WWE Greatest Royal Rumble: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

3. WWE Title: AJ Styles (C) Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

AJ Styles Shinsuke Nakamura
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Result: The match ends in a double countout.

Rating: This was a touch better than their WrestleMania match for the most part, though it's compromised severely by that ultra-cheap finish. If this match had to keep AJ and Nak in a holding pattern until the Backlash blow-off match, why even bother having it at all?

That said, the bulk of the match was pretty entertaining, if still miles away from what the pair should be capable of. They also missed a trick by not having AJ wear a cup to the fight this time when Nak attempted the low blow, but perhaps they're saving that spot for Backlash.

If WWE had the courage to commit to an actual ending that wasn't so cynical and patronising, this could've been the easy Match of the Night. Instead it's decent yet fundamentally flawed. 6/10

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