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contestant in this series!!!! The sixth installment features how Asuka has been booked on the main roster. Her NXT career could be seen as the best for a female wrestler in NXT's history. She's been given different quite the creative for the last 2 years but recently has been at the forefront of the Raw Women's division. Has that catapulted her main roster success? Or failure? Let's dive in!
NXT Highlights:
- Made first NXT appearance at Takeover: Brooklyn in August 2015 (first Japanese wrestler to sign with WWE since Bull Nakano in 1994)
- Defeated Dana Brooke at Takeover: Respect in October in her debut match and Emma at Takeover: London in December
- Was the second to last woman eliminated in a Battle Royal by Eva Marie in January 2016 to determine the number one contender to Bayley's NXT Women's Championship
- The winner of that Battle Royal, Carmella, Lost her title match to Bayley in February; Asuka saved Carmella after the match from a post match attack from Eva Marie and Nia Jax
- Won the NXT Women's Championship from Bayley at Takeover: Dallas in April
- Successfully defended the title vs Nia Jax at Takeover: The End in June
- Beat Bayley again at Takeover: Brooklyn 2 in August and Mickie James at Takeover: Toronto in November
- Retained her title vs The IIconics and Nikki Cross in a Fatal Four Way at Takeover: San Antonio in January 2017
- Became the longest champion in NXT history in February (male or female)
- Defeated Ember Moon at Takeover: Orlando in April to retain the NXT Women's Title
- Retained again, vs Moon and Ruby Riott in a Triple Threat match at Takeover: Chicago in May
- Retained vs Nikki Cross in June in a Last Women Standing Match
- Surpassed Goldberg's winning streak and Rockin' Robin's record setting 502 day WWF Women's Title reign
- Faced Moon again at Takeover: Brooklyn 3 in August and once again retained her title; broke her collarbone which had her miss 6-8 weeks of in ring action
- Relinquished the title in September, ending her reign at 510 days; also did not lose a match via pinfall or submission in her NXT career
Main Roster Highlights:
- Went to Raw, then won her debut match at the TLC PPV, defeating Emma
-Was part of the Women's Raw Team for Survivor Series, and was the sole survivor, beating Tamina and Natalya to win for her team
- Remained undefeated for the rest of 2017, defeating the likes of Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox, and Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss in a non title match
- Won the first ever Women's Royal Rumble in January 2018 at the PPV, eliminating Nikki Bella
- Beat Nia Jax at the Elimination Chamber PPV in February; her and Mixed Match Challenge partner The Miz won the tournaent
- Lost to Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania 34 in April in a title match via submission, suffering her first loss in WWE and ending her undefeated streak at 914 days
- Drafted to Smackdown; lost a Smackdown Women's Championship match to Carmella at the MITB PPV in June, losing her first WWE match via pinfall
- Lost to Carmella again in a Title at Extreme Rules in July with James Ellsworth in a shark cage above the ring
- Lost a tag team match with Naomi vs The IIconics at WWE Super Showdown in October
- Paired with The Miz to defend their Mixed Match Challenge title but lost in the semifinals vs R-Truth and Carmella
- Was the last woman eliminated from Team Smackdown at Survivor Series in November
- Took part in the first ever Women's TLC match ad the TLC PPV in December vs Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair and won the Smackdown Women's Title
- Successfully defended her title in early 2019 vs Lynch (Royal Rumble) and Mandy Rose (Fastlane in March)
- Lost the title to Charlotte Flair on Smackdown on March 26, ending her reign at 100 days
- Teamed with Kairi Sane to form the Kabuki Warriors with Paige as their manager in April
- Earned a WWE Women's Tag Team Title Opportunity vs the IIconics and won but via countout in July
- Fought Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross for the titles but lost
- Defeated Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville in September and finally won the Women's Titles vs Bliss and Cross at the HIAC PPV, when Asuka sprayed green mist in Nikki's eyes, turning the team heel
- Drafted to Raw shorty thereafter and fired Paige as their manager via green mist in her eyes
- Lost to Becky Lynch in a match for the Raw Women's Title at the Royal Rumble in 2020 and lost to Lynch again in a rematch in February on Raw
- Lost the Women's Tag Titles to Bliss and Cross on the first night of Wrestlemania 36 in April
- Defeated Ruby Riott to qualify for the Women's MITB match at the PPV event
- Won the briefcase at the MITB PPV in the women's ladder match
-The next night, Becky Lynch revealed that the Raw Women's Title was in the briefcase and not a contract, indicating she vacated the championship due to her pregnancy, which officially made Asuka the second women' Grand Slam winner (Bayley); she's currently feuding with Nia Jax, confirming she's a face again
Asuka was an undefeated woman on NXT and Raw, then questionable booking after Mania 34 definitely hurt her character. So her her main roster run been a success or failure??
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