5 ways to address Asuka's injury and NXT Women's Championship

#5 A broken collarbone leads to a broken Asuka

This could be a recurring theme, seeing Asuka laid out while her opponent celebrates.

The last and arguably worst option as far as her character is concerned is to turn into the skid by making this a change in Asuka's unbreakable force.

Shawn Michaels lost his smile and had to give up the WWE Championship very soon after winning it back from Sid in 1997. Daniel Bryan worked his way back from his injuries to win the Intercontinental Championship, only to vacate it soon after.

Perhaps this could be the turning point where Ember Moon injured Asuka so badly that she takes a long while to get back in the swing of things.

What if she relinquishes the title either immediately or over the course of the next few weeks, declaring that she'll return to reclaim her throne, but when she comes back, she loses?

What if this injury plays out as being a combination of a psychological and physical weakness for her, where her opponents know to target that area and after she suffers her first loss, she no longer has the same confidence and keeps losing?

Once you prove that a monster can be defeated, they're no longer as intimidating.

It would upset a lot of people who are fans of Asuka, but it could certainly be an interesting turn of events to see someone so dominant and powerful get injured and then turn into a much weaker version of herself.

Of course, she would have to eventually work her way back to being the nigh-unstoppable force, but she'll have already suffered some losses, which could strengthen her character's resolve for having overcome a different challenge.

We don't know what the future has in store for Asuka, but given these five options being on the table, we shouldn't be worried, as even this final option seems like despair, but it could result in an interesting storyline going forward.

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