5 Reasons why Asuka will challenge Sasha Banks for the RAW Women's Championship at WWE SummerSlam
Last night's episode of WWE Monday Night RAW saw Asuka force Bayley to tap to the Asuka Lock in order to claim a SummerSlam rematch for the RAW Women's Championship that she lost to Sasha Banks a few short weeks ago.
Sasha Banks and Bayley have dominated WWE's women's division throughout the months spent in the Performance Center and now the two women hold all of the gold available to the women on the main roster.
Asuka was handed the RAW Women's Championship when Becky Lynch was forced off WWE TV and onto maternity leave back in April and The Boss is the only woman who has been able to dethrone The Empress of Tomorrow in that time.
Banks was the one who forced her friend Bayley to take on Asuka because The Blueprint expected the SmackDown Women's Champion to come out on top, but obviously, that wasn't the case.
So why did Asuka pick up the win over Bayley to earn the right to challenge Banks at SummerSlam? Here are five possible reasons.
#5. Lack of challengers in the WWE Women's Division at present
While there are the likes of Lana, Natalya, Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Nia Jax, and Shayna Baszler all waiting on the sidelines for a shot at the RAW Women's Championship, it could be argued that many of these women are not in a position to challenge Banks after the way that she's been built up on WWE TV in recent months.
Additionally, all of the women on RAW are currently in storylines. Bianca Beliar has finally stepped into a feud with Zelina Vega, Nattie and Lana recently started a feud with Mickie James while Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott are concentrating on reuniting The Riott Squad. Nia Jax was also suspended from WWE last week.
At present, the women on RAW are part of many storylines and Asuka is the only one available to step up to the challenge of Sasha Banks at The Biggest Party of the Summer.