On Tuesday's edition of SmackDown Live, Shinsuke Nakamura chose a Last Man Standing stipulation for his match against AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2018 on June 17.

It seemed like a rousing decision at the time, as Nakamura beat Styles for the right to choose the stipulation, hinting at a possible title change.

However, when factoring in everything that has come before it and all the possible outcomes of this match, there's a good chance this match could be doomed to upset the WWE Universe.

That revolves around two things: repetition and a build toward nothing.

This feud began with Nakamura's Royal Rumble victory in January, after which he immediately challenged Styles.

For the next few months, they were kept apart until the time came to start properly building toward their WrestleMania encounter, which largely consisted of Nakamura repeating the phrase "knee to face" and scoffing at the notion from Styles.

Styles retained the title in New Orleans, which upset Nakamura so much that he turned heel and nailed his former friend with a low blow after the match.

The result upset some fans looking forward to seeing Nakamura win the title, but he was then given another opportunity to fight for the belt at the Greatest Royal Rumble event for no apparent reason.

Oddly, WWE chose to book the finish for that to be a double count-out, signaling that this feud would continue.

To try to offset that notion, general manager Paige declared they would have a third match, this time No Disqualification, to ensure a winner.

However, both men failed for the second time to answer the referee's 10-count to get back to their feet.

By this point, Nakamura had outright lost one match and fought to a no-contest on his two other title shots, but he faced Styles for a fourth times just to determine which one of them would pick the stipulation of their next fight.

Nakamura's choice was the Last Man Standing gimmick—a match that depends entirely on one, and only one, competitor failing to answer a 10-count.

Looking at this layout of events, the repetition element is obvious.

By the time Money in the Bank comes around, it will be Nakamura's fifth match against Styles. There's almost nothing they can do that is different from what they've already done.

If Nakamura is victorious, WWE has booked itself into a corner. Styles will either invoke his rematch clause to set up a sixth match for the two on SmackDown or Extreme Rules or that rule will be ignored entirely.

Both scenarios are bad, as one of them continues the repetition and the other flies in the face of logic.

On the other hand, if Nakamura loses yet again, it will seem as though WWE dragged this feud out for no reason other than perhaps laziness and an unwillingness to think of something else for Styles to do.

After all, why keep having Nakamura fighting Styles and have no payoff?

Even if Nakamura does win, why didn't he win at Backlash or the Greatest Royal Rumble, if not WrestleMania itself? That would have at least led to the easy rematch idea to keep the feud going.

But the worst scenario for this a third draw in the Last Man Standing match. There have been instances of that in the past, such as when The Undertaker retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Batista at Backlash 2007.

If that happens, the audience will assuredly be upset, particularly as Last Man Standing matches tend to be rather boring, since they revolve around people doing moves and then waiting several seconds over and over again.

Essentially, this is a match that offers nothing more than the previous No Disqualification match could, but with the handicap of having a slower pace, a possibility of another draw and a no-win predicament with choosing the winner.

If Nakamura wins, the feud continues much longer than it should have, or it ends in a way that would've made more sense at earlier events.

If Styles wins, the feud either continues with even less of a reason for Nakamura to keep getting opportunities, or it proves that Nakamura didn't deserve all of these matches as he couldn't get the job done.

If it ends a draw, WWE's creative team is stuck in a loop the writers either can't break themselves from, or have chosen not to.

Anthony Mango is the owner of the wrestling website Smark Out Moment and the host of the podcast show Smack Talk on YouTube, iTunes and Stitcher. You can follow him on Facebook and elsewhere for more.