WWE announced late Monday afternoon that WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Asuka had been pulled from her scheduled match against former NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler due to a wrist injury.
This led to Kairi Sane taking on Baszler in a singles match on Monday’s episode of Raw in Brooklyn, NY at the Bell Barclays Center on the USA Network. Baszler went over in the contest.
Dave Meltzer noted on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio that Asuka suffered the injury at a WWE Supershow live event over the weekend when she worked a tag team match. Asuka is dealing with a bad sprain and wasn’t cleared by WWE doctors to compete on Raw.
The good news is that she’s expected to be able to wrestle in the Women’s Elimination Chamber match at Sunday’s pay-per-view event from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Asuka, Baszler, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan and Natalya will compete in the contest to see who will challenge Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch for the strap at WrestleMania 36 next month.
