8 booking steps toward Paige vs. Asuka at WrestleMania 34

Step 8: Tomorrow dawns

An empress crowned.

After nearly five months of scorching the RAW women's division and about two months of building this program, the moment has finally arrived. Asuka has waited a long time to get her hands on Paige and now, finally, is her chance.

Though Paige puts up a ferocious fight, Asuka is shown to have the advantage more often than not. The biggest problem, as always, is the presence of Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, who both steal victory from Asuka and put her in serious jeopardy of suffering her first defeat more than once. Breathtaking, suspenseful moments are strewn throughout this 15-minute battle, but in the end, Asuka finds a way to take care of Deville and Rose, gets Paige into the Asuka Lock, and forces her to submit.

Asuka scores her biggest victory yet, winning her first main roster title on the Grandest Stage of Them All and ending Absolution's reign of terror, mopping them up entirely during the following few weeks.

She came from tomorrow and took back today. The era of the Empress has arrived!