<P> On the April 12 episode of NXT, Nakamura made his final NXT appearance, bidding farewell to the Full Sail University crowd . </P> <P> On the April 4 episode of SmackDown Live, the first episode after WrestleMania 33, Nakamura made his main roster debut, interrupting The Miz and Maryse following their promo mocking John Cena and Nikki Bella: this did not spark a feud between Nakamura and Miz, since Miz would be traded to Raw because of the Superstar Shake - up . Nakamura began feuding with Dolph Ziggler, whom he defeated in his televised in - ring debut at Backlash . On the May 23 episode of SmackDown Live, it was announced that Nakamura along with AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn would compete in the Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank, during which Corbin attacked him with both a ladder and a camera while making his entrance . Nakamura was checked on by medical staff and carried out of the arena, but he would later return during the match and attack all other participants, only to lose the match when Corbin retrieved the briefcase . This led to a match between the two at Battleground on July 23, where Nakamura defeated Corbin by disqualification after Corbin attacked him with a low blow . Two days later on SmackDown Live, Nakamura defeated Corbin in a rematch to end their feud . On the August 1 episode of SmackDown Live, Nakamura defeated John Cena to earn the right to challenge Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship on August 20 at SummerSlam, where Nakamura lost following a distraction from The Singh Brothers . On the September 5 episode of SmackDown Live, Nakamura defeated Randy Orton to earn another title shot against Mahal for the title at Hell in a Cell, where he lost again . </P> <P> On the October 31 episode of SmackDown Live, Nakamura defeated Kevin Owens to earn a spot on Team SmackDown at Survivor Series, where he was the first man to be eliminated in the 5 - on - 5 Survivor Series elimination match against Team Raw . On December 17 at Clash of Champions, Nakamura teamed up with Orton in a losing effort against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens . On the inaugural episode of Mixed Match Challenge on January 16, 2018, Nakamura teamed with Natalya in the Mixed Match Challenge tournament, but the duo was defeated by Boss Club (Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks) in the first round . </P> <P> On January 28 at the Royal Rumble, Nakamura would enter the namesake match at number 14 and go on to win the men's Royal Rumble match after last eliminating Roman Reigns . Immediately afterwards, Nakamura announced that he would challenge AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34, where he lost to Styles . After the match, Nakamura turned heel by attacking Styles with a low blow followed by a Kinshasa . On the following episode of SmackDown Live, Nakamura said in an interview that he got "too emotional" and was "sorry" for attacking Styles, but when asked to explain more he sarcastically said: "Sorry, no speak English". Later that night, Nakamura cemented his heel turn by attacking Styles and Daniel Bryan, low blowing Styles twice and striking Bryan in the back of the head with a Kinshasa . Nakamura continued to low blow Styles in the following weeks and it was announced that he would get a rematch for the title at the Greatest Royal Rumble . On the April 24 episode of SmackDown Live, Nakamura debuted a new entrance and theme song . At the Greatest Royal Rumble, Styles and Nakamura fought to a double count - out, with Styles retaining his WWE Championship . As a result, another rematch between Nakamura and Styles was made for Backlash with a no disqualification stipulation added on the May 1 episode of SmackDown Live . At the event on May 6, Nakamura and Styles fought to a no contest after low blowing each other, with Styles again retaining the title . Looking for a decisive winner, SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon announced one more rematch between Nakamura and Styles at Money in the Bank . Nakamura was granted the right to choose the stipulation for the match after defeating Styles on the May 15 episode of SmackDown Live, which he revealed the following week, to be a Last Man Standing match after laying Styles out with a Kinshasa and giving him a 10 - count . </P>

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