{"id":2949,"date":"2017-03-07T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:30:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T21:30:03","slug":"time-asuka-move-nxt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/03\/07\/time-asuka-move-nxt\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time for Asuka to Move On from NXT"},"content":{"rendered":"

When WWE<\/strong>\u00a0started their big free agent frenzy a couple years back,\u00a0Asuka<\/strong> was one of the signees. Since then, she has cemented herself as a force in the\u00a0NXT<\/em><\/strong> women’s division. Asuka the longest reigning NXT Women’s Champion\u00a0ever (by a long shot). Not only that, but she is also\u00a0totally undefeated<\/em>. That’s right, folks: since Asuka started in\u00a0NXT<\/em>, she hasn’t lost.\u00a0At all<\/em>. Essentially, she has become too good for\u00a0NXT<\/em> in and of itself. It’s time for Asuka to move on from\u00a0NXT<\/em>, and here’s why.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: This article is a follow-up to last week’s NXT Recap piece. If you missed it, you can find that article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s Time for Asuka to Move On from NXT<\/h2>\n

State of the Raw Women’s Division<\/h3>\n

Quick, think of two women’s wrestlers on\u00a0Raw<\/em><\/strong>. Did you think of\u00a0Sasha Banks<\/strong> and\u00a0Charlotte<\/strong>? Okay, good, because so did everyone else. Maybe a small percentage thought about\u00a0Bayley<\/strong> due to her recent breakout performances, but the point still stands.<\/p>\n

For all intents and purposes, there are only three women that actually mean something on the\u00a0Raw<\/em> roster. Banks, Bayley, and Charlotte are entertaining, yes, but let’s be honest with ourselves. In one on one situations, there are only three combinations of matches on\u00a0Raw<\/em>. And\u00a0they’ve gotten old really,\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0quickly.\u00a0Nia Jax<\/strong> is pretty cool, and she’s begun to help the women’s division too, but it’s just not enough.\u00a0Raw<\/em>‘s women’s division needs help, and it needs it fast.<\/p>\n

And that’s where Asuka comes in. By moving her up to\u00a0Raw<\/em>, WWE’s possible amount of combinations\u00a0skyrockets<\/em>. Not only does she help WWE, but she helps the fans as well. While she works on Raw<\/em>,\u00a0the fans finally get treated to something fresh from the red brand’s women’s division. And that’s a great sign.<\/p>\n

“It’s Time to Shake Things Up Again”<\/h3>\n

Okay, one thing in WWE is for sure. Call-ups from\u00a0NXT<\/em> are always fun, and the fans know this. Usually, most call-ups occur on the night after\u00a0Wrestlemania<\/strong><\/em>, where fans are ravenous and chants run wild. Debuting Asuka on a “Post-Mania\u00a0Raw<\/em>” would be insane. Let’s run through why.<\/p>\n

First of all, the fans at Post-Mania Raw<\/em> know their stuff. If you want proof, just watch their reaction to Enzo and Cass<\/strong>‘s debut last year. They knew every word, every hand movement, everything. Surely, the reaction they will give to\u00a0Asuka (and possibly\u00a0Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong>) is going to be great.<\/p>\n

Nothing Left To Do<\/h3>\n

Simply put, there is nothing left for Asuka to accomplish in NXT<\/em>. As mentioned before, she is completely undefeated. Most of the time, it doesn’t even look close. So to make a long story short, she has nothing left to prove. She has beaten nearly everyone on the roster and has nothing else to do.<\/p>\n

Asuka’s current budding feud with\u00a0Ember Moon<\/strong> should be her last. Considering that\u00a0NXT<\/em> is booking Moon to be a monster, she should be the one to finally take the title. Asuka is the longest reigning NXT Women’s Champion in history (at nearly 400 days), and it’s time for her to move to bigger things. She’s got bigger fish to fry, and\u00a0NXT<\/em> knows that.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

As far as her booking goes, Asuka’s reign has been done perfectly. Well, almost. It’s been done very well, but has also been done to death. NXT Creative is beating a dead horse with her and it’s starting to show. Additionally,\u00a0Raw<\/em> could make better use of her than\u00a0NXT<\/em> is currently doing. She could make good of the\u00a0Raw<\/em> women’s division and finally give them another contender to work with. Her main roster call-up could be great if Creative does it at the right time. And finally, her tenure in\u00a0NXT<\/em> is just getting\u00a0boring<\/em>. The yellow brand had a good thing going, but now it’s time to pass it on to\u00a0Raw<\/em>. It’s time for Asuka to move on to bigger and better things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When WWE\u00a0started their big free agent frenzy a couple years back,\u00a0Asuka was one of the signees. Since then, she has cemented herself as a force in the\u00a0NXT women’s division. Asuka the longest reigning NXT Women’s Champion\u00a0ever (by a long shot). Not only that, but she is also\u00a0totally undefeated. That’s right, folks: since Asuka started in\u00a0NXT, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1787,"featured_media":2968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[317,5,3,320],"tags":[229,162,119,602,559,117,159,332,47],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-women","category-nxt","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-asuka","tag-charlotte","tag-ember-moon","tag-nia-jax","tag-nxt-womens-championship","tag-pro-wrestling","tag-sasha-banks","tag-womens-match","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1787"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}