AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura IV is added to the Backlash card
Following the conclusion of the WWE Championship rematch between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura at The Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Smackdown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon has seemingly announced yet another rematch between the two men at the upcoming Backlash pay-per-view.
As noted, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship over Nakamura on two different occasions now within the course of this very month—with his first successful defense being at WrestleMania 34—and the second one being at The Greatest Royal Rumble event, when both Styles and Nakamura wrestled each other to an amazing back-and-forth match which ended in a double count-out.
However, as per announced by commentator Michael Cole during the show, Nakamura is now slated to another shot at the WWE Championship, as ‘The King of Strong Style’ gets set to go head-to-head with AJ Styles for the third time this year in a WWE ring.
Ad
Styles and Nakamura will square-off later next month—on the 6th of May to be exact—at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey and so far several championship matches have also been confirmed for this year’s event.
Below is the updated match card for this year’s Backlash pay-per-view:
The Miz vs Seth Rollins - WWE Intercontinental Championship
Samoa Joe vs Roman Reigns
Big Cass vs Daniel Bryan
Nia Jax vs Alexa Bliss - Raw Women's Championship
Ad
Carmella vs Charlotte Flair - Smackdown Live Women's Championship
AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura- WWE Championship
×
Feedback
Why did you not like this content?
Was this article helpful?
Thank You for feedback
About the author
Soumik Datta
Soumik Datta is a professional wrestling journalist who has been following the business for more than a decade.
In 2017, Soumik joined the Sportskeeda Wrestling team and is best known for his work with the WWE team. He has previously contributed to the Sportskeeda AEW, MMA, and the football team where he specifically covered the Major League Soccer.
In 2024, Soumik crossed 50 million reads for Sportskeeda WWE. While working under Sportskeeda MMA, he interviewed prominent UFC fighters, including Justin Gaethje, Sean O'Malley, and Cory Sandhagen, among others. He is also being followed by John Cena on X (formerly Twitter).
Apart from his love for professional wrestling, Soumik also watches Football and has been a lifelong follower of Liverpool FC and Mohun Bagan. He has also been following the Indian Super League and remains the only content creator to have traveled across India to watch 7 ISL Matches in 7 Days, a video which currently sits at 26K views on his YouTube channel. His channel currently amasses over 120K views.
As aforementioned, Soumik also likes to make content for his YouTube channel and travel to various places either with family, friends, or solo, or go on road trips.
(Go SUBSCRIBE to his channel while you're at it): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfkg4VnUC7sLNc5jEzVYgOQ
'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Trending
