5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Fastlane 2018

by Scott Carlson

1. Empress Versus Queen

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Although Raw announcers, authority figures and women’s wrestlers had been resigned to the fact that Asuka would challenge Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania, no one stopped to check in with the Royal Rumble match winner herself.

Asuka made her intentions clear Sunday night, coming out after the end of the SmackDown Women’s Championship match to officially challenge Charlotte Flair for the title at WrestleMania. The move sets up what amounts to a dream match of top-level female competitors at the biggest event of the year.

If given some time, this has the potential to be a show-stealer. Asuka is tremendous in the ring and elevates her game more with better competition. Charlotte is a prodigy who keeps improving and can give the Empress of Tomorrow a run for her money. Pay attention to this one.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.