12 WWE Matches We Must See In The Next 12 Months

5. Sasha Banks Vs. Asuka

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Like Charlotte and Nia Jax, Sasha Banks and Asuka didn't get a chance to cross paths in NXT. Banks wrestled her final match for the brand at last October's TakeOver: Respect, losing to Bayley in an Iron Man match in the show's main event. Earlier in the evening, Asuka made her NXT debut, defeating Dana Brooke in a bout that showed her dominance.

Banks went on the main roster full time, while Asuka has become the most dominant woman in NXT. Nine months after her debut, she's the Women's Champion and she's still undefeated. While she's an important part of NXT, though, eventually (but hopefully not until 2017) she'll have to join the main roster as well.

That'll put the two most-talented women on the roster on a collision course with one another - especially if Banks is the reigning WWE Women's Champion when Asuka gets called up (and she should be). Asuka will immediately stake a claim to the belt, and that will lead to a particularly exciting bout between the two women - and maybe even a heel turn from Asuka. Expect one of the best women's matches in WWE history.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013