Match Number Four: AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows versus Aiden English, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Rusev

Styles and Nakamura start things off but Nakamura decides to tag in English before any physicality occurs. Styles knocks Nakamura off the apron and then brings English into the ring. Gallows tags in and he punches Aiden. Anderson tags in and he hits a European uppercut. Anderson with a snap mare and Styles with a sliding forearm. Gallows tags in and hits a splash. Anderson tags in and hits a jumping knee. All three men take care of Rusev.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Anderson with a knee to Rusev and Styles tags in. Styles with strikes to Rusev. Styles goes after English and Nakamura and AJ goes to the apron. Rusev with a jumping thrust kick and English tags in. English with a knee and kicks. English with a reverse chin lock. English sends Styles to the mat and kicks him. Nakamura tags in and punches Styles in the midsection. Nakamura with knees to Styles and then he kicks him in the corner. Nakamura with a snap mare and knee drop for a near fall. Nakamura teases a kick to the lower groin but he decides to kick Styles. Rusev tags in and he kicks Styles.

Rusev with a slam and running elbow drop for a near fall. English tags in and he hits a running hip in the corner. Rusev with a thrust kick for a near fall by English. Styles with a Phenomenal Drop Kick and Rusev tags in but Styles with a Pele Kick. Gallows tags in and he clotheslines English and then hits a splash into the corner. Gallows with a round kick to the shoulder and then Gallows with a pump handle slam and a Warrior splash for a near fall.

Rusev sends Anderson into the ring post. Gallows sends English to the floor. Nakamura makes the tag and he kicks Gallows in the leg and hits Kinshasa to the back of the head for the three count.

Winners: Shinsuke Nakamura, Aiden English, and Rusev

After the match, Styles attacks Nakamura but Nakamura with a forearm to the lower groin. Nakamura sets for Kinshasa on AJ but Anderson gets in the way to take the move.

Nakamura tells AJ to come on as he sets for Kinshasa on Anderson and he hits it.

At the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia, WWE Champion AJ Styles will defend his title against Shinsuke Nakamura in a WrestleMania rematch, but the circumstances surrounding the contest will be very different than their epic showdown at The Showcase of the Immortals.

After his triumphant showing in the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble Match, the charismatic Nakamura earned the right to a dream match against The Phenomenal One on The Grandest Stages of Them All, but moments after Styles won the hard-fought encounter, The King of Strong Styles suddenly struck the low blow heard round the world and forever tarnished the instant classic that the WWE Universe had waited so long to see.

While Styles resolved himself to the explanation that Nakamura had simply shown his true colors in the weeks that followed on SmackDown LIVE, the nefarious Artist deflected his motivation by claiming that he didn’t speak English. Instead, he chose to let his action do the talking for him by attacking Styles on two separate occasions, even ruining a fantasy showdown between the reigning WWE Champion and the returning Daniel Bryan.

So, when the two adversaries meet at the historical Saudi Arabia event, it will once again be a battle of unmatched talent and explosiveness. However, Nakamura’s betrayal has now made the matchup personal, and both Superstars will be fighting for something far greater than a victory or even a title. They will be fighting for a reckoning.

Shinsuke Nakamura promises to hit AJ Styles where it hurts in Saudi Arabia: WWE.com Exclusive, April 18, 201800:26
The Artist says that he will continue tormenting AJ Styles in their WWE Championship Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble event on Friday, April 27.

Who will emerge victorious at the Greatest Royal Rumble event? Find out Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. AST. The event streams live on the award-winning WWE Network with a tune-in time of 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT, and with a special, one-hour Greatest Royal Rumble Kickoff starting at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT. It will be available on pay-per-view outside of the Middle East with regional broadcast information forthcoming.

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.

Renee Young knocks on Nakamura’s locker room door and he emerges. Renee says that people are calling what Nakamura did was reprehensible. She asks why would Nakamura tarnish his dream match. Nakamura says he does not know what came over him. Maybe he was too emotional. He says he is sorry about what he did to AJ Styles. Renee wants a real answer from Nakamura.

Nakamura says he does not speak English.

Match Number Five: Daniel Bryan versus AJ Styles in a Non Title Match

They lock up and Styles with a waist lock take down and Bryan escapes. They lock up and Styles with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Styles flips over Daniel’s back and gets a near fall. Bryan with a bridge and they hold onto the Greco Roman Knuckle lock. Bryan with a kick to the arm. Bryan with kicks to the ribs. Bryan with an arm wringer followed by a wrist lock and then he works on the shoulder and applies a hammer lock on one arm and an arm bar on the other. Bryan holds on to the key lock. Styles with an elbow but Bryan with a European uppercut. Styles with a Phenomenal drop kick and Bryan goes to the floor.

Styles with a slingshot forearm as we go to commercial.

We are back and Bryan with a knee to block a suplex. Bryan with a flying clothesline. Daniel with the running drop kick into the corner and then he kicks Styles in the chest. Styles blocks the final round kick and hits a dragon screw. Styles with a flying clothesline into the corner. Styles with an Irish whip and Bryan flips over but Daniel’s knee buckled. Styles with a moonsault into an reverse DDT for a near fall. Styles with kicks to the leg and a series of strikes. Bryan with a butterfly suplex into an arm bar but Styles blocks it and escapes. Styles with the Calf Crusher.

Daniel rolls through and he applies the Yes Lock but Styles with a rollup for a near fall. Bryan misses a round kick and Styles with a Pele Kick and clothesline for a near fall. Styles goes to the apron and he comes off the ropes into a kick. Bryan with a round kick to the head. Bryan sets for the flying boot but Styles drops down and tries for a Styles Clash. Bryan escapes and he applies the Yes Lock. Styles gets his foot on the ropes.

Bryan puts Styles in the tree of woe and Bryan with kicks to the midsection. Bryan sets for a super belly-to-back suplex but Styles is able to counter and he lands on top of Bryan.

Shinsuke Nakamura with Kinshasa to Daniel Bryan and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: Daniel Bryan (by disqualification)

After the match, Nakamura with strikes to Styles and then he hits him low. Nakamura with Kinshasa.

Nakamura with another low blow to Styles.

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.