WWE WrestleMania 34: Predicting The Quality Of All 14 Matches

2. AJ Styles Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - WWE Heavyweight Title Match

The only concern ahead of the match is the duration, not that AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura couldn't have a very good match in 15 minutes. We are expecting something great - because we've already seen a great match between both men at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom - and because WWE is explicitly promoting it as a Dream Match, conditioning the audience to draw comparisons between the classic 'Mania matches of yore.

It will be a different match to the January 4, 2016 classic, in which badass babyface Nakamura dealt a brutal redressing to AJ's injury-feigning sh*thouse heel tactics. The technical dream match will turn into a nightmarish fight at the first transgression of the sporting pact forged over the last few weeks, unravelling into a glorious procession of stiff kicks and precision counters, as eager fans massive in number turn up the volume.

That is the optimistic idea, anyway.

It is a dream match for a reason - potential sequences materialise in the mind's eye through excitement, like AJ fluidly countering the Kinshasa with the Calf Crusher - and the expectation is that Styles, Nakamura, and WWE will deliver.

Predicted Star Rating: ****1/2