Update on AJ Styles’ Injury and Status

Tell me this isn’t going to knock it off. One of the biggest matches set for “Wrestlemania XXXIV” is the Smackdown World Title match between champion AJ Styles and #1 contender Shinsuke Nakamura. This is the closest thing to a dream match that “Smackdown Live” has at the moment but things might be in jeopardy.

They had a few things to say to each other last week.

AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura come face to face ahead of WrestleMania: SmackDown LIVE, March 13,..

According to PWInsider.com, Styles is currently dealing with an injury, though the nature of the injury and how bad it may be isn’t currently known. Styles only briefly worked over the weekend, running in to save Nakamura rather than teaming with him. He was backstage at this week’s “Monday Night Raw” to undergo a medical evaluation from the WWE medical staff.

Styles was in action as recently as last week

Opinion: The show needs this match and maybe Styles will be healed up in three weeks. It’s not like he needs to wrestle heading into the match and just having him stand in the ring and talk will be fine. I have no idea who would be able to replace Styles or what would happen if Styles can’t go but we’re not ready to get to that discussion yet.

Here’s Styles’ latest TV match:

AJ Styles vs. Rusev: SmackDown LIVE, March 13, 2018

Who do you think could replace Styles? Should the match still be one on one? 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 History of the WWE Championship.

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