Relentless Edition Asuka has another big match TONIGHT against Shayna Baszler just before the Elimination Chamber. Can she keep up her grand performances and come out on top?
This sounds fishy as hell, I think the hype Asuka/Shayna was getting made them rethink their plans. But if it's real I hope Asuka doesn't miss EC.
Jordan Jenkins
Head cannon warning: Hurt wrist means she can’t lock in Asukalock, gives a kayfabe reason for her not being able to beat Shayna and possibly sets up another feud down the line.
Chase Wright
Kek they realized they were hotshotting and now are damage controlling. This fucking company is a joke.
Liam Gomez
yeah, i hope it's a work
Eli Brown
You should be happy. That means Asuka will probably feud with Shayna for the title somewhere down the line.
Jose Ramirez
I mean sure it's the good decision but I would find it hard to believe Vince came up to this decision on his own. Someone there, probably Haitch or Heyman, told him how retarded he was being, and that image makes me laugh so bad
Angel Williams
>gets the most hype out of anything on Raw in ages >continuously surprises the clueless WWE with her greatness When will they learn
Asuka and Shayna got major hype online and blew Black & AJ, Seth/Murph & SP out of the water on twitter ect. in fact it got more attention than any Raw match in recent memory. They realized they had something bigger on their hands.
Luis Gutierrez
They're still giving it away on Sunday though.
Charles Sanders
This, why the fuck would you give away a match between the two most dominant womens champs ever?
Chase Jackson
how is an elimination chamber match the same as a 1v1 match?
There's something I don't understand. Shayna was fighting Asuka because Asuka wanted to molest her in the ring. That was the reason why this heel vs heel match made sense, because one side had an arousal problem with the other. HOWEVER, if Asuka isn't available there's no reason to keep the heel vs heel as there's no excuse for it. Why the fuck is Kairi fighting? Why not an actual face? What sense will it make if Becky interferes to save Kairi when Kairi and Asuka hate her right now? If Asuka interferes, wouldn't that show the injury wasn't real? If that happens wouldn't in turn, show Asuka as a simp who's afraid? Also Nattie was provoked by Shayna so shouldn't her be the one to seek some sort of retribution? Wouldn't it make more sense for Becky to come out to help Nattie instead? And if all the story is revolved around these four, wouldn't that make the Jobiott Squad look even more like simps than right now?
Joshua Young
That's like saying they gave away Io vs Asuka at Survivor Series.
No simp they didn't
Camden Williams
They won't. Natalya will tap Asuka before Shayna enters.
Ethan Perry
They need a match for everyone to come down and fight in. Becko will do it because she wants retribution, Riot squad will because lol everyone has to, natty will to fight bayzler, kabukis will fuck natty up, beth will make the save etc. etc.
You're thinking too hard, this is WWE. This is the same company that had Asuka lose with a Rock Bottom from Becky when Shayna literally beat her down just as the match finished. Why not keep the tie breaker between Asuka and Becky in your back pocket and have Shayna just interfere?
The answer is because it's LOLWWE and nothing makes sense. Just watch the kabuki highlights on youtube then leave immediately.
>I’m hearing Asuka is fine and this injury is a storyline deal. no shit sherlock
Josiah Turner
Clear as day Asuka would not even fucking let on to the doctors if her wrist hurt. She's old school tough as they come.
Ryder Myers
when Mandy broke Asuka's neck, she was working again next Tuesday, she's not a crybaby, even with a concussion she would keep working, if she ever had a wrist injury, the doctors wouldn't even find out
she thinks she can just come back as if nothing had happened, well too bad for her nothing will be the same anymore, i hope she learns that the hard way tonight
kairi got some offense in but ultimate taps to shayna, oh well
Connor Butler
somehow, shayna's kicks are worse than riddle's
Kevin Ramirez
I'm going to be so happy when vince realizes the shayna project is a failure
Julian Kelly
Not a very interesting match at all but it was not a squash. Kairi got shit in and punked Shayna out a couple times. Asuka has a LOT of work to do to make the crowd care VS Shayna, her style is extremely heelish and slow and this crowd wasn't buying it.
Joseph Rogers
that's been her style for years and they never did
Samuel Powell
>this is boring chants I don't know if it was the wedding or not but yep, Kairi is as good as dead in Vince's eyes.
Kayden Gray
i dont think main roster crowds are gonna get behind shayna doing slow matches like this
Elijah King
>Asuka doing fuck all as Shayna continues attacking after the match It'd be nice if WWE could decide whether she's bold or a coward. It changes almost weekly.
Carter Gonzalez
No, dumbass. They were only doing that for Shayna's stuff. They actually fired up a bit when Kairi got in her stuff.
Shayna is so fucking dead on the main roster. Her style is the polar opposite of interesting in terms of main roster shit. The Becky/Shayna feud is going to be so goddamn bad they might want to seriously consider calling an audible and just running Becky/Asuka again at Mania. Because there is no way the crowd just doesn't completely shit on Becky/Shayna at Mania if tonight was a preview of what we are going to get.
Charles Peterson
>Shayna vs Kairi in NXT >this is awesome >Shayna vs Kairi in RAW >this is boring Where did it all go wrong?
Isaac Foster
TL: not enough flips for me :(
Luis Roberts
i'm guessing it's because they subbed kairi in so late - they didn't plan on kairi interfering for asuka, so didn't have asuka interfere for kairi. that or they wanted the injury to look more legit.
Bentley Morris
>They were only doing that for Shayna's stuff. They actually fired up a bit when Kairi got in her stuff. why are you lying?
Nathaniel Richardson
This, Shayna and Becky at WM is unironically going to get boo'd out of the place, there's no fucking way. They both work SO SLOW.
Thomas Phillips
they were doing it when Kairi was attacking as well, there's no one sided narrative here, crowd hated both
Leo Brown
Shayna's style doesn't translate well to main roster audiences. It also doesn't help that both women working the match are heels, but the audience treated Kairi slightly more as a babyface.
Adam Young
The day they split KW, Kairi's career is over. It's clear that the management doesn't see anything special in her and they will put her on Main Event like Dana Brooke and Sarah Logan. She should leave and go back to Stardom so she can have a nice retirement run.
Sebastian Morris
They were making some noise towards the end for Kairi I heard that too, but the match had a shit layout and nothing could build to much.
Jordan Lewis
>but the audience treated Kairi slightly more as a babyface. the audience didn't give a shit about Kairi, let's be honest here
Isaac Moore
They didn't even give a shit about Becky.
Asher Morris
I'm starting to think the reason they changed the match was because they predicted this was gonna happen. Heyman knows the Brooklyn crowd and he probably knew they were gonna shit on the women match no matter who was in and he knew that whoever was opposing Shayna would get the blame in Vince's eyes so better sacrifice Kairi than Asuka.
Nathan Scott
don't overthink it. they just realized they shouldn't give away asuka/shayna so easily.
Brody Ward
I know that Alex guy said it was a kayfabe injury but they had a match in house show last night so it's possible that her injury is legit. They usually annnounce the Raw matches on Friday or Saturday but this match was booked yesterday. I think she's injured.
James Ward
It's literally just because they're saving Asuka/Shayna until after WM.
Evan Roberts
It's not a real injury. She hasn't been removed from the chamber and nobody was lined up as a potential replacement
Brody Fisher
also, when somebody's legit injured they don't even let them stand ringside.
Jayden Campbell
No way it's real, if it was they would've announced a replacement for Asuka tonight. Wrist injuries are not small stuff that can be healed in a few days, specially if the injury required as many bandages as Asuka was sporting today
avoided? she promoed and didn't get a what chant! whatta pro
Christopher White
I wish I lived in the darkness world.
Jose Rodriguez
Right, I mean in a match, they really seemed not into the women shit. Who knows maybe she could've won them over.
Colton Perez
Actually they wouldn't. if it's legitimate they'll test her day of the show and if she can go she'll be in it, if not Kairi will take her place It's what they did with Sasha at the Rumble and what they did with Bliss when she got the concussion before Evolution. They waited to see if she could get clear and then announced it a day or 2 before that she wasn't cleared.
William Torres
The only time the crowd cared was when Asuka was promoing. I feel Kairi got in the way even, should've let her talk on her own
She was bandaged. That would mean they already tested her if it was real. Doctors would know an aproximate prognosis by now and they wouldn't clear Asuka for Sunday from the get go. Concussions are different because they evolve different for every case. Also, like I said, wrist injuries are nothing to fuck with. If Asuka was injuredto the level that bandaging suggested, she wouldn't be on tv anymore. Worse, she would've been X-ed in the house show and footage would exist.
Jayden Rivera
Shayna's style is fucking cancer for the main roster. If the crowd can't get into her and Kairi wrestling, then Becky stands no fucking chance.
Angel Miller
Becky is a hundred times more over than Kairi
Mason Cruz
if shayna can get them both booed it'll be hilarious, though
Jack Nguyen
It doesn't matter, a stale match can take any crowd out of it - see Survivor Series where Becky Shayna Bayley already received multiple chants shitting on the match.
probably unpopular but i actually like shayna and i hope it really is her and asuka after mania. she usually makes her opponents look good and i like the different style which will be nice after horsewomen running the scene for years. that said she'll never ever get over since crowds are so conditioned to pop for flash and highspots.
Jordan Torres
Becky could take a baby out of the crowd and spit on it and people would cheer
Caleb Allen
she got silence through her retardation today though
Does she have any chance to succeed? Even Io is struggling.
Oliver Thomas
no, she has 0 chance But will get the money out of the contract, which means, good for her
Alexander Morris
But it's probably less money than what she was making in Japan like Io.
Lincoln Scott
I wanna taste em
Jack Edwards
Not really. Sareee's home promotion was a microindy. She was taking bookings with the mid tier joshi promotions mostly. Few higher profile bookings here and there, but not too much. She will not be taking a paycut. She will get a raise over what she was making in Japan.
Io will be fine after Mania. Would not be shocked if she takes the title from Rhea who is crashing and burning pretty hard right now. This Charlotte feud is going to kill Rhea dead in the water momentum wise.
Owen Sanchez
Her being married has not changed my boner for her at all. In fact it’s brought on a whole new naughty house wife scenario. Use your imagination user.
>Lo getting injured will be her Tanahashi getting stabbed moment >when she comes back she will be white hot as a face and then they'll job her out to bianca belair or some other shitter lol
Jaxon Adams
Charlotte will win at Mania
Aaron Long
Asuka has been pretty quiet in Twitter unlike previous weeks where she retweeted everything. Does that mean she's seething about last night?
Kayden Sullivan
She had to travel from Brooklyn to Vegas, let her rest.
Thomas Collins
IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Angel Flores
Well Meltzer said Asuka was actually injured in the houseshow tag. Said they're hopeful she'll be ok for the EC. I mean man that's a hell of a coincidence if true. And also disheartening that they didn't really change their minds and were going to go ahead and feed Asuka to Shayna.
David Sanchez
So I was right and she's legit injured because that wouldn't make sense to book the match on sunday and cancel it on monday. I know plans change very often with Vince but if they knew it was a bad idea, then they wouldn't have booked the match in the first place. However, I think the ending would've been different.
Ayden Williams
yes
Oliver Gutierrez
>believing memeltzer
Mason Wilson
If true then everything went better than expected. Asuka dodged a bullet and her useless tag partner is buried. Win-Win.
Thank you for the link. Without a shadow of a doubt Io is one of the most crisp and better wrestlers of our day. She is much better than Asuka at selling and doing anything aerial based. Asuka is the best at everything else. And Kairi is probably better than either of them at being a babyface in peril and doing goofy anime shit, but her offense is mostly laughable. Without her pirate gimmick she is sort of useless. KWAB
Anthony Diaz
keep bumping the anti-carmella thread.
Joseph Hill
She's better than Asuka at everything. Io is flawless in the ring
Gabriel Cruz
That makes the Shayna match not being a squash even weirder. Kairi wasn't even allowed to get a dirty roll up win against Nattie.
Jonathan Cruz
Nah, Io doesn't have that finesse with moves Asuka has. She's good with flippy stuff though.
Luke Gonzalez
asuka has better promos and in ring charisma. she also can pace a match better. her catch wrestling is on another level. her submision game is world class. her strikes look better. her look is better. her belly dancing too.
Jacob Adams
Both Io and Asuka bump hard and sell very well. Asuka is more charismatic and Io is more athletic. Basically, Asuka is Daniel Bryan and Io is AJ Styles.
Carter Foster
>useless no way man. but she is kind boring with her in ring performances lately. could be that those head injuries and the main roster style of wrestling is doing her no favors. I hope she doesnt mush her brain up anymore.
Io has always had a strong presence here. Lots of pics, lots of Io love, and lots of asking "When is Io coming back?" Io is occasionally a close second place to Asuka whenever she isn't posting dating simulator videos. Kairi was always the third placed joshi and now even more so.
She was going to be jobbed out in a borderline squash if healthy. The writing is on the wall. She knows the push is ending and catering awaits.
Dylan Thomas
that just means more time for KanaChanTV
Jeremiah Brooks
fatsuka guy BTFO
Caleb Mitchell
If it's a sprain they just put the compression bandage on.
Ian Wilson
Seems WWE have lack of confidence to put Shayna to do squash with Asuka after Nattie made Asuka tapped out in tag team match and Asuka gave the jinx to Becky after Royal Rumble and their RAW match, Becky only get mild reaction now.
Did she kill the deer? She should cook it and eat it.
Nicholas King
Coming up on Kanachan about how to cook Deer like Tom Green
Nathaniel Baker
damn, poor asuka. bet she was in the midwest, we get crazy deer all the time.
Michael Gonzalez
In the last episode of KanachanTV, when her food order arrives at the table, she says “Please eat everyone”. Who do you think she was talking to? Her husband and offspring?
David Turner
She told the hostess 2 people, so it was just her and her husband. She probably thinks people watching are eating.
Am I the only one who has come to the realisation yet that I could probably never ever satisfy Asuka the way food seems to satisfy her? Just another thing to compete with............