10 Wrestlers Too Good To Be Ruined By WWE's Bad Booking
2. Asuka
It's a testament to Asuka's popularity that she remains one of the most over wrestlers in WWE despite how badly the company botched her last three title runs.
The Empress of Tomorrow's time as SmackDown champion was 'highlighted' by a mini-feud against a nowhere-near-ready Mandy Rose before unceremoniously ending in an unadvertised TV match against Charlotte; The Kabuki Warriors' championship run had them defend the belts only four times in six months; and Asuka's recent run as RAW champ was plagued by a lack of clean finishes to her matches, the lowlight being Sasha Banks literally stealing the belt from her at Extreme Rules.
And yet the Empress of Tomorrow has thrived more than any other superstar in 2020. We have celebrated her brilliance many times on this website over the course of the year, but to summarise: Asuka is one of the most genuinely charming, funny and flat-out likeable people on TV. Whether she's dancing like nobody's watching, putting on a match of the year contender or even hosting a weirdly compelling YouTube channel, Asuka is simply too charismatic a human being to be restrained by WWE's apathetic booking.
Hopefully WWE Creative do right by her in her latest run with the RAW Women's Championship, but even if they don't it's safe to say Asuka will retain her status as one of the most popular superstars in modern wrestling.