6 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Sept 11)

5. Is Raw Ready For Asuka?

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On NXT last week, William Regal and Triple H gave a huge sendoff to the undefeated NXT Women’s Champion Asuka, noting that Raw and SmackDown were negotiating for her to join their programs.

We didn’t have to wait long to find out where she would land, as Raw aired a vignette Monday stating that she was coming to the red brand. It might take some time as the Empress of Tomorrow heals from the injury she sustained at TakeOver: Brooklyn III, but she should be an immediate asset, providing a top-flight wrestler and a bunch of fresh matchups.

Of course, that’s assuming WWE doesn’t screw it all up and have her debut with a losing streak or doing backstage skits with wrestlers not understanding what she’s saying.

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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.