AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura

Wrestlemania 34 has just gotten a little more interesting.

Following the completion of WWE’s European tour in Florence, Italy, WWE Champion AJ Styles and Japanese star Shinsuke Nakamura hinted at a possible Wrestlemania showdown next year.

After the rapturous crowd in Florence had called for a Wrestlemania match between the two, Styles and Nakamura both appeared very interested in this video filmed by WWE at the event.

Styles won his second WWE Championship on Tuesday night in Manchester after defeating Jinder Mahal, while Nakamura will be competing for Team SmackDown at Survivor Series later this month.


That victory for Styles over Mahal has set up his own Survivor Series showdown with Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, who lost his IWGP championship to Nakamura over a decade ago.



The history of Styles and Nakamura began several years ago in Japan when both men wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

After a simmering rivalry, the two met at Wrestle Kingdom 10 on January 4th 2016, and was noteworthy because both Styles and Nakamura had given their notice to New Japan earlier that morning.

Despite the ambiguity of the situation for all involved, their match was one of the best of last year, with many spectacular moves teamed with brutal strikes and intricate submissions.

Nakamura won following nearly 25 minutes of breathtaking action, and it proved to be the last match for Styles in Japan, as he made his long-awaited WWE debut later that month at the 2016 Royal Rumble.

Their first televised rematch in WWE has yet to occur, and what better time than Wrestlemania for two of the best of the world to show what they can do on the biggest stage of all.