5 theories why Asuka lost the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship

#4 The WrestleMania 35 card is already stacked

A total of 13 matches have been confirmed for WrestleMania 35 so far, and that number is expected to rise if/when a Women’s Battle Royal and Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championship matches are added to the event.

Even the biggest fans of Asuka and the SmackDown Live women’s division would have to admit that the SmackDown Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania would not have been worthy of inclusion on the main card of this year’s “Show of Shows”.

“The Empress of Tomorrow” has barely featured on Tuesday nights since defeating Becky Lynch at the Royal Rumble, with storylines involving Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville taking priority over the SmackDown Women’s Championship.

If Asuka remained champion until WrestleMania 35, it would have felt like a huge demotion for the blue brand’s Women’s Championship to be included in a forgotten match on the kickoff show. At least now it will feature in the main event.