10 Booking Steps For Asuka On WWE's Main Roster
8. Land Of Opportunity
Following the chaotic contract agreement at Hell In A Cell, preparations begin in earnest for Asuka's arrival.
As videos air showing clips of some of her finest moments in NXT, Women's Champion Natalya explains her frustrations at being overlooked by her bosses in their chase for Asuka's signature, but notes that she will be fully prepared to end the 'Empress Of Tomorrow's undefeated streak before it even gets a chance to breathe on the main roster.
To this end, Natalya engages in several weeks of hardcore training, shown to fans through vignettes that highlight her pushing herself like never before. On television, she wrestles absorbing and difficult matches every week that exhaust her at the time, but emphasise how seriously she is taking the challenge.
However, on the go-home show, her excessive planning ends in catastrophe. After defeating Naomi in a 20-minute topliner with the Sharpshooter, the toilworn champion is ambushed by Carmella. 'The Princess Of Staten Island' cashes in her Money In The Bank contract there and then and takes the title.
Down the lens, she promises to debunk the myth of Asuka, noting that unlike Natalya, she's fresh as a daisy and ready for more than whatever is to be thrown at her at the Survivor Series.