18 HUGE WWE WrestleMania 34 Predictions You Need To Know

5. Home Away From Dome

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AJ Styles' and Shinsuke Nakamura's exhilarating NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 clash was for many what drew out the goosebumps when the pair briefly squared off in last year's Money In The Bank ladder match. The duo dripped in an unspoken history, immediately framed as video game-like equals - superheroes in this WWE 'universe'.

The match happening at WrestleMania was not just the hope but the wildest dream of the discerning wrestling fan, without the inclusion of a WWE Title Styles unexpectedly liberated from the death clutch of Jinder Mahal last November.

'The Phenomenal One' came up short against 'The King Of Strong Style' last time, but the mutual respect shared at the end of their battle just weeks before Styles surprisingly debuted in WWE left a taste for more when Nakamura turned up in NXT two months later.

So just who takes home the (sort of) richest prize in Sports Entertainment on Sunday? Logic dictates that the company may not wish to switch titles with such abandon having kept patience on both brands with longstanding Champions, but WWE's tunnel-vision burrows through such sense these days. Styles still standing stubs Shinsuke's star right out, but Nakamura acquiring the accolade still affords the company a series of rematches. And 'kin 'ell, ready yourself for a killer Kinshasa.

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