21 Years Of WWE SmackDown Mistakes
2. 2018 - No Tomorrow
"Asuka is Japanese".
Flippantly appraising Asuka's chances in the 2018 Royal Rumble before she actually won it, WhatCulture.com's own Michael Sidgwick cynically but succinctly summarised WWE's cack-handedness with performers from the Far East. His cynicism was proven shrewd just three months later.
'The Empress Of Tomorrow' has been buried so far underground on SmackDown Live! since losing at WrestleMania that the character may as well literally lay six feet under. Her entire aura was enveloped in an undefeated streak WWE callously concluded with not a thought for a palpable Plan B. Her blue brand career hasn't just been a mistake - it's been a total f*cking catastrophe.