Had it not been for Tajiris tenure in WWE more than a decade ago, Asuka very well might have been bestowed the nickname The Japanese Buzzsaw during her debut Wednesday night at TakeOver: Respect. The former Kana kept her match against Dana Brooke moving at a breakneck pace that left you breathless after a while. She transitioned almost effortlessly between submission moves before throwing in a devastating suplex. At one point, she turned a Brooke body vice in to a kneebar, then an anklelock and then a German suplex. She applied a cross-armbreaker and fluidly turned it into two more holds before releasing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hqltAgEPw Overall, it was a very impressive debut that seemed to indicate that her time in NXT is going to be short because she likely will be promoted to the main roster in the near future.
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