Stipulation Added To Backlash WWE Championship Match

We’re not quite done yet. One of the biggest feuds in WWE at the moment is Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. The two faced off for the title at WrestleMania 34 with Styles pinning Nakamura clean with the Styles Clash. After the match, Nakamura turned on Styles by hitting him low to turn full heel. Their rematch at Greatest Royal Rumble went to a double countout but now we have a third match scheduled. However, there’s a little twist.

They were at it again on Tuesday.

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As announced by SmackDown Live General Manager Paige, the third match between the two will be a No Disqualification match. The match, announced the same day as their Greatest Royal Rumble match went to a double countout, will take place at Backlash this coming Sunday. The stipulation stems from Nakamura’s frequent low blows on Styles, another one of which took place tonight in a sneak attack.

You can read the full results of this week’s show right here.

Opinion: It makes sense to add something like this in as there’s no reason to do the same match over and over again. The matches have been good but at this point it makes sense to add something else to make the match feel better. There’s a good chance that the title will change hands this time around and really, there’s not much of a reason to not do it. Nakamura needs to win the title at some point and this Sunday makes as much sense as any other time.

Do you like the stipulation? Who will leave the title? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 26 wrestling books. His latest book is the WWE Grab Bag.

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