Asuka is one of the most dominant competitors in women’s wrestling history, and when she was initially signed to the company, she remined undefeated up until WrestleMania 34 where she would tap to Charlotte Flair.
This decision has always confused fans, as it seemed like the perfect time for Asuka to be crowned as the queen of WWE’s women’s division.
During his Oh You Didn’t Know podcast, Road Dogg spoke about ending Asuka’s undefeated streak.
“Either you’re gonna put Asuka over (at WrestleMania 34) and she maintains that thing, or you’re gonna put Charlotte (Flair) over and holy mackerel, she’s broken the streak, and you know, the streak only goes for so long. You can’t be undefeated forever, you know what I mean? As much as everybody hated it with The Undertaker’s streak being broken, I guess he could’ve just retired with his streak unbroken, but they were thinking about the future and who do we give this (to)? Same thing, same thing here.
If you’re gonna beat Asuka, who you gonna give that carrot to? Because she’s undefeated and so somebody who beats her, you better be looking to do something with and of course we were looking to do something with Charlotte always, and so, that goes back and forth, and you’ll hear ideas for each to go over, and the bottom line is you look at the roster and go, hey, on the other side of this, who’s better as a champion? Who has more people to work with? There’s a lot of stuff people don’t think about (that) goes into all this and so there’s a lot of thinking down to the wire all the time. It’s just a little different when it’s Mania. But a lot of meeting behind closed doors goes on there too and people negotiate. People go in and have an idea and maybe it wins the day, and something changes. That happens.”
Road Dogg
Asuka has been off WWE TV since WrestleMania 39, where she would lose to Bianca Belair with the RAW Women’s Championship on the line.
We will have to wait and see what comes next for The Empress Of Tomorrow.
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