10 WrestleMania 34 Nightmares That Could Come True

5. Styles vs. Nakamura Is Stuck In Mid Card Hell

AJ Styles Shinsuke Nakamura
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Nightmare: The way fans responded back at last year's Money In The Bank show when AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura went face-to-face should let WWE know they have a winner on their hands here.

People know Styles vs. Nakamura will be a special wrestling match if both are left to their own devices, and this is considered the moment Shinsuke may finally shine in the company/show why there was so much hype surrounding him before he joined.

A true nightmare come to life would be WWE deciding that Nakamura's title shot is secondary to other marquee matches on the card they care more about.

Chances Of It Coming True: WWE, for all their struggles to present Nakamura properly, have come through for him when it mattered most. At the Royal Rumble, Nakamura looked every bit like a headliner. On TV when he's asked to cut promos, things are a little different.

As promos are king in the promotion, the WWE Title match could slip down the ladder of importance and be presented akin to Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton last year. i.e just another match on the show that's forgotten about quickly.

Surely not, because Styles is SmackDown's top man and there's genuine buzz about seeing him wrestle Nakamura in a singles match at 'Mania.

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