ACT I: Conquering the Queen
WrestleMania 34 (April 8th, 2018)
Michael Cole: “Oh my god! Charlotte has Asuka in the Figure Four 4, bridging into the Figure 8! On one arm, she’s holding her up on one arm, the injured arm of Charlotte!” Now from here instead of tapping out, Asuka holds on. Despite the pain, Asuka has a plan.
Asuka starts to bridge up herself, easing the pain and allowing her to apply enough pressure on Charlotte’s hurt shoulder to flip her over, now Charlotte is writhing in pain! Asuka is dragging her to the middle of the ring and when she reaches the centre, she breaks the hold. Asuka turns and jumps on Charlottes back, locking in the ASUKA LOCK! Charlotte tries to sit up and crawl but can’t do it with her injured shoulder. She reaches out for the ropes but is just millimetres short. Charlotte passes out. ASUKA WINS THE SMACKDOWN WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP! (19:10)
-Also on the Wrestlemania show, Naomi wins the inaugural Women’s Battle Royale, earning herself a future title shot-
Smackdown after Mania! (April 10th, 2018)
Asuka opens the show, “I told Charlotte, I told everyone, NO ONE IS READY FOR ASUKA! Charlotte was not ready for Asuka! No one is ready for ASUKA!” Charlotte Flair music plays, she walks down, gear on, cape on and no posing, just all business comes down to the ring. “Get to the back, get your gear on. I want my rematch. NOW”.Asuka mocks Charlotte and pretends to be scared. Charlotte slaps her and repeats herself. Asuka takes off her gown and gets right in Charlottes face. Naomi music plays and she comes out to the top of the ramp with a microphone, speaking as she walks down the ramp.
“I know you ain’t jumping in front of me for this shot. I’m next in line bitch!” As soon as Naomi enters the ring, she is hit with a big boot from Charlotte. Then she starts waiting on Naomi. Asuka pulls her off, straight into an Asuka lock. Charlotte rolls backwards and out of it but is immediately hit with a spinning back fist, knocking her to the floor. Asuka turns and is hit with a Rear View by Naomi. She lifts the title belt off the mat and places it on Asuka.
Later that night, Naomi will be found in the parking lot, thrown over a car window. The following week on Smackdown Charlotte would confront about whether she hurt Naomi or not, and pleads not guilty. Saying it was probably Asuka. Unable to give Naomi her match at Backlash, Charlotte will be able to cash in her rematch clause. This time though, she wants a 2 out of 3 falls match. She knows she’s the better wrestler as she’s going to prove it.
Backlash (May 6th, 2018) – Asuka vs Charlotte 2 out of 3 falls – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
This match is more hard hitting than their last one. Charlotte is fighting from beneath and fight more ruthlessly. Every German Suplex is hit with extra authority. This wouldn’t be enough to put Asuka down though. As Asuka would evade a spear on the outside, sending Charlotte through the barricade. Asuka is immediately on Charlotte, rolls her into the Asuka Lock.
After a minute of struggle, Charlotte decides to tap out instead, giving the first fall to
Asuka. (17:40) Asuka gets off her and yells, “CHARLOTTES NOT READY FOR ASUKA!!!” This gets her more frustrated and she charges at her, looking for a spear but it’s leap frogged about then Asuka as she bounces off the ropes, still looking for the spear, she’s hit with a FLYING ARM-BAR! Charlotte is stuck again, but not giving up. She manages to roll Asuka over for a pinfall but Asuka reverses it back to an armbar. Charlotte rolls Asuka into pinfall position again but this time lifts her up and hits a powerbomb! Charlotte is up first, Asuka is slowly recovering as Charlotte line her up for a SPEAR! One… Two… ASUKA KICKS OUT!
Charlotte is shocked, she grabs Asuka legs, looking for a Figure Four but Asuka reverses it into a roll up, ONE…TWO… CHARLOTTE KICKS OUT! Both women rolls backwards and Charlotte looks for another spear but Asuka leaps over her and locks in the Asuka Lock. As soon as Asuka takes Charlotte to the floor, she manages to roll back and into a pinfall. ONE… TWO…… ASUKA KICKS OUT! Charlotte looks for another Spear but is met by a Side Head Kick from Asuka. It doesn’t drop the Queen though and she returns with a Big Boot, knocking Asuka to the floor. “WOOOOOO!!!” Charlotte goes to lock in the Figure Four again, Asuka reverses it again into a roll-up, and traps her legs! ONE….TWO….THREE! Asuka wins! 2-0. (24:20)
Also on the Backlash show, Carmella would CASH-IN on Nia Jax and win the RAW Women’s World Championship. This would spark a trade between the brands, with Smackdown getting Bayley, she would join newly traded Sasha Banks on Smackdown.
——————MONEY IN THE BANK——————
In the lead up to Money in the Bank Naomi would return to challenge Asuka. Meanwhile Charlotte set her eyes on the Money in the Bank contract, getting a lot more desperate in her quest to reclaim the Women’s Championship.
Money in the Bank (June 17th, 2018) – Asuka vs Naomi – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
This was another great match for Asuka on the main roster, Naomi is fired up and ready to prove something. Tonight however, she proved she could hang with the other women at the top of the division, but she wasn’t ready for Asuka. Asuka wins with the Asuka Lock in 16:10.
After the match, while Asuka is still celebrating. Charlotte Flair’s music plays as she won tonights Money in the Bank contract. Charlotte hands her contract over and the CASH IN is accepted. Charlotte enters the ring, Asuka is ready to fight her. The bells rings.
Asuka and Charlotte, from opposite sides of the ring, charge at each other. Charlotte gets the boot on Asuka. “WOOOO!” She looks to lock in the Figure Four but Asuka reverses it into a roll-up! ONE…TWO…T- CHARLOTTE KICKS OUT THIS TIME! Straight as she get back to her feet, Charlotte turn to Asuka and hits a SPEAR! She doesn’t pin, instead she lift up Asuka, hoping for another Spear when READ VIEW BY NAOMI and the referee rings the bell. Naomi just flattened both women and this match is a No Contest. Naomi continues to assault Charlotte around the arena, hitting her with chairs and throwing her into the steps. Asuka manages to crawl away and escape, while Namoi suplexes Charlotte from the top of the steps, onto the announce table.
ACT II: Cracks in the Empire
——————EXTREME RULES——————
Coming out of Money in the Bank, Asuka had no challengers. So a No.1 Contenders Match was set, Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks vs Bayley. This match was won by Becky Lynch.
The Irish Lass Kicker confronted Asuka, saying she’s never faced someone with the passion or heart for ass kicker like she has. Asuka just offers to Becky the chance shake her hand and she accepts. Asuka doesn’t let go of the shake but telling Becky, “You’re not ready for Asuka.”
Before the show, Charlotte confronts Becky backstage, both still good friends. Charlotte, very serious in tone, wonders what Beckys doing, challenging for her Championship. Becky tells her that she earned this shot. Charlottes demeanour changes reiterating that what she meant was, ONCE Becky wins, she will have to beat her for it. Becky smiles and says the may the best woman win.
Extreme Rules (July 15th, 2018) – Asuka vs Becky Lynch – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Before we get into this match it must be noted that Charlotte and Naomi face each other at the start of the show in an Extreme Rules match. Charlotte would win this!
Becky and Asuka do go to war here, Becky is ready to step up and reclaim the Women’s World Championship. Becky would also comes to the ring with Charlotte to accompany her. Becky adopt the same Asuka Lock reversal as Charlotte, making it very difficult for Asuka to take Becky down. Never to worry as she had many other methods of victory. Tonight would be a fun one.
After about 15 minutes, Becky finally manages to lock in a Dis-ARM-her and Asuka is struggling to find the ropes. She wiggles around but still no luck. She manages to see Charlotte and smiles at her, teasing the tap out, with Charlotte jolting ever closer to her as she teases. Finally Asuka looks to tap out but Charlotte hold her arm, not allowing the tap out. Asuka just starts laughing and Charlotte lets go, realising what she’s done. Unfortunately Becky has already seen it.
Becky leaves the ring and confronts Charlotte, getting right in Charlottes face. Charlotte pushes Becky away and then she’s hit with a suicide dive from Asuka. Asuka and Becky begin a hockey fight outside the ring, ending with Asuka pushing Becky into the the ring post and then hitting a Spin kick. Asuka turns and is hit with a SPEAR FROM CHARLOTTE! Giving the referee no choice but to call for the DQ finish. Asuka is holding her stomach in pain, but laughing as she crawls to her championship.
Charlotte gets that look again, realising what she did. Becky gets back to her feet and says nothing to Charlotte just marches over to her, Charlotte pleading and saying sorry. Becky just hugs her and the camera catches her saying, ‘I’m Sorry’. As Becky pulls back from the hug and smacks Charlotte across the face and drops her to the floor. She jumps on Charlotte and starts wailing on her as Asuka leaves through the crowd.
——————SUMMERSLAM——————
On the road to SummerSlam, Becky Lynch confronts Asuka. Reminding her she never beat Becky. Asuka tells Becky that she can fight Asuka whenever she wants, but she’s still not ready. Later that night, Becky Lynch would be found backstage, taken out in the women’s locker room. The Smackdown general manager, with Becky unable to fight, would end up booking a gauntlet match to determine the No.1 Contender and Charlotte would win that match.
In the Go Home show before the PPV, Charlotte and Asuka would share the ring throwing insults at each other. Charlotte promises to take everything from Asuka and Asuka reminding her that everything she has is because she beat Charlotte, 3 times! Charlotte has never bean ready for Asuka. Becky Lynch’s music plays and she marches down the ring, sliding a Kendo stick out of sleeve as she enters. Charlotte tries to run away but is caught by Asuka and she throws her to Becky. Becky begins to wail on Charlotte and Asuka just claps along.
Once Charlotte manages to escape the ring, Becky points the Kendo to Asuka. Asuka is shocked and walks straight into the Kendo until it is pushing into her chest. Asuka lifts the Kendo to her head and yells to “COME ON!” And when Becky doesn’t hit her. She reminds her “You’re not ready for Asuka”.
SummerSlam (August 19th, 2018) – Asuka vs Charlotte vs Becky Lynch – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Great Triple Threat action on display in this match, as there are constant kick out counters and saves throughout this match. Charlotte has Asuka in the Figure Four but Becky manages to break it up with an elbow drop from the top rope. The Asuka Lock is locked in on Becky when suddenly a MOONSAULT from Charlotte breaks the hold. Even when Becky finally manages to have Asuka where she wants her, in the Dis-Arm-Her. Charlotte rush back into the ring and hits a spear on Becky. Finding a pinfall or submission in this match is becoming more and more difficult.
As the match draws to a close. Asuka is down in the middle of the ring. Becky is on down in the corner, after just suffering a Spear from Charlotte. Now lining up another for Asuka, Charlotte waits in the corner until suddenly her legs are dragged out behind her and then her knees are rammed into the ring post, who’s the hooded figure doing this? IT’s NAOMI! Naomi is back and pissed at Charlotte still. She grabs a chair and hits her leg against the post before putting her in a figure four, warping her around the ring post! Charlotte is screaming in pain. Becky Lynch crawls closer and locks on in glee as Charlotte screams.
Asuka screams and runs at Becky, looking for a hip attack. Becky and hits an O’connor roll pinfall attempt, easily kick out of by Asuka but straight into a DISARMHER! Asuka is still on her knees and not out of it yet. She manages to turn this into a roll up of her own, kick out by Becky, straight into a ROUND HOUSE KICK and then Asuka pounces on Becky with the Asuka Lock! Becky tries to escape but is still a little dazed. Eventually she passes out. Asuka wins (19:30)
——————HELL IN A CELL——————
In the build to Hell in a Cell, Charlotte and Naomi drift off into their own feud. Leading to a Hell in a Cell match. Asuka however still can’t get rid of Becky Lynch, with the Lass Kicker adamant that she is ready for Asuka. If she can just get the match, one on one she’s sure she can beat her. Asuka has no problem with this, she’s happy to fight Becky any place, any where. However, this time Asuka wants to make sure this is the last she sees of Becky, this time it’ll be a 30 minute Ironman match.
Hell in a Cell (September 16th, 2018) – Asuka vs Becky Lynch – 30 minute Ironman – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
-Naomi would end up beaten Charlotte in the Hell in a Cell Match, taking Charlotte off TV for awhile-
Finally Becky gets her one on one and she has 30 minutes to prove to Asuka she’s ready. These woman fight tooth and nail to beat one another. Halfway through the match and still no pinfall. Becky and Asuka find themselves outside the ring. Asuka winding up a Head Kick on Becky but it’s caught and Becky hits a Bexploder on Asuka, into the barricade. Becky wants to capitalise on this opportunity and throws Asuka into the ring, quickly looking for a DIS-ARM-HER! But Asuka grabs her leg, then takes her arm and locks on the ASUKA LOCK! Becky is writhing in pain, desperately trying not to pass out. Asuka rolls them both into the middle of the ring and hope is loss for Becky, before she passes out, she taps. Knowing there’s still 10 minutes left she makes sure not to pass out. Asuka scores a fall. 1-0. (20:10)
Becky is back to her feet, as is Asuka. They’re both exchanging strikes in the middle of the ring. Asuka gains the advantage and hits a couple of consecutive strikes, finishing her off with a vicious Head Kick. ONE… TWO..THR— BECKY KICKS OUT! Asuka is shocked, still unable to defeat Becky this late in the match. She lifts up Becky, looking for another but she’s caught again. Becky looking for the Bexploder again but Asuka manages to grab the referee for leverage and they’re sandwiching Becky. This is enough to break the hold and Asuka hits a leg kick on Becky, dropping her to the floor. Asuka climbs to the top rope and waits for Becky to get to her feet, looking for a Missle Dropkick BUT BECKY PUSHES THE REF INTO THE ROPES and that drops Asuka. Becky rushes to the top rope and hits an AVALANCHE BEXPLODER! Becky crawls over to Asuka and looks for a pinfall. ONE ….TWO….THREE! Becky Lynch has pinned Asuka, the first person to do it! Becky score the fall. 1-1 (27:30)
Becky is still a little shocked but quickly jumps to take advantage. She lifts up Asuka and hits ANOTHER BEXPLODER! This has to be the end, but as she’s crawling over to Asuka, she rolls out of the ring. Becky is exhausted and she drags herself outside the ring, noting there’s only 2 minutes to go. Asuka is still trying to get away and uses the barricade near the announce table to get herself to her feet. She turns and kicks Becky in her in the knee. Asuka drags Becky with her to the barricade and both women climb up. The begin exchanging elbows on the barricade. Asuka again gain the advantage, managing to hit a Head Kick on Becky. Becky looks out of it but grabs Asuka and hits a direct Head-Butt, seemingly knocking out both women and they both fall off the barricade and through the announce table. The time runs out. It’s a draw. 1-1.
Both women to crawl to the ring and tell the referee they want to continue. The referee is talking into his mic, then Michael Cole gets to his feet, he has an announcement. “This match will go to SUDDEN DEATH!” Becky and Asuka get back to their feet and begin a Hockey fight in the middle of the ring! Asuka looks for another Head Kick but Becky catches it, looking for a Bexploder but as she begins lifting, Asuka shifts her weight and takes her back, locking in the Asuka Lock. Becky’s in the middle of the ring, there’s nowhere to go and Becky passes out. Asuka wins the final fall! (33:20)
——————SuperShow DownUnder——————
With Becky behind her and Charlotte injured after her Hell in a Cell defeat to Naomi, Asuka is looking for new opponents for SuperShow DownUnder. So a two Triple Threat matches are made, with the winner facing each other later that next week.
MATCH ONE, Bayley vs Peyton Royce vs Natalya is won by Peyton Royce as she throws Bayley out of the ring after a Bayley to Belly on Natalya.
MATCH TWO, Mandy Rose vs Sasha Banks vs Billie Kay is won by Billie Kay as she manages to kick Mandy off the apron and reverse a rollup by Sasha into a roll up of her own.
No.1 contenders match, Billie Kay vs Peyton Royce ends in A DRAW! As both women, fighting for nearly 15 minutes, end up kicking each other in the head. Billie with her Shades of Kay Big Boot and Peyton with her Spinning Heel Kick. Both women comically fall on the other and then pin one another. Management decide that they both deserve a shot at SuperShow-Down.
SuperShow-Down Australia (October 28th, 2018) – Asuka vs Billie Kay vs Peyton Royce – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
-Earlier in the night Bayley would win a Battle Royal, earning herself a World Title match at Evolution.
The match starts with Billie and Peyton shaking hands. Asuka gestures for them to shake her, but instead that stand next to each other to face Asuka. Peyton does a safety roll to the left and Billie looks for a Big Boot. Asuka sees the boot and moves behind her, looking for a German Suplex but Peyton holds onto Billie. She pulls Billie towards her and she ducks allowing Peyton to clothesline Asuka.
They both pick up Asuka and throw her out of the ring. Now they stare each other down, the Australian crowd begins to rile up and they both soak it in. Peyton starts to hold her head and drops to one knee. Billie comes to check on her and then Peyton dramatically faints. Billie is shocked and then she covers her. Billie screams for the referee to count the pinfall but he doesn’t want to. “What’re you doing? She could be hurt!” says the referee. Billie responds, “She’s bloody fine ya Drongo!”
Reluctantly the referee make the pinfall, ONE… TWO… TH- ASUKA pulls Billie out of the ring, breaking the pinfall. Asuka begins stomping down on Billie when Peyton suddenly wakes up and sees this. She quickly leaves the ring and jumps on Asuka’s back. Billie begins to crawl away as Asuka pulls Peyton off and shoves her, leading to her tripping over the crawling Billie and into the steps.
Now Asuka knows their plan, she dominates the match. Throwing Billie and Peyton into one another, into the barricade, step and over the announce table. The Iconics get the upper hand one other time, using some teamwork. This time though they’re unable to decide who will lay down and that’s enough time for Asuka to recover and hit a hip attack on Peyton, crashing her into Billie. This knocks Billie out of the ring and Peyton falls straight into a Asuka lock, quickly tapping out.
——————Evolution——————
In the build to Evolution, Bayley reminds Asuka that she was the part of the generation that made it a requirement for women to step up there game if they wanted to be in NXT. She tells Asuka, “I’m proud of you, for everything she’s accomplished since beating me for the NXT Women’s Championship. At Evolution though, Asuka won’t be facing you aren’t facing the same Bayley. I’m better now than I’ve ever been and this time, it’ll be me taking home the gold.”
Asuka: “You’re very good Bayley, one of the best to do it. I really like you. But in NXT, I took it to another level. You raise the bar but I raised it higher. This new generation of NXT Women breaking through now, my generation. You’re not ready for any of them, You’re still not ready for me.”
Evolution (October 28th, 2018) – Asuka vs Bayley – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
These women know how to put on a show with one another and both women have only gotten better with time. The match is very technical in the early goings with Bayley having a lot of answers for Asuka’s offence. While counter after counter leads to roll up after roll up, Asuka is just laughing and enjoying the game. Bayley smiles when she sees Asuka laughing and demands she stand up to fight. Both women begin exchanging stiff strike, Asuka clearly with the advantage but Bayley with the greater resilience. Asuka manages to catch Bayley with a Head Kick that dropping Bayley to the floor, she rolls out to the apron. Bayley is using the turnbuckles to get back to her feet when Asuka comes from behind and looks for a German Suplex, but Bayley elbows her out away, turning and catching a kick from Asuka, turning it into a BAYLEY TO BELLY off the apron to the floor.
Bayley is slow to reach her, as she is still recovering. Once she finally gets her into the ring, it’s Asuka immediately locks in an armbar! Bayley is screaming in pain but won’t give up. She manages to roll up Asuka for another pinfall but she kicks out STRAIGHT INTO A BAYKEY TO BELLY centre of the ring! One…Two…Th- ASUKA GETS HER FOOT ON THE ROPE! This match will continue. Bayley is livid.
Bayley decides it’s time to escalate and takes Asuka to the top turnbuckle, looking for a Bayley to Belly from the top. Asuka begins to fight out of it, hitting Bayley with consecutive headbutts. Asuka drops to the apron as Bayley, a little dazed, finds herself no sitting on the top turnbuckle. Asuka rushes back into the ring and up the top rope for an AVALANCHE BAYLEY TO BELLY FROM ASUKA! She looks for the pin on Bayley, ONE…TWO… BAYLEY kicks out! But she’s straight into the Asuka Lock! Bayley tries to break free, even gets her feet under herself but as she begins to stand, she staggers and falls to the ground. She’s passed out. Asuka wins (26:20)
ACT III: Can You Eclipse an Empress
——————SURVIVOR SERIES——————
In the build to Survivor Series, Charlotte Flair returns and confronts Asuka. She tells her that she isn’t here to ask for a match or fight her even. But a few weeks ago Asuka said something that she didn’t like. Something about her generation not being ready for the new generation? What did you mean by that? Because her generation has The Four Horsewoman. Asuka is only here because Charlottes generation built the foundation on which she stands on. “I’ll admit, you’re an anomaly! But you eclipsed your generation and left them behind. We brought each other up and that’s why your generation only has one highlight. YOU.”
Bayley and Sasha’s music plays and she comes down to agree with Charlotte, who from Asuka’s generation could possible hold a candle to all the women in the ring now? Asuka is speechless and applauds them all, then leaves the ring up the ramp. Making talking emotes with her hands when Becky Lynch’s music plays and she walks out onto the ramp.
Becky: “I do not have to like everyone in that ring to agree with them. You may have beaten most of us. But you will not put down the achievements we all accomplished. At Survivor Series, I want you to bring your generation and you put them against us. We will see who comes out on top.” Asuka brushes her off and Becky smiles to the women in the ring.
Asuka spends the rest of the night getting herself some teammates. She find the Iconics back stage and they agree to help but they ask who the 4th member should be? Asuka has one idea.
Next week on Monday Night Raw, Asuka shows up backstage and goes knocking on the women’s locker room, and finds who she’s looking for. Ember Moon. Ember immediately agrees to help on one condition, she wants another shot at beating Asuka. She agrees.
Survivor Series (November 18th, 2018) – Horsewomen vs New Generation
The stage is set, the four Horsewomen vs the New Generation. Asuka starts for her team while Becky and Charlotte bicker over who is going to start, Sasha decides neither of them will, she will. Asuka and Sasha fight a very technical start, eventually Asuka hits a head kick on Sasha but it doesn’t drop her, instead she turns to look at Asuka and slaps the taste out of her mouth. She drifts back to her corner and Ember tag in, attacking Sasha immediately.
As the match goes on, both teams are able to put their differences aside for the match. Becky and Charlotte manage to keep Asuka and Ember out of the ring and this leads to a quick double elimination of the Iconics. (8:55), (9:10) Asuka and Ember our outside of the ring, recovering from being thrown over the announce table. The four horsewoman stand in the ring, ushering them into the ring to fight. They look at each other and fist bump, then rush into the ring facing the odds. Asuka is brawling with Charlotte and Bayley as Ember takes on Sasha and Becky. They put up a decent fight at first but eventually are beaten by the numbers game. Asuka hits a Spin Kick on Charlotte but is then caught with a Bayley to Belly. Ember superkicks Bayley but is then hit with a Bexploder. The referee finally manages to bring order to the match, leaving only two people in the ring. Ember and Bayley.
Ember and Bayley are back to their feet, Bayley is quickly looking for a Bayley to Belly but Ember holds on with her leg, headbutts Bayley and hits a Double Underhook Suplex. Looking down at Bayley, then to Asuka, she jumps on her and locks in the Asuka Lock! Asuka is cheering in the corner, Bayley is writhing in pain but can’t escape, leading to her tapping out. Bayley is eliminated, (13:10)
Becky comes running in with a missile dropkick on Ember, throwing her back into the corner. Asuka tags in and start throwing strikes Becky, hitting a spinning head kick, dropping her to her knee. Followed by another head kick, then hits a forearm smash to a prone Becky before locking in the Asuka Lock! Charlotte looks to break up the submission but Ember jumps over Asuka and Becky and straight into an ECLIPSE ON CHARLOTTE. Eventually Becky passes out. Becky Lynch is eliminated, (15:20)
Sasha enters the ring slowly, outnumbered two to one with Charlotte out on the floor. Sasha charges at the women but is met with a double dropkick, Ember tells Asuka that she’ll climb to the top for another Eclipse. Asuka lifts up Sasha and hits a spinning heel kick, then lifts her up again for Ember. Ember leaps off the top rope but HITS ASUKA WITH AN ECLIPSE!
Commentary: “What is going on? That’s your team mate! Why’re you smiling Ember?.”
Ember looks down on Asuka, then over to Sasha and leaves the ring. Sasha covers Asuka. ONE… TWO… THREE! Ember is the only one left for her team. Asuka is eliminated, (18:00) Ember is now making her way through the crowd, abandoning the match. The referee has no choice but to count her out. Ember Moon is eliminated, (19:10).
——————Tables, Ladders & Chairs——————
Asuka is first to show herself on Smackdown, asking the question that everyone else has wondered. Why did you do it Ember? Fortunately, Ember Moons music plays, and she walks down to the ring with a big smile on her face. Ember doesn’t enter the ring, she speaks from just outside the ring.
Ember: “What’s wrong Asuka? You can’t figure out why I would attack you? We had that match won, I already had my title shot… Why would I bother attacking you?” Ember enters the ring, her face much more serious.
“I think it’d pretty self explanatory, I hate you!” Ember gets right in Asuka’s face when she says this. “When you left NXT, guess who was able to claim the NXT Women’s Championship? ME. But I couldn’t beat you. I tried twice and I couldn’t. I only won because you left, it felt like a win by default. No one looked at me like I was the best in the division. They just looked at me like a poor replacement for you. Since I’ve been NXT Champion now, beaten everyone in the division, I’m here not to face you and conquer the empress. I am ready for Asuka now!”
Asuka: “Everyone looked at you that way because it was the truth. I’d beaten you twice and you were only able to claim the title because I vacated it. I EVEN HANDED YOU THE TITLE AND YOU HUGGED ME! How dare you. Thank you is what you should say, if I didn’t leave, you would never hold the title. So thank you is what you should say.” Embers response is inaudible, as she raises the mic to her mouth and then drops it. ‘Fuck you.’ She mouths. Ember then slaps Asuka and the brawl breaks out, both women fight all around the ring, with some very stiff shots. Security rush out to break it up, Asuka is bleeding. Management comes out to the ramp and announces…
“If you two want to fight one another like wild animals I’ll give you the chance at TLC. In a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match!”
Tables, Ladders & Chairs (December 16th, 2018) – Asuka vs Ember Moon – TLC Match – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
This match is just chaos. Both women disregard the belt hanging above the ring for the first 15 minutes and solely focus on hurting their opponents. Asuka would be the first to retrieve the championship belt, with Ember Moon having been thrown out of the ring. Asuka would knock Ember out of the ring, go find a ladder, bring it but instead of going for the title, she would simply look up at it, then back to Ember and throw it at her down on the floor. Quickly, Asuka would look for another ladder, a bigger one, and with a small struggle she would get it into the ring.
This ladder nearly touched the belt itself with it’s height. Asuka would begin to climb as Ember was making her way back to her feet. Ember stood on the apron, smaller ladder in hand and throws it over two set up tables and at Asuka, knocking the ladder down, now leaning against the ropes and Asuka lands hard on the ropes, spring back into AN ECLIPSE from Ember. Ember is slow to get back to her feet but when she does she is now working fast, she pulls up that ladder and aims it straight for the titles. Her knees are sore from the battle they’ve been through so every step up hurts. As Ember is halfway, Asuka begins to reach for the ladder. Ember sees her hand on the ladder and begins climbing faster. However, faster for her wasn’t too much faster with her bad knees, Asuka and Ember arrive at the top of the ladder at nearly the same time.
Asuka and Ember begin exchanging strikes with Asuka gaining the advantage with a head-butt. She looks for a Side head kick but Ember catches it, throws it to the side to off balance Asuka and then hits a head kick of her own. Asuka falls from the ladder and crashes down two tables, side by side. Ember takes a moment to breathe, realising that Asuka is finally done for. She turns to the crowd to embrace and the crowd cheers but the cheers suddenly dissipate and turn to concern and a hooded figure would rush down the ramp and into the ring, quickly knocking Ember off the ladder and helping Asuka back to her feet. As Asuka stands, and it’s KAIRI SANE! Asuka is hurt and doesn’t show much shock at her arrival. Kairi helps Asuka up to the ladder, and she climbs. Ember would crawl back into the ring but Kairi quickly grabs a chair and throws it at her head, taking her out. Asuka wins, (25:10)
——————Royal Rumble——————
Ember demands another shot at Asuka and management agrees, she will get another shot at the Royal Rumble. Tonight she faces Kairi Sane, One on One. Ember would go on to win this match but most importantly Asuka would come out to watch and now receive boos from the crowd instead of her usual applause.
Royal Rumble (January 27th, 2019) – – Asuka vs Ember Moon – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Finally one on one, Kairi Sane is limping down to the ring with a crutch after an attack from Ember, something the crowd actually approved of at the time.
As soon as the bell ring, Ember hits a devastating dropkick, Asuka tries to take the advantage back with a bunch of kick but Ember catches he and hits a Suplex, sending her out of the ring. Ember doesn’t give her a chance to recover as she is immediately hit with a suicide dive. Ember turns to attention to Kairi, she kicks the crutch out from under her and laughs as she falls. Asuka is back up and immediately hits a German Suplex on Ember to the floor. Asuka stays on the offensive throwing into the steps and then into the barricade, hitting another German Suplex into the barricade.
Later in the match, Ember catches Asuka with a Superkick and then a Back Suplex Side Slam. She quickly makes her way to the top rope and as Asuka gets to her feet and pushes the ref into the ropes. Ember is ready for this and drops to the apron, the referee gets in Asuka’s face as Ember is climbing back to the top rope but when Asuka sees this, she hides behind the ref. Ember just sits and waits, she’s seen this trick before. Again, the referee gets into Asuka’s face, no allowing her the way win of a disqualification. As they’re arguing, Kairi gets up onto the apron, her foot doesn’t look like it’s hurting anymore and she hits Ember with her crutch, dropping her to a slump on the top rope. Asuka rushes over and hits a Buzzsaw Kick, dropping Ember to the mat. ONE…TWO..THR— EMBER KICKS OUT!
Asuka is in shock, she thought it was over. She stands up, looking for another as Ember is slowly making her way back to her feet. She turns to look at Asuka and is immediately met with another Buzzsaw Kick. ONE…TW— EMBER KICKS OUT AT ONE! She’s fired up and the crowd is buzzing behind her, she ducks a buzz kick from Asuka, gets sent into the ropes, charges back at Asuka, hitting a massive dropkick. Doesn’t stop there, as she hits KAIRI SANE with a Suicide Dive. Ember climbs up to the top rope as Asuka is almost back to her feet. Ember Moon hits an ECLIPSE on Asuka, centre of the ring. ONE…TWO…TH- ASUKA KICKS OUT!
Ember argues with the referee, claiming it was a Three! Asuka quickly jumps on Ember with an Asuka Lock but Ember rolls out of it, into a pinfall. ONE…TWO… TH- ASUKA ESCAPES. Ember immediately hits a devastating knee strike, staggering Asuka. She climbs back to the top rope and hit ANOTHER ECLIPSE. ONE..TWO… Kairi Sane lifts Asuka leg up to the rope and breaks the count! Ember doesn’t see this and she looks over at Asuka’s leg, Kairi Sane laughing on the floor. Ember crawls over to Kairi and curses her, but this is just a distracting and Asuka perfectly locks in the ASUKA LOCK and Ember can’t escape. This time, she passes out. Asuka wins (27:20)
Becky Lynch would win the Royal Rumble and go on the face the RAW Womens Champion, Ronda Rousey. This would lead to the same Triple Threat match at Wrestlemania 35, but only for the RAW Women’s Championship.
——————Elimination Chamber——————
Ember moon is in the general managers office screaming for a rematch, Kairi has to be suspended. Asuka walks in and before Ember can go at her the general manger gets between them. Ember tells her she wants another match, without any interference. Asuka tells her no, it won’t happen. Since she’s beaten her twice already.
The general manager does tell Asuka that he brought her here to inform her that since Becky chose Ronda already, the Smackdown Women’s Championship will be defended inside the Elimination Chamber. Ember, you and Kairi both have qualifiers tonight, against other people. So go and get ready.
The 5 women that would qualify for this match are as followed: Asuka, Ember Moon, Sasha Banks, Kairi Sane, Mandy Rose and Natalya.
Elimination Chamber (February 17th, 2019) – Asuka vs Sasha Banks vs Natalya vs Bayley vs Ember Moon vs Kairi Sane – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Sasha and Bayley start the match off, setting the standard. Kairi would come in next and use her fast pace and athleticism to take out both women, then focusing on Sasha. Asuka would be in next and she would immediately rush out of her pod and hits a hip attack on a waiting Sasha Bank, graciously set up by Kairi Sane. Bayley would quickly join the attack, sneaking up on Kairi and hitting a Bayley to Belly on the outside steel. This was end well for her though as Asuka jumps her from behind and locks in the ASUKA LOCK. Bayley passes out but she’s outside the ring, so not yet eliminated. Asuka throws her off and pushes her into the ring, helps Kairi to her feet and orders her to hit the INSANE ELBOW and she does. ONE…TWO…THREE! Bayley is eliminated (14:50)
As Bayley is about to leave the ring, the timer start again and this time it’s Ember Moon. Ember walks straight into the ring and straight into the fight. Kairi rushes in first and is met with a stiff forearm smash, dropping her to the floor. Ember and Asuka Lock eyes and the fight in on. Forearms, haymakers and kicks being exchanged, all flying at one another, no one gaining an advantage. That is until Sasha hits a missile dropkick from the top rope! Dropping both women. Kairi comes back to and immediately charges at Sasha but her forearm is reverse into THREE AMIGOS by Sasha, she looks for a pinfall but Asuka breaks it up with a stomp to Sasha. Asuka laughs and turns straight into an ECLIPSE ON ASUKA, pinfall attempt! ONE …TWO… T—ASUKA KICKS OUT! Ember is pissed, she gets back up and has a stare down with Sasha. She offers a handshake and then they go after Kairi. Sasha lifts up Kairi for Ember to hit an ECLIPSE! ONE—TWO—THREE! Kairi Sane has been eliminated. (18:45)
As soon as Ember is back to her feet, Sasha hits a BACKSTABBER and then locks in the BANK STATEMENT on Ember! Ember wiggles and wiggles, finally making it to the ropes but there’s no rope break in this match. Sasha holds on! Ember is trying to crawl backwards out of the ring. The final pod opens and Natalya is in the match, she immediately goes to Sasha and pulls her off, straight into a SHARPSHOOTER! Natalya also drags Sasha into the middle of the ring. After a minute, Sasha realises that she won’t be able to escape. Ember moon is back in and she locks in a BANK STATEMENT on Sasha and quickly she taps out. Sasha Banks is eliminated (22:10)
Natalya and Ember square up, neither has face the other before. They begin exchanging blows when Asuka interrupts and hits Ember with a German Suplex, into the turnbuckle. Natalya is right there on Asuka when she gets up, hitting a Fisherman Suplex of her own, with a pinfall combo. As soon as Asuka kicks out, Natalya is straight into the ankle lock. The crowd noise begins to rise as Kairi Sane is back out, she rushes ringside to grab Asuka title belt and begins to climb the chamber. Asuka is stuck in the middle of the ring, slowly dragging her body towards the rope but Natalya flips her over, drags her back to the centre and locks on a Sharp Shooter! Centre of the ring. Kairi is now onto of the Chamber, making her way to the middle where there’s a hole in the chamber. Kairi dangles the title through the hole and swings it just a little to try drop it right in-front of Asuka, and she does! It lands just a foot away from her hand. Asuka continues to drag herself to the belt, surviving the Sharpshooter. Natalya is pulling back harder and harder. When Asuka finally grabs the belt, she begins whipping Natalya, leading her to break the hold. ECLIPSE! Ember Moon hits another ECLIPSE ON NATALYA! ONE…TWO…THREE! Natalya is elimination (25:20)
As Ember is back to her feet she is immediately hit with the title belt from Asuka! It took everything she had left to make that short run as he legs give out after she hits Ember. She drapes her body over Embers. ONE…TWO…THREE. Ember Moon eliminated. (25:55)
——————Fastlane——————
In the build to FastLane Asuka would still have not clear challenger for her title at Mania. So she is given the night off. Instead, a gauntlet match would take place and the winner will face Asuka at Wrestlemania. So a bunch of qualifiers are set for and won, setting the stage for Fastlane!
Fastlane (March 10th, 2019) – Liv Morgan vs Sasha Banks vs Ember Moon vs Mandy Rose vs Bayley vs Natalya – Gauntlet Match
In the beginning, Sasha and Liv Morgan would start, they would fight for about 10 minutes before Liv tries to roll up Sasha but it’s reversed into a Bank Statement for the win! Liv Morgan eliminated.
Mandy Rose runs down next and looks to get the quick roll up on Sasha but things wouldn’t work out that way. After about 3 minutes of pinfall attempts, Sasha would actually roll up Mandy for the win. Mandy Rose eliminated.
Ember Moon is in next and she’s very happy to get another go at Sasha, she immediately hits a dropkick, knocking Sasha back into the corner and she falls to the outside. Ember would hit a Suicide Dive, pushing Sasha against the announce table. Both women brawl outside for awhile, Sasha throwing her back into the ring for a Meteora and then Bank Statement. Ember would eventually break out of the hold and as Sasha would try to lift Ember up for 3 Amigos, it would be reversed into a devastating knee strike, followed by 1 powerbomb, then another and another. Instead of pinning, Ember would climb to the top rope and finish off Sasha win an ECLIPSE! Sasha is eliminated.
Next out is Bayley, Ember just fought for 15 minutes against Sasha, now having to compete with Bayley would be a tough task. Sasha hugs Bayley before she enters the ring, WAIT SASHA GRABS BAYLEY FROM BEHIND AND THROWS HER INTO THE STEEL STEPS. She then follows this up with a Meteora into the steps and throws her into the ring. Ember is shocked, she looks down on Bayley and just does what need to be done. She climbs to the top rope and wait for her to recover, tears in her eyes, ECLIPSE! ONE…TWO….THREE! Bayley is eliminated.
Finally, Natalya comes down, she makes a B line for Ember and immediately takes her to the floor, looking for some ground and pound. Throwing forearms down on Ember and there’s not a lot Ember can do, she blocks it but this just give Natalya an opening to lock in the SharpShooter! Eventually Ember would make it to the rope, pulling herself out of the ring, but the damage is vast. She writhes on the floor, still feeling the effect. Back in the ring, Natalya is arguing with the referee about not breaking the hold and wanting to get straight back on Ember. KAIRI SANE pops her head over the Barricade and while Ember is laying on her, she is hit with an INSANE ELBOW to her spine! Then thrown back into the ring! Natalya is quick to make the cover. ONE…TWO… TH- EMBER KICKS OUT!
In the end, Natalya has the sharpshooter once more, Ember is close to the ropes but gets dragged back to centre. Screaming in agony, she punches the mat and begins to climb with her fist to the mat, reaching the ropes. Natalya tries to get back on her but is immediately met with a SUPERKICK but Ember is hurt too. Natalya tackles Ember into the turnbuckle, lifts her up and looks for a Fisherman Superplex but Ember would move, instead she lifts up Natalya and throws her to the floor with a faceplate suplex drop. Ember is in perfect position, ready to hit it… ECLIPSE! Ember goes for the pin.. ONE ….TWO…THREE! Ember Moon wins! (36:40)
——————Wrestlemania 35——————
Ember opens the show in the general managers office. She tells him that she wants some rules in this match coming with Asuka. She wants to win clean and decisive. That’s when Asuka enters the room.
GM: “Perfect timing, Ember was just about to go over what kind of match you’ll have at Wrestlemania.”
Asuka: “Whatever you want, you’ve never been able to defeat me, that is not about to change.”
Ember: “You continue to cheat in our matches. Whenever I’m facing you, you either have help or a weapon. I want NO Disqualification. I want NO Interference.” Asuka is nodding away as Ember speaks.
“One more thing, I want this to be decisive. No roll up, nothing sneaky from you. I want a 60 minute Iron Woman Match!”
Asuka laughs, “You want to fight me for an hour? If you think you’re ready fine. It’s just more time for me to kick your ass, bitch.” Asuka leaves. Ember turns to the GM and tells him to write that all down, it’s on.
So right now, we have a challenger for Asuka at Wrestlemania. Ember will face Asuka in a 60minutes Iron Woman match, probably to start the show or come on after Seth v Brock.
Wrestlemania 35 (April 7th, 2019) – Asuka vs Ember Moon – 60 minute Ironman match! – WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
One year ago today, roughly, Asuka would conquer the Queen and become the Empress she is today. Now, an Eclipse is threatening what tomorrow looks like for the Empress. How will we determine what tomorrow brings? We do it today, by giving these women 60 minutes to beat, batter and maim one another. Weapons allowed. Everyone banned from ringside. Start the clock because it’s time for the Iron Woman Match!
Asuka is out first, massive empress themed entrance, with traditional native attire by everyone involved and Asuka is just dancing through it all. Ember would enter with Lzzy Hale singing her – Feel the Flame entrance song, and playing lead guitar like she did at NXT: New Orleans.
The bell rings, these women are 2nd on show and the crowd is fired up for this one. These women would usually charge at one another, throwing punche with complete disregard for their own well being but tonight the energy has to be preserved. 10 minutes in and the fight makes it’s way to the floor, after Ember hits a Suplex on the apron to Asuka and follows that up with a Suicide Dive but Asuka catches her with a jumping knee. Asuka would actually begin to clear the announce table and throw Ember onto it. Asuka, breaks the count in the ring then climbs onto the barricade, but in the time that takes, Ember springs back to her feet and kicks Asuka into the crowd, crashing onto some chairs that near by fans recently vacated. The referee would break his own count, of 2, to check on both competitors.
Ember would see Asuka trying to climb back to her feet, stand on the barricade and hit a Senton off the barricade onto a crouched Asuka. Quickly back to her feet, feeding off the crowd, Ember throws Asuka onto the barricade and looks for a powerbomb but Asuka flips free and hits a spinning back fist on Ember, turning her 180, and then hits a German Suplex off the apron, through the announce table. 20 minutes have gone by.
Asuka looks to drag Ember into the ring but decides it’s not worth it and returns to the ring as the referee would continue his count, Now up to 5. It’s not til 8 that Ember begins to move, but something looks to possess her as she hears 9 and springs back to her feet, stumbles but the, dives back into the ring. She stares up and Asuka, with a face defiant. Not defeated but eager to fight. Asuka draws a line in the middle of the ring and begs Ember to meet her in the middle, and she does. Now, 25 minutes into this match, these women begin to throw careless haymakers at one another. Asuka gains the advantage early but not for as Ember would block a spin kick, lock Asuka in a backslide and then a Wrist Controlled Knee Strike, then a 2nd for good measure. Ember then climbs to the top rope and waits for Asuka to rise before she hits THE ECLIPSE! Straight into the pin, ONE…TWO…T- ASUKA KICKS OUT! 30 minutes gone by.
Ember decides it’s time for some hardware. She leaves the ring, finds two tables, twos chair and two kendo sticks. Ember sets a table up just outside the ring, then throws the other into the corner of their ring. Throws one chair in the ring and finally she grabs two Kendo sticks and brings both into the ring with her. Asuka is just getting back to her feet when Ember throws a Kendo stick at her, challenging her. “You don’t think I’m ready for you? BRING IT ON!” Asuka looks shocked, nearly angry, she grabs the Kendo stick and they meet in the middle. Both hitting the other, no-one defending, only concerned about hurting their opponent. Asuka is the first one to yield and Ember manages to actually break the kendo across Asuka’s back. Ember tosses Asuka out to the apron and looks for a suplex through the table but Asuka stops it, looking to hit a Buzzsaw Kick on Ember but she catches it, and kicks out her other leg and hits another knee strike. Ember begins to lift her up but see’s Asuka prone, using the middle rope for leverage and has a better idea. She climbs to the top rope and is about to hit an Eclipse but Asuka moves the top half over her body into the ring. No problem for Ember as Asuka’s head is draped between the middle and top rope with the rest of her body on the apron, she leaps into the ring catches Asuka in THE ECLIPSE! ASUKA BOUCES BACK AND FALL THROUGH THE TABLE.
Ember looks down at Asuka and quickly rushes out to collect what remains of her, she grabs her wrist and does a safety roll on her body to get Asuka onto her shoulders. Then carries her up the steps and throws her into the ring. Ember goes straight for the pinfall. ONE…TWO…THREE! The crowd is shocked, and so is Ember. She falls back into the corner and is overcome with relief. She’s finally pinned Asuka. Ember Moon scores a pin, 1-0. (42 minutes have gone by)
Asuka crawls to the other corner and both women stare the other down, both exhausted, both smile. Asuka stands first and screams and begins marching to Ember. Moon stands and meets her in the middle, Asuke hits first, a stiff forearm but Ember doesn’t drop. Ember hits back and Asuka holds her jaw but doesn’t stumble. They begin again to start wailing forearms at each other, neither yielding. Ember catches a kick from Asuka but this time Asuka turns it into another Spinning kick. Dropping Ember to the floor and Asuka is straight on top of her with a Asuka Lock. Ember quickly rolls out of the ring before Asuka has her legs wrapped around and breaks the hold as they both hit the floor. Both women crawl to get themselves back to their feet, Ember thought has left another chair outside the ring. Asuka gets up but Ember throws the chair at her, hitting her across the face. Now Dazed, Ember rushes to Asuka and dropkicks her into the steel steps! She tosses her back into the ring and begins to climb the turnbuckle. The timer on the titantron says 51minutes, Ember is finally at the top and leaps off looking for the ECLIP- NO! BUZZSAW KICK from Asuka and she connects flush, Ember is out. Asuka falls down onto Ember and lazily lifts a leg. ONE …TWO….THREE! Asuka scores a fall, 1-1(52 minutes)
The timer is nearly at a close, Ember comes back to and sees the clock nearly at full time. Ember smacks the floor and is ready to finish this, Asuka was waiting for her in the corner. Where she’s set up a table. Asuka looks for a Spinning Back Fits but Ember ducks it, looks for a Superkick but Asuka gets out of the way. They now have counters for all of one another moves. 5 Minutes to go is called out across the arena. Ember turns to looks at the clock and that’s enough of a distraction for Asuka to hit a Spinning Back Fist and then lock on the Asuka Lock! She has one leg locked in and Ember can’t move. Ember gets onto her stomach but Asuka has locked in her other leg. Ember refuses to give up with such little time left. She manages to get to her knees and then to her feet. She looks and sees the table in the corner and charges at it. 3 minutes left. Ember crashes though the table with Asuka on her back, and Asuka loosens her grip. BUT ONLY FOR A MOMENT as Asuka screams and locks on the hold. Ember grabs the ropes but there’s NO DQ. Time is running out and Asuka is almost back into perfect position. Ember has enough leverage and strength to get back to her knees. 2 minutes. Ember slowly manages to climb up the turnbuckle, now Asuka has both legs locked in but she wasn’t focused on where her head was and Ember manages to grab Asuka around the neck, suffocating her on her shoulder as she reaches the middle rope and EMBER HITS A MIDDLE ROPE ECLIPSE on Asuka. Completely breaking the hold and Asuka is out. With just a minute left, Ember Moon, covers Asuka. ONE… TWO…..THREE! Ember Moon scores the pinfall, 2-1. (59 minutes)
For the last 40 seconds of the match, Ember and Asuka just lay there, Asuka tries to stand and Ember watches her and mimics her motions. It’s too late though and the bell rings. Both women just collapse to the mat. The referee brings Ember the title and lays it on her chest, she hugs it tight and finds the adrenaline to get back to her feet and acknowledge to audience. Tears in her eyes, she turn and Asuka is back to her feet. She walks to Ember and takes the belt off her. Asuka touches the belt once more before giving it back to Ember and raises her arm in victory.
1,278 days undefeated for Asuka, 3 years and 6 months. Finally the streak is over.