AJ Styles Wants His Highly Anticipated Face-Off With Shinsuke Nakamura To Happen At WRESTLEMANIA
It's really only a matter of when, not if AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura have a one-on-one match in WWE, and The Phenomenal One wants that to happen on the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania....
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura have clashed in Japan, but now that the mega-popular Superstars are both a part of Smackdown Live, fans are anxious to see them face-off in a WWE ring.
The pair were actually involved in the recent Money in The Bank ladder match and had a brief showdown to the delight of the WWE Universe, but that was only a taste of what's in store when The Phenomenal One and The King of Strong Style finally meet in a one-on-one capacity.
While appearing on the Edge and Christian’s E&C Pod of Awesomeness last week, Styles revealed that he's very much looking forward to this inevitable bout - however, he feels a match of that magnitude should be saved for 'Mania:
“I’ve never worked Shinsuke Nakamura on US soil, so that could be a big deal. Hopefully, when it finally happens in WWE, it should be something big. It should be bigger than just a match. That’s the one I’d like to do at WrestleMania, to be honest with you. But, I’ve let them know how important it is to me that we don’t do that, that we don’t just have a match.
There’s so much build that can go into this and I almost feel like right before people think it’s about to happen, finally we get Nakamura and AJ Styles at this pay-per-view, something happens. Like, we can stretch this out as long as we want to finally give you the big payoff when it’s necessary, the climax of it, if you will.”
It's hard to argue with AJ there, but let's just hope the powers that be see it the same way. After all, we are getting Jon Cena VS. Nakamura next week on Smackdown Live.