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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 24/01/2026
L'ultimo epico scontro tra AJ Styles e Shinsuke Nakamura in WWE.
L'ultimo epico scontro tra AJ Styles e Shinsuke Nakamura in WWE.
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00:10The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:14Making his way to the ring, from Gainesville, Georgia,
00:19weighing in at 220 pounds, the phenomenal AJ Styles.
00:26The first time that AJ Styles ever wore a mask to the ring was a decade ago.
00:34January of 2016, his last appearance at New Japan in a matchup against
00:40Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
00:46AJ Styles going old school tonight.
00:56AJ Styles has made no doubt that 2026 is his final year inside a professional wrestling ring.
01:04I think he was hoping for a year-long retirement tour.
01:07He doesn't want it to end next week, next Saturday night in the Rumble,
01:11but it could very well happen.
01:12Yeah, I feel like AJ was goaded into putting his career on the line against
01:17a certified career killer in Gunther.
01:20To me, that was a huge emotional decision for AJ Styles.
01:25And it's one I hope he does not live to regret in seven days time at the Royal Rumble.
01:33AJ wants to face some of his great all-time rivals in his final year here in WWE,
01:38and there's been none greater than Nakamura.
02:17who plays an elongated
02:31And his opponent, from Kyoto, Japan, weighing in at 220 pounds.
02:37Shinsuke Nakamura!
03:36Sous-titrage ST' 501
03:49The first time these two men met inside a wrestling ring was back in 2008.
03:56They were opponents in a tag team, the heroes of supremacy.
04:00They would go on to have many tag team battles over the years.
04:03Of course, AJ, the leader of the Bullet Club, Shinsuke Nakamura, the leader of Chaos.
04:07But it wasn't until 2016 where these two men would have their first singles matchup.
04:12The same year way that AJ Styles would appear in the WWE at the Royal Rumble later that year,
04:18Shinsuke Nakamura would make his debut as the NXT champion.
04:23Friends, rivals, history, nostalgia, it's all here tonight.
04:28But make no mistake, both of these two men are born competitors and came here tonight to get the dub.
04:35And I'll tell you right now, I've been watching AJ since he got in the ring.
04:39He looks as tense as they come.
04:43What's surprising on the specter of Gunther in a potential career-ending match lurking in seven days' time.
04:49Well, think about what's going through AJ's mind here.
04:52I mean, he thought he was going to have a full year, right, to retire.
04:54It can all come crashing down in seven days against the man who's retired, Goldberg, and John Cena won Gunther.
05:02Very hard to compartmentalize something as huge and emotionally devastating as a lurking possibility of retirement if you're AJ.
05:13But he better knock it out of his system fast, because he is in there with a killer tonight in
05:17Shinsuke Nakamura.
05:18Side headlock takedown by Nakamura.
05:22Eight times over the years here in WWE,
05:27these two men have done battle in one-on-one match-ups.
05:30Three times over the WWE Championship.
05:41Standing switch by Styles.
05:44Nakamura will pry the hands open.
05:46And Shinsuke, one of the best pure strikers on the planet today,
05:52hopes to neutralize Styles.
05:58AJ, oh, and AJ went for the leapfrog, he got caught by the dropkick.
06:03I'm telling you right now, AJ Styles, in the brief flashes so far in this match,
06:09has not looked his usual self.
06:11He looks tense.
06:12He looks like he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders.
06:14I get it, but you need to lock in, or you will be killed by Shinsuke Nakamura here.
06:21That's a great way to put it, Nakamura, holler and elbow tie-up with Styles.
06:26Back Styles into the ropes here.
06:29Nakamura is razor sharp, we know he's got an MMA background,
06:32he's one of the finest strikers in the game.
06:35Wake up, AJ.
06:42Contrasting exactly how relaxed Shinsuke looks here, Cole.
06:46Brings back some memories here.
06:59Only one person enjoying this match so far in Shinsuke Nakamura.
07:03Yeah, but AJ Styles now with a dropkick, and I think AJ Styles just woke up.
07:07I think Nakamura woke Styles up.
07:10AJ felt a little embarrassed by that start,
07:13needed to get knocked around a little bit to wake up as you put it, Cole.
07:16Not those cobwebs out, and realize, I gotta get in fight mode here.
07:20Backbreaker by Styles.
07:23And as we see him approach Shinsuke,
07:25is there anything he can learn in this match-up tonight, Wade,
07:27that may help him next week against Gunther?
07:29I'm not sure about learning something specific here,
07:32but I will say, and I hate to put Shinsuke in this category,
07:36but what a tune-up this is if your career is on the line
07:40against one of the greatest battle-to-battle we've ever seen in the form of Gunther.
07:44This match will get you razor-sharp ahead of that career on the line bounce.
07:50High elbow by Styles, and much like John Cena said,
07:54he wanted to go out on top.
07:56That's what Styles wants.
07:57Styles wants to go out at the top of his game
08:00as he launches himself over the top rope to take out Shinsuke.
08:03Yeah, hurt the ribs in the process,
08:05but now with a clear upper hand.
08:08Careful, you don't tweak something seven days ahead
08:11of taking on Gunther, of course.
08:14The last thing you want to go into a match-up
08:15against Gunther is being sub-100.
08:18Interesting to see referee Dan Engler in the ring.
08:21He has been a referee for many of AJ's matches
08:24over the past couple of decades.
08:26Styles now goes into the corner,
08:28and a Nakamura with a kick to the back of the head.
08:30and now Shinsuke Nakamura placing Styles up on the set.
08:34Top rope, he doesn't want to be there.
08:36Nakamura with a running knee.
08:38Not the problem when you're fighting
08:39with your career greatest rivals.
08:41Cover by Nakamura and Styles had won.
08:43So many epic matches,
08:45so much professional respect between these two,
08:47but they do know each other like the back of their own hands.
08:54Nakamura with the pace where he likes it.
08:56This is where that muscle memory is really kicking in.
08:59I remember that match I had with you in 2016.
09:01What about the one in 2018 when you did that thing?
09:04Yeah, you're going to try that again?
09:05I already know your moves, pal.
09:06That snapmare followed up by a couple of well-placed knees
09:09by Nakamura continues to punish Styles.
09:13What about Gunther sitting back and watching this match tonight?
09:16It's more information for his brain to absorb.
09:20A little weaknesses he can exploit.
09:22He'll have noticed, just like I did,
09:23that AJ looked incredibly tense in the early goings.
09:26I guarantee you he's going to be even more tense next week in rehab.
09:30Take that times 100 coming next Saturday night.
09:33Yeah, and that's something that Gunther knows full well
09:35he'll be able to exploit.
09:36He'll be looking out for that in the early goings.
09:38And AJ needs to be aware of that next week too.
09:40And wait, remember, Gunther already owns a win over Styles.
09:42That's the reason we're having this rematch.
09:44It ticked AJ off so badly over the way that Gunther won that match.
09:49He had tapped out.
09:50The official never saw it.
09:51then a low blow and Styles says, I can beat you.
09:54And that's the reason we have this.
09:55Yeah, it was a victory for Gunther.
09:56I will say it was the cheapest victory of Gunther's entire career.
10:00And there have been very, very few cheap victories.
10:03Uh-oh, good vibrations.
10:11Nakamura just having fun at the expense of Styles now.
10:15Nakamura just lost the weight of the world has left his shoulders completely.
10:20Oh, AJ able to roll underneath and ooh, that caught AJ right on the jaw.
10:23And a nice clothesline by Styles.
10:26It's AJ's greatest strength is always going to be that superior movement.
10:29Give him an inch, he takes a mile, mile taken.
10:33And this one has done a 180.
10:35That sliding forearm by Styles.
10:39Now AJ into the corner.
10:41Ooh.
10:42Caught Shinguid that time now.
10:43Come on his shoulders.
10:45Bang!
10:46Knee to the back of the neck.
10:47Cover.
10:48By Styles.
10:50And a kick out.
10:51One way to rearrange the cervical spine of Shinsuke Nakamura.
10:56Take another look at this.
10:57Just pinpoint timing using that power.
11:00Using that movement to drive the knee into the back of the neck of Nakamura.
11:04And Nakamura's now in a big way.
11:05Hey AJ, come on, watch your hair.
11:09And Styles looking to drag Shin to his feet.
11:13AJ looking for Styles' clash.
11:15Shin tried to, that time he caught him.
11:17Ooh, scorpion kick right to the skull.
11:19Took two attempts, second was a charm, however.
11:22Yeah, Shin with a kick, dropped Styles down and out.
11:24Shin's gained Nakamura, building momentum.
11:33Ooh, did you hear that?
11:34Yes, I did.
11:35I felt that one.
11:37Ripples going around the arena, shockwaves.
11:40Okay.
11:43Styles dropped and Nakamura.
11:48Suddenly dominating this.
11:51Oh, caught.
11:52Ooh, right to the ear.
11:54Once again, the biggest threat from Shinsuke Nakamura are those unique pinpoint strikes of his.
11:59And they've taken a real toll on AJ here.
12:02His movement is not helping him now.
12:05Uh-oh.
12:05Kick to the back of the neck.
12:06Second position for this vintage move by Shinsuke Nakamura, that sliding charmant.
12:11Nakamura just a step ahead in the latter goings of this one, and may now be lining up for a
12:17kill shot.
12:18From the second rope, Nakamura with that flying knee, and Styles is stunned, cover by Shinsuke.
12:27AJ got the shoulder up.
12:30Shinsuke Nakamura is just an expert in mind games and traps.
12:35And this connecting flush on the jaw of AJ, almost getting the win, it was a lax cover, that perhaps
12:42was the difference maker.
12:43And once again, more intel for Gunther.
12:47And here we go, Cole.
12:48And Shinsuke Nakamura positioning himself.
12:51Looked like he may be looking for a Kintasa there, but AJ caught him out of the knee.
12:55Once again, just a game.
12:57Oh, a dragon screw.
12:58A beat too long, and you give AJ that amount of time, he's going to conjure something up in his
13:03mind.
13:03He's going to figure something out, some form of reversal, and 25 years competing at the top gives you that
13:09mental ability.
13:10And AJ going to roll through, looking for the calf crusher here.
13:12This is what got Gunther to tap out a couple of weeks back.
13:16The calf crusher locked in to Shinsuke Nakamura.
13:19And I promise you the mistake that AJ made him release in that hole before the referee gave the call
13:25against Gunther will never be made again.
13:29This time he has to break as Nakamura makes it to the bottom rope.
13:36Nakamura really dragging now, may not be able to get up to a vertical base.
13:40Ooh, what a kick.
13:41It can strike you from any angle.
13:44Cannot drop your guard.
13:46Yeah, just a lethal weapon is Nakamura.
13:48And again, a dragon screw, this time on the second rope.
13:51And you heard Shin just holler out in pain.
13:54It wasn't just the knee, he actually caught a bit of a low blow inadvertently on the middle rope in
13:58the process, but
13:59now completely targeting that left knee, trying to shred every sinew within there is AJ.
14:07And that's now back to All Faithful, center of the ring too.
14:14He's gonna make him tap just like he did Gunther.
14:16He's sending a strong message to the ring general now, this is gonna be you next week in Riyadh.
14:23This is gonna be you at the Royal Rumble.
14:25And you saw the strategy by Styles attack the ring, soften it up for this, the cap crusher.
14:30Nakamura trying to hang on, trying to hang on, he's gotta try to make it to the ropes.
14:34Nakamura is very, very close to tapping now.
14:37Look at the agony action on the face.
14:39I don't know how Nakamura can get out of this thing.
14:41He's been in this a long, long time, that was after repeated dragon screws too.
14:46My goodness.
14:47God, this is relentless from AJ Styles now.
14:51I cannot believe how long Shinsuke is hanging on, but AJ has to be ruthless here.
14:56Forget this is your friend, forget the history, rip the damn leg off of you.
15:00Shin is a long way from the ropes.
15:03The official Dan Angler saying, are you gonna tap, are you gonna tap?
15:07It's mind over matter at this point for Shinsuke Nakamura,
15:12who simply does not understand the word quit.
15:16Imagine the pain that Nakamura is in right now, AJ Styles is not let up.
15:21Nakamura's not gonna be able to walk for a month after the length of time.
15:24That was in the hold, a nice reversal there from AJ.
15:27No, Shin caught him in the arm bar, Shin caught him, great cover by Nakamura.
15:32What a transition.
15:34AJ blocking, AJ blocking, he's got his hands together.
15:36So smart of AJ, but wow, fell into a trap there.
15:40I'm astounded that Nakamura was able to slip into that after the length of time in
15:45the Calf Crusher, and if these fingers break, so might the arm.
15:50AJ realizing that, trying to hang on here for dear life.
15:54Now Styles, they're gonna stack up Nakamura, Shinsuke with the right hands.
15:59Absolute chess game, this has turned out to be in the past two minutes or so.
16:04AJ, come on AJ.
16:05Triangle choke, and AJ might be fading here.
16:08AJ's fading, you hear the official screaming AJ, AJ, Styles now though.
16:14lifting Nakamura up into the possession for the Styles Clash, couldn't quite get it.
16:19The spot there from Shinsuke Nakamura moving the elbow, so AJ couldn't lock it.
16:25Oh God, a sudden Kincasa-like move by AJ Styles to Shinsuke Nakamura.
16:32And it was compounded by the fact that Shinsuke Nakamura was charging in.
16:37Look at the movement of Nakamura, met with that knee, it doubles the impact right on the
16:43jaw, and if AJ had anything left in the tank, and could just drape an arm over Nakamura, it
16:50would have been over.
16:55Nakamura in the Calf Crusher for a long time.
16:58AJ Styles was in that arm bar, and then the triangle choke.
17:03And Styles dragging himself back up to his feet.
17:25It's come down to this, a slugfest in the middle of the ring.
17:29A little strong style, and that usually favors Nakamura.
17:35Pele kick by Styles.
17:37Right to the cranium, and now.
17:39Right to the back of the neck, a Kincasa with a bad knee by Nakamura.
17:44Nakamura re-injuring himself as he delivered the knee to the back of the neck of Styles.
17:49And now you understand the strategy of AJ Styles attacking that knee.
17:53I know this is your biggest weapon, but if it takes you out when you hit it, what use is
17:59it?
18:02And Shinsuke now has Styles where he wants him.
18:07Looking to deliver the kill shot.
18:11Looking for a key, and the knee gave out.
18:13He was looking for a Kincasa, the knee gave out, and Styles with a Kincasa of his own.
18:19Cover now on Nakamura.
18:20Hook of the leg, Nakamura kicks out at two.
18:24Nakamura watching the count the entire way.
18:26There might not be much left in the tank, but the smarts of Nakamura is still working.
18:30This was the collapse when Nakamura went in for the kill.
18:34And AJ did not need a second invite, almost putting this one away.
18:3912,891 on hand tonight in Montreal for Saturday night's main event, a week away from the Royal Rumble.
18:53What a battle.
18:55The battle is the right word.
18:57But AJ usually as smooth as they come, but this one has descended into open warfare.
19:03Cover stacks him up.
19:04Is it enough to win the matchup?
19:06Nakamura kicks out.
19:08Both competitors really dragging now, understandably so.
19:12And if Gunther is watching this right now, and I'm sure he is, he's thinking,
19:17wow, AJ has the heart of a lion.
19:20Well, I'm going to have to do something truly reprehensible
19:24to break this man next week at the Royal Rumble.
19:26Well, isn't that what Gunther did a couple of weeks back?
19:29The Relentless Styles would not give up, and Gunther had to, well, do some shenanigans to win the match.
19:35If you don't break a man, you can still outsmart him, and that's what Gunther pulled last time.
19:40I don't think the same trick will work again, though.
19:42The knee really bothering Shinsuke.
19:47Shin again looking for that slide into the German suplex, but not able to connect because of the bad leg.
19:53He's got no leverage on it.
19:54And AJ with a running knee.
19:56Certainly got some leverage on that shot, however, unfortunately for AJ,
20:00the carcass of Nakamura laid out on the floor.
20:03There's a heavy dead weight to throw back in the ring.
20:11And now Shinsuke sent back into the ring.
20:16Who the hell would sign up for friendly competition like this?
20:21AJ Styles in position.
20:26He's going for the phenomenal forearm, and Shinsuke Nakamura intercepted.
20:31A little burst of energy just at the right time.
20:33That driver to Styles, cover by Nakamura.
20:37Styles kicks it too.
20:44Take another look at this.
20:47Driven down hard to the mat.
20:49Both men giving out their greatest hits tonight,
20:53but both men equal to their opponent.
20:56What the hell is it going to take to put this one away?
21:01Styles expending a lot of energy.
21:03Seven nights away from his battle with Gunther,
21:06with his career on the line.
21:19Physical matchup.
21:25Nakamura taking down Styles.
21:28Modified sling blade there, but it did the damage.
21:36Again, a block by AJ.
21:38Both men dragging badly at this point.
21:40Energy bars alive, but just enough explosivity left in the phenomenal one to pull that out.
21:48But can he follow it up?
21:53Both men are down critical point in this match.
21:56Yeah, it's those deep waters where Gunther tends to thrive.
22:00And he'll be watching how AJ's movement changes at this point.
22:04How does his mindset change?
22:05What's his go-to this deep into a match?
22:09Because you can bet it's going to go into the deep waters next week.
22:12For what may be the final time ever, AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura.
22:42These two men beating the hell out of each other.
22:45Two grizzled warriors leaving it all out there.
23:00Blow after blow, and they're still on their feet.
23:03Back to that leg.
23:06Shinsuke with a shot to the hamstring as well.
23:08Styles back and forth we go.
23:22Nice takedown by Nakamura.
23:25And he locks it in in a second attempt, but can he get full extension?
23:29And again, Styles has the hands together.
23:32AJ going to turn it into a pinning combination here.
23:34Nakamura's got a break on the kick out.
23:37Oh, and he caught him on the other side at their classic Nakamura.
23:42There's no way to block shots that come from those angles that quickly.
23:49And now AJ's a sitting duck.
23:51It might be a second attempt here, Cole.
23:54The first one failed.
23:58Nakamura blocked by Styles.
24:01Styles blocked Nakamura, putting him into position here.
24:04Look at the Styles clash.
24:06Can he hook it in?
24:07No, Nakamura, break counter.
24:08Styles rolls through.
24:10Shinsuke with a knee, caught him.
24:12Both men are down.
24:14What a match.
24:23Both men looking so conditioned, so unbreakable, so unyielding, but something has got to give.
24:33AJ doesn't want to be there.
24:35Nakamura again standing up in the corner for the kill shot.
24:42AJ banging him on.
24:44Oh, Nakamura knee first into the turnbuckle as Styles sidestepped.
24:49And that would have shot bolts of lightning all through the body of Nakamura.
24:53AJ sent out to the apron, caught him with a forearm.
24:56Nakamura stunned, missed with a kick.
24:58Oh, right back to the bad knee.
25:00And once again, time and time again, it's that left leg that's taken the abuse.
25:04Phenomenal forearm by Styles.
25:09AJ.
25:11Styles crash.
25:14Cover.
25:15One, two, three.
25:17AJ with a win.
25:20Here is your winner.
25:24The phenomenal AJ Styles.
25:30Well, Wade, AJ wins tonight.
25:33And builds much-needed momentum.
25:37Heading to the match with Gunther a week from tonight at the Royal Rumble with his entire career on the
25:43line.
25:43Well, physically shot after that war, but must be brimming with confidence after finally getting the job done.
25:51All faithful, the one-two whammy.
25:53Of course, the phenomenal forearm followed up with the Styles crash.
25:59And if that fully connects with Gunther next week, the career of AJ will continue.
26:06They won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't.
26:09Two veteran warriors, decades in the ring together.
26:18They won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't.
26:34That, ladies and gentlemen, is what it is all about.
26:38A lifetime of blood, sweat, and tears for both of these men.
26:43And Shinsuke Nakamura, who out of respect wanted this match with AJ Styles tonight to do battle one final time
26:51in what will be the final year in the career of the phenomenal AJ Styles.
27:17They won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't, they won't.
27:26We ain't seeing all of the kids, we can't get a lot of ground.
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