8 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (Feb 10)

5. Lynch, Asuka Throw Down One More Time

Becky Lynch Asuka
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Becky Lynch and Asuka have chemistry, there’s just no denying it. Monday night was no excuse.

The Empress of Tomorrow and The Man hooked it up for their third women’s title match, with this being the rubber match (as it were). The two had a solid back-and-forth match in which Becky and Asuka kept battling for their submission finishers. Kairi Sane of course got involved a bit, but it wasn’t a distraction from the match. There was a really nice sequence toward the end with both women trading rollups while grabbing for each other’s arm.

But Lynch changed strategies, catching a charging Asuka with a Rock Bottom for the decisive pin, retaining her Raw Women’s Championship. Good match, good finish.

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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.