring.
He has since embarked on an absolute rampage targeted at one very particular area.
AJ’s nutsack.
No, really. He hit AJ with a low blow at WrestleMania:
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Then did it again on SmackDown Live last week:
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Then again on SmackDown Live this week:
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The result of all this? He’s getting another shot at the WWE championship, this time at the Greatest Royal Rumble event on April 27, 2018, in Saudi Arabia.
Here’s the updated match card:
- Greatest Royal Rumble (50 man)
- Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (Universal championship)
- AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE championship)
- Seth Rollins vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe (Intercontinental championship)
- Jeff Hardy vs. Jinder Mahal (U.S. championship)
- The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The Usos (SmackDown tag team championship)
- Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Bray Wyatt & Woken Matt Hardy (Raw tag team championship)
- Undertaker vs. Rusev (Casket match)
- Triple H vs. John Cena