5 reasons why Vince McMahon doesn't believe in Asuka

Asuka unexpectedly lost the SmackDown Women's Championship to Charlotte Flair on the latest episode of SmackDown Live. It came as quite a shock because the original plan was a Fatal-4-Way match to determine Asuka's WrestleMania challenger.

However, with absolutely no explanation whatsoever, she suddenly defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against a rather undeserving Charlotte Flair, who once again beat her to win her 8th title.

Now more than the fact that Charlotte didn't deserve the title shot, nor did she need the title win, it's crystal clear that WWE backstage officials don't believe in The Empress Of Tomorrow, and none more so than Vince McMahon.

It's a shame because when she signed with WWE in the second half of 2015, she was introduced as one of the greatest signings in WWE history. And that's exactly what she was at the time. Everything she brought to the table was unique, and in NXT, she ran through the women's division in the most incredibly dominant fashion.

As is the case with most NXT stars, the main roster cooled her down and took away a lot of her aura. Here's why Vince McMahon doesn't believe in Asuka.

#5 No big plans for the Japanese market yet

One of the main reasons that Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka never really got pushed to the level that fans expected was that WWE really has no plans to expand big into the Japanese market.

Sure, they always have a few live events there every year, have a pretty steady fanbase and even the WWE Network there. However, it seems as though the Japanese audience and market isn't the one that WWE is focusing right now.

Had that been the case, there's absolutely no doubt that Asuka and Shinsuke Nakamura both would be getting much bigger pushes.