At WWE Elimination Chamber, Braun Strowman will defend the Intercontinental Championship against the combined forces of Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro & Sami Zayn.

Since conquering Nakamura to lay claim to the workhorse title, Strowman has been a major disruption to both the former titleholder and his cohorts Cesaro and Zayn, to say the least. Most recently, the fierce champion joined forced with Elias to overcome The Artist & The Swiss Cyborg in a Symphony of Destruction Match — a contest that saw The Monster Among Men powerslam Shinsuke off the Commentators’ desk onto a grand piano and leading to his adversary receiving nine staples in the back of his head.

In the wake of that onslaught, a contract signing was set up for a one-on-one rematch between Strowman and Nakamura for WWE Elimination Chamber. But, when Zayn asked to further review the contract, Strowman remarked that he would end up fighting all three of his foes no matter what the contract said and he signed it. Seizing the moment, Zayn held Strowman to his word. As a result, a 3-on-1 Handicap Match for the title was made official. In the wake of the signing, the three Superstars ganged up on the titleholder and put him through the table. And the rest, as they say, is … hysteria.

Don’t miss all the carnage of WWE Elimination Chamber, streaming live on the award-winning WWE Network, March 8, beginning at 7 ET/4 PT!

WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

They locked up and Nakamura backed Balor into the ropes. Balor shoved him away. Balor nailed a series of rights and Nakamura responded in kind. Nakamura went for a sunset flip but Balor rolled through and dropkicked him. They battled into the corner, where Balor nailed a kick that sent Nakamura to the floor. Balor hit a big tope con hilo to the outside. Back in the ring, Nakamura locked on an armbar but Balor made it to the ropes. Nakamura caught him with a front facelock. Balor nailed a Pele-like kick to Nakamura’s shoulder.

Balor made a comeback but was kicked as he charged across the ring. Nakamura worked over the champ in the corner but missed a charge and was kicked in the head. Balor went to the top for the coup de grace but Nakamura crotched him on the top. Nakamura slid under him, dropping Balor with a great looking back suplex in the process. He got into the ring and set up for the Kinshasa, but Balor caught him and and stomped him. Balor went to the top but missed the coup de grace. Nakamura attacked him, nailed the Kinshasa and scored the pin.

Your winner and new WWE Intercontinental Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura!

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WWE United States Champion Rusev (with Lana) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Rusev had early control over Nakamura, nailing several suplexes. Rusev clotheslined him over the top to the floor. Nakamura was grabbed on the floor and whipped towards the stairs but leapt over them and landed on his feet, then leapt off with a kick on argue U.S Champion.

Nakamura tossed Rusev back into the ring and nailed several knees to the chest. Nakamura placed Rusev atop the turnbuckles and nailed a knee strike to them mid-section. He drilled Rusev in the mouth and cinched in a front facelock. Rusev made a comeback with a Fall Away Slam and a spinkick for a two count.

Nakamura fought back but Rusev caught him with a kick to the head for a two count. Rusev went for the Accolade but Nakamura slipped out and nailed a kick to the side of the head, then another to the side of the face for a two count. Nakamura went for a running kick but was nailed with a lariat that sent him upside down. Rusev nailed a Machka Kick. He went for another but was caught in a cross armbreaker. Rusev was trapped in a triangle choke but powered up. He was caught deeper in the choke. Rusev finally powered him up but was caught in a hanging front guillotine.

Rusev finally turned it into Jackhammer and scored a two count. They battled to the ropes. Rusev was knocked off. Nakamura nailed a Landslide for a two count. Nakamura was frustrated he couldn’t get the job done. Nakamura channeled George Steele and began working over one of the turnbuckle pads, trying to remove it. Lana got on the apron and argued with Nakamura over his attempt to cheat. Rusev charged Nakamura, but he sidestepped, and Lana was bumped off the apron. She immediately grabbed at her ankle.

Rusev got distracted and went to check on her, but Nakamura nailed the Kinshasa from behind and scored the pin.

Your winner and new WWE United States Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura

30 Man Royal Rumble Match

Number one was Elias, who did his guitar and mic work.

Number two was WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett, who came out in his complete old 1990s Double J gimmick. The fact Jerry Lawler was calling this cracked me up. Jarrett did his old mic work. Elias said he gets interrupted all the time, but rarely through someone who has something to bring to the table. Elias said it is fate they are together. He suggested Jarrett do a duet with Elias. Jarrett asked if the crowd wanted a duet to kick off the Rumble. Phoenix was into it and chanted “Yes!” Elias said the people have spoken. Oh man, I hope Honkytonk Man is number 3.

He asked Jeff to spell his name. Jeff started but Elias nailed him. Elias stomped the heck out of him and complained he’s been compared to Jarrett his entire career. Jarrett made a comeback with a series of rights. Elias nailed him with the guitar and tossed Jarrett out.

Jeff Jarrett has been eliminated.

Number three was Shinsuke Nakamura, doing double duty. Elias went right after him but was nailed with a leaping kick. Nakamura looked good. Elias walked the ropes and nailed Nakamura. He clotheslined the United States Champion over the top but he landed on the apron.

Number four was WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle. He whipped out German suplexes on Elias and Nakaura. He tossed Elias over the top and stomped him. Elias returned to the ring and battled with Angle.

Number five was New Day’s Big E. He nailed Nakamura with a big overhead belly to belly suplex. He nailed a big splash on Nakamura. Angle and Elias battled in the corner. E sent Nakamura over the top but Kurt grabbed him for an Angleslam. Nakamura sent Angle into the ringpost shoulder-first. He sent Kurt over the top and drilled him with a knee to knock Angle off the apron to the floor.

Kurt Angle has been eliminated.

Number six was NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano. He nailed a rana on Elias and drilled Big E with a tornado DDT. He nailed a slingshot spear into the ring on Elias. The crowd chanted NXT. Everyone battled.

Number seven was Jinder Mahal. He was quickly dispatched by Gargano.

Jinder Mahal has been eliminated.

The Singhs tried to get involved but were beaten off by Elias and Big E. Gargano, Big E and Elias sized up Nakamura as the countdown for the next competitor came down.

Number eight was Samoa Joe, who was making his Rumble debut. The crowd chanted his name. He attacked everyone. Gargano tried to come off the ropes but Joe stepped out of the way. Big E went after Joe but Joe overpowered him and tossed E to the floor.

Big E has been eliminated.

Number nine was Curt Hawkins. He didn’t last long as Joe choked him out. Elias nailed Joe from behind. Hawkins rolled to the floor to catch his breath. He went underneath the ring like Zelina did earlier.

Number ten was Seth Rollins. He hit the ring and cleaned house on everyone. Elias was sent over the top and run into the ringpost. He held onto the post but Seth smashed his hands and Elias crashed to the floor.

Elias has been eliminated.

Number eleven was Titus O’Neill. He played up his entrance for laughs and made it to the ring without fail. Hawkins looked up at him from under the ring. Titus gave chase under the ring. He chased Hawkins into the ring but Hawkins ducked down and held the ropes. Titus crashed over the ropes to the floor. Joe then dumped Hawkins.’

Hawkins and O’Neill have been eliminated.

Number 12 was New Day’s Kofi Kingston. Everyone battled. Joe tried to toss Kofi, but he scrambled back into the ring. Joe drilled him with a knee. Rollins and Nakamura battled in a corner.

Number 13 was Mustafa Ali. He went right after Joe and nailed a Facebuster. Everyone battled. Ali and Nakamura battled. Ali dropkicked him off the ropes and Nakamura crashed to the floor.

Shinsuke Nakamura has been eliminated.

WWE US Title Match: Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rusev: This was a late addition to the card yesterday, because 11 matches weren’t enough. Rusev takes early control working over Nakamura in the corner, and hitting a suplex for 2. Nakamura fires back with leg kicks and a back stabber to take control back. The enziguri and dropkick follow for 2.

Rusev fights off a guillotine, working back to his feet, but Nakamura drags him back down to the mat. Rusev fires up one more time and shoves Nakamura away and slams him down. Rusev fires up and hits clotheslines, the spin kick, but Nakamura cuts off the machka kick. Rusev hits a head kick, and that gets 2. Rusev stomps away on Nakamura, but Nakamura catches him with a spin kick and sliding knee strike for 2. Nakamura sets for Kinshasa, but Rusev counters into the machka kick for 2.

Rusev wants the accolade, but Nakamura makes the ropes, stuns him off the ropes and hits a flying knee strike, sort of. Kinshasa countered and Rusev gets the accolade. Nakamura fights, and hits a low blow. Kinshasa finishes it

WWE United Title Match: Shinsuke Nakamura © vs. Jeff Hardy

They lock up and Nakamura caught him with a head kick. Nakamura started to taunt him and Jeff started a delete chant. Hardy with a kick to the gut then sent him into the turnbuckles but Nakamura fought back with a knee strike to the face and locked in a chin lock. Hardy with a jaw breaker then some strikes.

Outside of the ring, Nakamura caught him with a head kick then a running knee strike and back in the ring, Nakamura covered him for 2. Nakamura with another body lock then some strikes and kicks. Hardy fought back and was able to hit a slingblade to Nakamura then hit a powerslam for 2. Hardy with a back elbow then whisper in the wind for 2.

Hardy went back to the top rope but Nakamura knocked him down and landed a knee strike to the gut for 2. Hardy went for Twist of Fate but Nakamura blocked and attempted a low blow but Hardy avoided it. Hardy hit the Twist of Fate then landed the swanton bomb for 2. Hardy with another Twist of Fate then stood on the ring post and went for a swanton bomb on the apron and crashed and burned as Nakamura moved. Nakamura with a head kick then running knee strike for the win.

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura ©

Caution! Warning! All-out bedlam has just been guaranteed at SummerSlam. WWE.com has learned that United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura will once again go to war against Jeff Hardy at The Biggest Event of The Summer, with Randy Orton no doubt lurking in the shadows.

Hardy’s United States Championship reign ended in shocking fashion at WWE Extreme Rules, as The Charismatic Enigma suffered a demoralizing, near-immediate title loss to Nakamura. Before the opening bell, The King of Strong Style floored Hardy with his now signature move — a savage low blow — behind the ref’s back. Hardy struggled to his feet and insisted on starting the match, only to suffer an instant Kinshasa that snapped his reign and landed the nefarious Artist the first championship of his WWE tenure. And it would only get worse for Harty, who suffered a surprise post-match attack by none other than Randy Orton, who also delivered a ruthless low blow.

Then, at the height of his U.S. Title rematch on SmackDown LIVE, Jeff seemed to have Nakamura down for the count after hitting him with a picture-perfect Swanton Bomb. However, outta nowhere, Orton emerged to break up Jeff’s pin attempt and savagely attacked The Charismatic Enigma. Though Hardy picked up the win by disqualification, The Viper proceeded to unleash a nearly-unspeakable post-match assault on his prey, which he concluded by DDT’ing Hardy off the table, as Nakamura watched from a distance.

When Hardy returned weeks later to SmackDown to answer the attack from Orton, he suffered dual onslaughts, first by Nakamura and then again by The Viper, who wiped the paint off Hardy’s face in a moment he later described as “erasing The Enigma.”

With so much turmoil surrounding the United States Championship rematch between the titleholder and one of the most extreme Superstars in WWE history, the WWE Universe is left asking just how much chaos awaits at The Biggest Event of the Summer? Moreover, will WWE’s Apex Predator once again look to play a painful role?

Find out when SummerSlam invades the Barclays Center, Sunday, Aug. 19, at 7 ET/4 PT, streaming live on the award-winning WWE Network!

Match Number Four: WWE United States Championship Match: Jeff Hardy versus Shinsuke Nakamura

Nakamura kicks Hardy low before the bell rings.

The referee starts the match and Nakamura with Kinshasa for the three count.

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura (new champion)

After the match, Randy Orton’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring. Nakamura stands on one of the announce tables as Jeff Hardy struggles to get back into his feet. Hardy turns around and is taken down and stomped in the groin.

Match Number Six: AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan versus Aiden English and Rusev

Bryan and English start things off and they lock up. English backs Bryan into the corner and misses a punch. Bryan with jabs and punches followed by an arm wringer. Bryan works on the hand and applies an arm bar. Bryan with a shoulder tackle and he catches the leg on a leap frog attempt. Bryan goes for a surfboard and he tags in Styles. AJ with a double sledge while English is in the surfboard. English with a punch and chops. Styles with a knee to the midsection followed by a pump handle gutbuster. Rusev comes in and Daniel tries for a Yes Lock while Styles goes for a Calf Crusher and English and Rusev go to the floor as we go to commercial.

We are back and English with forearms and he gets a near fall. English with a rear chin lock. Styles with elbows but English with a back body drop for a near fall. English kicks Styles and Rusev tags in and punches Styles. Rusev kicks Styles but Styles with punches. Rusev with a bear hug. Styles with a head butt but he cannot get to Daniel to make the tag. Rusev runs Styles into the opposite corner and connects with shoulders. English tags in and he is sent into the corner with a hip strike. Rusev with a kick for and English gets a near fall.

English with kicks and then he chokes Styles on the apron. English with a kick and punch to Styles. Styles with a jaw breaker and both men are down. English stops Styles from making the tag. Styles goes for a sunset flip but English stays on his feet. English misses a knee drop. English keeps Styles from making the tag. Styles with a rollup for a near fall and he follows with a Pele Kick. Both men are down and Bryan and Rusev make the tags. Bryan with punches and then he flips out of the corner on an Irish whip and hits a flying clothesline.

Bryan with a running drop kick into the corner. Rusev stops a second one but Bryan goes for the Yes Lock but English breaks it up. English is sent to the floor. Bryan with a dragon screw leg whip and then he hits the Yes Kicks and he hits the round kick. Bryan sets for the flying knee and he hits it.

Nakamura with a low blow to Styles on the apron. Bryan sees Nakamura and he loses focus. Colin Cassady with a boot to Bryan and the referee calls for the bell.

Winners: AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan (by disqualification)

After the match, Colin holds his fist up high.

Renee asks Nakamura about this heinous attack and Nakamura says he does not speak English.

WWE Title Match: AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Nakamura has a live band (featuring Alice Cooper’s guitarist) and a cavalcade of violinists playing him to the ring for what is absolutely the biggest match of his life. Tie up and AJ takes Nakamura to the corner, and breaks clean. AJ slips past a kick and takes Nakamura to the mat with a takedown, but Nakamura kicks him off and back him to the ropes, breaks clean, and AJ slaps him in the face. Back and forth leads to Nakamura hitting a kneestrike to the face for 2. Another quick sequence and AJ drills Nakamura with a knee to the face of his own, then snaps him over with a suplex for 1. Nakamura takes AJ to the corner and unloads with some forearms, but AJ gets a side backbreaker to slow that momentum and goes to a chinlock. Nakamura gets free and hits the ropes, but AJ drills him with a swank dropkick that sends Nakamura to the floor. AJ goes to the apron and Nakamura kicks his legs out from under him, Back into the ring they go, and Nakamura drills AJ with a knee to the face, then comes off the second rope with a martial arts kick, and both men are down and in pain. Nakamura tells AJ to come on and unloads on him with a flurry of kicks and a charging kneestrike in the corner. Nakamura perches AJ on the top rope and charges in with a kneelift for 2. Nakamura hits a gourdbuster, then drags AJ up and goes for an exploder suplex, but AJ blocks and hits the atomic facebuster.

AJ with a leaping forearm in the corner, and then a diving forearm gets 2. AJ with a pumphandle gutbuster for 2. AJ goes for the Styles Clash, Nakamura dumps him to the apron, AJ tries to come back in with a springboard forearm, but Nakamura picks him off the top of the rope and hits a cradle shock driver for 2. Nakamura sits AJ on the top rope and drills him with a kick, goes for a superplex, but AJ slips out underneath and goes for a powerbomb, but Nakamura fights free. AJ catches a kick and kicks out the inside of Nakamura’s knee, sending him crashing to the mat. Nakamura tries a suplex, but the knee gives out and AJ gets the Calf Crusher. Nakamura is right in the middle of the ring, but he refuses to quit, trying to make it to the ropes. He almost makes it, but AJ rolls them back to the middle, forcing Nakamura to catch a last ditch reversal and get AJ in a triangle choke. AJ appears to be fading out, but he gets to his feet…then collapses to the mat. He’s up again, powers Nakamura up, and nearly drives him through the mat with a NASTY Snowplow. AJ goes for the Styles Clash, but hurts his back and can’t get it, and Nakamura capitalizes with a quick spinkick…with his injured leg. Nakamura puts AJ back on the top rope and charges, but AJ dodges the kneelift and Nakamura connects with the top turnbuckle. Phenomenal forearm only gets 2. AJ goes to the apron and springboard 450 drops AJ on Nakamura’s knees, and Nakamura gets a quick small package for 2.

They trade headbutts, then trade teeth-rattling forearms until AJ hits the Pelle Kick, but Nakamura hits the Kinshasa to the back of AJ’s head and makes a quick cover, but only gets 2. Now Nakamura is unloading kneestrikes into AJ’s skull as he lays prone on the mat, then pats AJ on the head and hits the inverted exploder. Nakamura sets up the Kinshasa, but AJ rolls through it and hits the Styles Clash! AJ turns him over and gets the three count!

Winner: AJ Styles

Terrific match, and honestly, either guy could have won and it would work. AJ retains in one of his toughest tests, then helps Nakamura to his feet. Big hug, and Nakamura gets the belt and drops to his knee to present it to the winner. Classy move. AJ takes the belt…and Nakamura uppercuts AJ in the ding ding! Nakamura brutally blasts him in the face with stomps over and over, then shoves him to the floor. Nakamura goes out and kickshim a couple more times, then a couple more, then drills AJ with the Kinshasa on the floor before finally heading to the back, having made his point.

The stage is set for an instant classic on The Grandest Stage of Them All as WWE Champion AJ Styles will defend his WWE Title against Shinsuke Nakamura in a WrestleMania showdown between two absolute masters of the squared circle.

In the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble Match, the charismatic Nakamura entered at No. 14, battling tooth-and-nail in an all-out melee before ultimately eliminating Roman Reigns to earn a World Title opportunity. Without missing a beat, The Artist announced that he will challenge The Phenomenal One at The Showcase of the Immortals on April 8.

The storied history, unmatched talent and explosive nature of both The Phenomenal One and The King of Strong Style guarantees a tremendous contest, combining skill, faced-paced intensity and a mutual desire to win at any costs.

Who will emerge from The Showcase of the Immortals with the WWE’s most prestigious title around their waist? What will the two Superstars do in the coming weeks on SmackDown LIVE to gain important momentum? And considering the turbulent nature of The Road to WrestleMania, is this match truly set in stone?

Don’t miss WrestleMania, April 8 at 7 ET/ 5 PT on the award-winning WWE Network.