Wrestle Review: Money in the Bank 2018

Last Man Standing for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

It got hinted a year ago

"He who fights monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. And if though gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze into thee."

The quote above from Freidrich Nietzche's iconic Beyond Good and Evil sums up the crescendo hitting finale between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura. Worn down by Nakamura's vile psychological games, Styles had to dig deep to vanquish this monster in a dream match finally living up to expectations.

Neatly this sums up an arc that began on their departure from NJPW. There at Wrestle Kingdom with roles reversed the two fought a bombastic traditional heel-face match resulting in an unexpected show of respect.

Since Nakamura's vicious turn the two men have been at each other's throats. Here finally after a brutal show of resilience from both men, they bury a feud with blood simmering on both ends; friends they can never be.

That Styles won this knockdown fight, after an unevenly paced contest much like the feud puts a neat question for Nakamura to answer. Styles will be wary of how far he needs to go to retain his title, often down on his legs. While the first at Wrestlemania loss sent Nakamura's cool confidence shattering, this one will break his ego and when that happens god help who this psychotic and chaotic monster targets.

AJ Styles barely makes the 10 count with a win against Shinsuke Nakamura to RETAIN the WWE World Championship!

Review:

4 stars out of 5