Last week, Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka on
SmackDown Live to become the new
SmackDown Women's Champion. That came as a huge shock to fans and meant that Asuka lost out on a match at
WrestleMania. Now, Charlotte has weighed in on how her title win has had an impact on the Empress of Tomorrow.
During a recent interview, Flair was asked about some fans believing Asuka should be added to the Triple Threat main event match and it sounds like she's thinking of the bigger picture.
"Here’s the thing — last year, when I wrestled Asuka to break her streak at WrestleMania 34, all I could think about is making her proud. I mean, she’s wrestled all over the world. She had this incredible streak that no one had seen in the history of the business. So, for me, wrestling her … everyone had so much hype for this match, so it was really living up to the expectations and cementing my legacy. And then, obviously, having the title match out of nowhere with her [on SmackDown last month], in my opinion, will only open up more doors for people to see the magic that Asuka and I could make and that’s the bigger picture.
"People will regard [Asuka’s omission from the main event] as a negative, but no. This is a story. People want better. This just has the opportunity just to get better for people to see just how much further Asuka and I could take each other in the ring and entertainment-wise. There’s no other woman that I’d rather do that with than Asuka because people have already seen us have two — well, three now — matches and I know what we could do."
Well, that's certainly a pretty interesting take and while it's possible that Charlotte and Asuka will clash again somewhere down the line, I doubt that helps the latter much because she's bound to be disappointed about being relegated to the Women's Battle Royal on the WrestleMania Kickoff show. What do you guys think?