AJ Styles Comments On Stipulation At MITB, First Round Matches For UK Title Tournament

Shinsuke Nakamura’s feud with AJ Styles has been heating up as of late, and last week Nakamura earned the right to choose the stipulation for their upcoming title match at Money in the Bank when he defeated Styles on SmackDown Live.

This week, Nakamura attacked Styles and announced that they’ll be facing off in a Last Man Standing match next month.

AJ Styles recently took to Twitter to hype up the match, and he told fans that he’ll be the one standing at the end of Money in the Bank.

Styles posted the following:

As noted the second WWE UK Title Tournament is set to take place from Royal Albert Hall on June 18th and 19th.

WWE revealed the first round matches today which are as follows:

Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher
Ashton Smith vs. Joseph Conners
Flash Morgan Webster vs. James Drake
Kenny Williams vs. Dave Mastiff
Ligero vs. Travis Banks
Zack Gibson vs. Amir Jordan
Tucker vs. Joe Coffey
Jordan Devlin vs. Tyson T-Bone

Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher was already taped and will air on an upcoming episode of NXT. The remainder of the matches are set to take place at Download Festival on June 8th, 9th and 10th with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals at Royal Albert Hall.

Cathy Kelley also confirmed that the tournament bracket will be released next week.