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#3: Asuka's reign had no momentum
As painful as it is to admit this, Asuka's reign was going absolutely nowhere on SmackDown Live.
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After winning the belt with an impressive performance at TLC, and then defeating Becky Lynch in one of the year's hottest matches at Royal Rumble, WWE totally dropped the ball with Asuka and the SmackDown Women's division in general.
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The company's focus has been on Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey so much that they seemingly forgot to build a program of any worth for the SmackDown Women heading into WrestleMania 35.
With Flair now having the belt, Asuka can re-enter the title picture post WrestleMania, belts unified or not, as one of the division's hottest contenders, and she also has a legitimate reason to enter into a feud with either Flair, Rousey or Lynch once the dust has settled from WrestleMania 35, which could set up a nice program heading into the Summer.
