Asuka’s First Loss

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It seems as if the WWE is setting this up to happen in the not too distant future. So who will it be? I’ve only listed the most likely suspects in the poll, but feel free to specify if you choose other.

Who will it be? Who should it be? It’s such a great thing that has to eventually end, but will almost inevitably not be able to live up to the hype that it should have.

[Kyn]

I feel like it will be Ronda, but weirdly, I sort of want it to be Nia.

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Feb 14, 2018 20:15:04 GMT -5 Kyn said:

I feel like it will be Ronda, but weirdly, I sort of want it to be Nia.

I don't think it should be ending anytime soon, but yeah, I'd much prefer it to be Nia instead of Ronda.

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I think Nia's beating her at Elimination Chamber. Sets up Nia getting a shot, it keeps up the pattern of the Raw Women's title being treated as more important than the SmackDown one (see also how on the website the Raw one has a bigger icon than the SmackDown one and is listed in with the Universal and WWE titles) and it ditches it as an albatross for both Money in the Bank and the Mixed Match Challenge.

And really I wouldn't mind if Nia did end it. They click well together and I can't actually think of an alternative option I don't think would be a complete waste.

That said I feel like if it's not ended by Nia, it's being ended by Carmella cashing in on her.

[Rolent Tex]

Stephanie McMahon after Scott Hall takes ten minutes to get to the ring to taze her.

[arrogantmodel]

I look at it as Brock ending Undertaker's streak. It had to be Brock because he's a vet who really doesn't give a f*** if people complained. He could take it. Some rookie ending it could burn out or collapse under the pressure of being the guy who ended it.

Nia is a wrestler, I assume she'll be around for a while, so she knows what's up. Plus, she's getting over and people are liking her direction. She could end the streak and take it in stride.

Ronda is kind of polarizing. Brock was over as hell before and up to Wrestlemania 30. Now, if Brock 2017-2018 ended the streak, he might get a lot more heat.

Ronda is brand new and we kind of know her mindset when it comes to pressure. She said she contemplated suicide after losing to Holly Holm. Not saying the fake WWE is the same as the real UFC, but I would not put a kind of disliked Rousey as the one to end a mega popular Asuka's streak. The fans would immediately hate her. Unless she starts as a heel, which I doubt she will.

It has to go to an established wrestler.

[CubsFan71]

I don’t want it to be Nia. Don’t get me wrong I love Nia Jax. Second only to Asuka. The reason don’t want her to win is because, I have a feeling that if she does end Asukas streak, she’ll end up getting Roman Reigns type heat from the fans if she does. If it weren’t that, then yeahit shoul definitely be Nia.

[joey joe joe junior shabadoo]

Ember Moon

[The Legend of Groose]

Nobody is ready for Asuka. Nobody better than Kanyon

It's fate.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

If done right Rousey and Asuka trading 1st loses to each other could build to a nice 3rd match

[Allie Kitsune]

I know people here don't like her, but it should be Ember.

[horseface]

Ember is a good choice.

I wouldnt mind if Asuka were Rouseys first loss actually. Though that would probably be too far down the road to realistically expect Asuka to still be unbeaten.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Feb 14, 2018 20:20:24 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I think Nia's beating her at Elimination Chamber. Sets up Nia getting a shot, it keeps up the pattern of the Raw Women's title being treated as more important than the SmackDown one (see also how on the website the Raw one has a bigger icon than the SmackDown one and is listed in with the Universal and WWE titles) and it ditches it as an albatross for both Money in the Bank and the Mixed Match Challenge.

And really I wouldn't mind if Nia did end it. They click well together and I can't actually think of an alternative option I don't think would be a complete waste.

That said I feel like if it's not ended by Nia, it's being ended by Carmella cashing in on her.

It seems plausible, but it's been a long established pattern that even if it makes perfect sense for Asuka to lose, she wins anyway and that's been one of the things that has made her streak actually worth a damn.

With Asuka beating Bliss, Sasha, and Bayley clean in such a short time while only beating Nia on a technicality, I think they are setting up Asuka moving to Smackdown after scoring wins against everyone else of note on the Raw roster.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Because it sets up some serious intrigue for the RAW Women's Championship match at WM, it NEEDS to be NIA, as difficult as it is for me to say.

[CMWaters]

Nia, either fairly or by Bliss costing her the match.

[thelonewolf527]

Peyton Royce as the #1 babyface woman in the company a year or so down the road.

I'm not sure if I'm being serious or not either.

[Sparvid]

If it's Ronda, doesn't that just mean that the question changes to "Who will be the first to be Ronda?"

Better for it to be someone like Ember.

[Eunös ✈]

Brock Lesnar once gain conquers the streak.

[Moppy]

It sounds like a silly shout right now, but Bayley.

My reason for saying Bayley is that I don't see them having Asuka lose for at least a year, potentially turning heel in the process at some point.

After a while folks will be itching for a scrappy young underdog to knock her off her perch, and Bayley's character fits best to do that. And we *know* that the two can work together from NXT.

Execution of the idea is another thing, of course.

[Alice Syndrome]

Bayley