Backstage Update on the US Title Plan For SummerSlam

As of right now, it looks like there are only two possible opponents for AJ Styles at SummerSlam: Shinsuke Nakamura and John Cena, and according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the number one contender for the US Title at next month’s show will likely be one of those two men.

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“The other thing that’s interesting as far as SummerSlam goes is that they’ve teased AJ against both Nakamura and John Cena. They’ll both be good matches to have but I don’t know which one you would do. There was a very clear Nakamura, more than tease, I mean he outright said that he wanted the title, and Styles gave the indication that he wanted the match. The week before, Styles outright said that he wanted Cena and Cena said that he wanted him. So, I think it’s gonna be one of those two matches.”

Styles and Cena have already wrestled each other on several major shows in the past, including last year’s SummerSlam, where Styles defeated Cena. So, even though Cena and Styles have fantastic matches with one another, people will likely get more excited about a match with Nakamura, simply because it hasn’t happened under the WWE banner.