Asuka had won the battle royal last week on Smackdown and was inserted in the championship match between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair at WWE TLC. But it seems that she might have more of a role than expected.
On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez discussed the possibility of Asuka actually becoming the Smackdown Women’s Champion. If WWE’s Wrestlemania plans remain the same, Becky dropping her title might just happen. This is what he said:
“It makes me wonder if maybe the reason she’s in there is to win because of course, you know how they do things. Nobody’s gonna expect it. Everybody’s expecting either Becky Lynch or Charlotte to walk out with the title but — hey, they could very easily do the deal where they’re both in the Royal Rumble, they’re both trying to win the Rumble to get their hands on Ronda Rousey and if they’re both going to be in the Rumble then somebody else should be the champion. So there’s a very good chance Asuka will walk out as champion. I guess we’ll find out.”
So it seems that either Becky or Charlotte or perhaps both will be going after Ronda Rousey eventually. So if this were to be WWE’s plan, then Asuka winning the title would make the most sense. We will have to wait and see what happens at WWE TLC.
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h/t to Ringside News for the transcription.
