Ranking EVERY WWE Superstar's 2018 From Worst To Best

16. Asuka

Asuka SmackDown
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Up and down year for the 'Empress Of Tomorrow' ended at the top of a ladder and top of the SmackDown Live Women's Division after an outstanding Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view main event.

Asuka ascended because fans believed in her long after the company gave up. A WrestleMania loss to Charlotte (and wretched follow-up programme with Carmella) left the character on life support before this unlikely return back from the brink.

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