Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles are still fighting. Tonight (May 15) on SmackDown, Nakamura and Styles squared up again in the main event of the London show.
On the line was not Styles’ WWE championship but the right to pick the stipulation for the their Money in the Bank title match next month. In front of a hyped O2 Arena crowd, Nakamua and Styles put on the best performance of their long lasting WWE feud.
The #PhenomenalForearm transcends language. #SDLive @AJStylesOrg @ShinsukeN pic.twitter.com/AzQtN2Xyjl
— WWE (@WWE) May 16, 2018
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) May 16, 2018
The live crowd even bestowed upon the match a “This is Awesome” chant as both competitors got more physical.
It's the latest chapter of the rivalry...
— WWE (@WWE) May 16, 2018
Will @AJStylesOrg or @ShinsukeN WIN the right to pick the stipulation for their @WWE Championship match at #MITB?! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/zHS3nfegHM
In the final moments of the match it appeared AJ Styles had all the momentum. Off a forearm shot from Nakamura, Styles would even kick out from his opponent's first connected Kinshasa attempt.
Off a scramble with the ref’s back turned, Nakamura pretended he got hit with a low blow and during the distraction laid out the WWE champion with a suplex. Nakamura would then end Styles’ night with another Kinshasa to the face and this time he earned a three count.
KINSHASA!!!!! @ShinsukeN HAS BEAT @AJStylesOrg!!!! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/JVeo6f9wgs
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubItal) May 16, 2018
What stipulation will Shinsuke Nakamura add to his next WWE title shot at next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view?
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