Top 10 Matches of Asuka In WWE
In a little over three years time, WWE's Empress of Tomorrow has become an icon within the modern era of the company.
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Known for her enigmatic and quirky personality - which ranges from vicious and destructive to playful and comedic - the current SmackDown Live Women's champion has an equally strong possession of charismatic charm and in-ring talent.
While she seems to truly understand the need for having entertaining entrances, flashy ring attire and a sense of personality, she can also unleash a flurry of martial arts-style strikes and catch wrestling submissions as soon as the bell rings.
Asuka's rare combination of talent is about as unlikely as her ascent in WWE. A 37-year old ex-graphic designer from Osaka, Japan, she was trained in the super-serious, often brutal dojos of her home country, where pro-wrestling is treated more like a fight sport than a sideshow.
Under the name Kana, she went through wars with other stars of joshi puroresu (Japanese women's wrestling) like Ayako Hamada, Meiko Satomura, Hikaru Shida, Arisa Nakajima, Syuri Kondo and her protégé Konami.
She also had intergender tangles with Tajiri, Minoru Suzuki and Masato Tanaka, as well as stints in North American indie promotions like CHIKARA and SHIMMER.
Finally, in 2015, she was seen in the front row at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, and debuted at Full Sail shortly thereafter, under her new moniker.
Through her amazing 500-plus day NXT women's title run, undefeated streak and incredible match performances, she has taken her long-respected craft to the top of the big leagues and directly contributed to history as part of WWE's women's evolution.
These are the Top 10 WWE matches of Asuka.
#10 Asuka vs. Ember Moon (NXT Takeover: Orlando)
Having wrestled before in their independent days, Asuka and Ember Moon already had a bit of history which quickly became apparent behind the scenes.
Sitting next to each other on their first day at the Performance Center and posting pictures together on social media, the two evenly-matched friends were destined to co-head the post-Horsewomen NXT female division of 2017 and ultimately, face off against each other.
Though Moon wouldn't be shown on camera until a year after Asuka (she officially debuted at Takeover: Brooklyn II in Aug. 2016), she quickly built her own undefeated streak and the two women came finally came to blows over WrestleMania 33 weekend in Orlando.
From the jump, Moon's head scissors and stiff kicks impressed, but Asuka returned with her own set of kicks and countered Ember's attempt at a springboard crossbody by planting her with a German suplex off the middle rope.
Though Moon gave Asuka a serious fight for more than 10 minutes, the two capable athletes seemed to be holding back for something bigger down the line.
In the interim, Asuka would prevail by purposely pushing the referee into Moon and cleaning her clock with a head kick for the win.