Shinsuke Nakamura has named what type of match he wants at Money In The Bank. It's going to be Last Man Standing.
No matter how many times AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura seem to face off against one another, something happens to get in the way of there being a clear winner of the rivalry. Nakamura turned heel at WrestleMania, the pair of them were both counted out at Greatest Royal Rumble, and a double low blow rendered them both unable to answer a ten count at Backlash.
We keep moving forward though nonetheless, and at Money In The Bank next month the bitter rivals will go at it once again. What will the stipulation be this time around though? Well, that was actually up to Nakamura. The King Of Strong Style managed to defeat the WWE Champion for the first time last week, earning the right to pick the match type when they clash at MITB.
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The announcement of the stipulation is a pretty big deal, so midway through this week's SmackDown Live, both men came to the ring so that things could unfold in front of the WWE Universe. In typical Nakamura fashion though, the mind games then began. Rather than announce the stipulation right off the bat, the former NXT Champion fooled around and eventually, the two men came to blows.
The altercation ended when Nakamura laid out the WWE Champion with a well-placed kinsasha right next to the announce desk. As Styles struggled to get his bearings back, his foe counted all the way up to ten, trying to get the crowd to count along with him. Once he was finished, and Styles was still down, Nakamura climbed up on the announce desk and revealed that their match at MITB will be Last Man Standing.
Nakamura obviously wanted to send a message with his attack and his announcement. By laying out the champ for ten seconds he has already proved that he is more than capable of defeating Styles in a Last Man Standing match. The only trouble is there is every possibility that both men once again get knocked down and are unable to answer a ten count, in which case we could be staring down the barrel of another draw.