Battleground 2017 Shinsuke Nakamura v Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin has gone out of his way to show he isn’t afraid of Shinsuke Nakamura. At WWE Battleground, that all might change.

Mr. Money in the Bank will do battle with The King of Strong Style on the SmackDown LIVE-exclusive pay-per-view, bringing their frothing rivalry to a head after weeks of assaults by The Lone Wolf — including one that nearly took Nakamura out of the Money in the Bank Ladder Match that Corbin eventually won — and a retaliatory strike by Nakamura before what was scheduled to be their first-ever match on SmackDown LIVE. When that sneak attack led to an all-out brawl between WWE’s Rockstar and Mr. Money in the Bank, a contest between the two was instead sanctioned for WWE Battleground.

With months of bad blood and Corbin’s blatant disregard for his opponent, the two Superstars finally have an opportunity to settle their differences, but don’t expect anything approaching civility in this one. Fittingly enough for a battleground, expect something closer to an all-out war.