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During this match Becky and Asuka trade words. Asuka tries to help Kairi but Becky is able to counter. The match ends when Kairi taps to Becky’s Dis-Arm-Her. Becky asks for a handshake but only gets kicks from Kairi and yelled at by Asuka.
Mar 5, 2024
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Becky says Asuka spitting poison mist in her face helped her see clearly. Maybe it's Asuka who's intimidated by Becky these days, she says. Becky would rather fight Asuka instead of her scheduled opponent, Kairi Sane. Yes, Asuka did win in their SmackDown Women's Championship at last year's Royal Rumble, but who really won in the end? Becky thinks she did, comparing her past year (winning the 2019 Royal Rumble, her match at WrestleMania 35, Becky Two Belts, etc.) to Asuka making soup on YouTube (which I assume is a reference to Asuka's vlog). At the Royal Rumble Becky says she'll collect one last debt--to prove that Asuka can't beat Becky anymore.
The Kabuki Warriors come out to the ring. Asuka hits Becks with Kairi's wagasa before commercial. Asuka sits on ringpost. Becky punches Asuka off the turnbuckle.
Becky wins the match by submission (armbar). Asuka pushes Becky off Kairi with a shining wizard and puts Becky in an Asuka Lock. After the referee gets Asuka off of Becky she issues another kick to Becky.
Mar 17, 2024
"Earlier" Charlotte Flair talks to Becky about a tag match against the Kabuki Warriors. Becky Lynch refuses and instead wants a handicap match. "Good luck," Charlotte says.
Becky has her handicap match where despite the odds she dominates in the match. The Kabuki Warriors are disqualified after Asuka hits Becky with a chair and Kairi hits her InSane Elbow into Becky into a chair.
Mar 12, 2024
After a segment where Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe and the Viking Raiders fight off Seth Rollins, Murphy, and the Authors of Pain (setting up that night's main event), Becky's music starts up and she comes out to the ring. The Kabuki Warriors come out. Asuka speaks Japanese before ending with "easy-peasy."
Tom says Becky is more confident now than she was before fighting Asuka at the Royal Rumble for the title. Kairi is still aiding Asuka--she distracts Becky for a hip attack and takes a punch off the apron from Becky.
Becky wins after scramble pin attempts and a predecessor of the Manhandle Slam. Becky is then attacked by a debuting (on the main roster) Shayna Baszler.
Mar 20, 2024
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Writers questioned Asuka's poison mist gimmick after it appeared in WWE at Hell in a Cell. A writer from Wrestleview called the gimmick "stereotypical." The Ringer blamed the mist gimmick on...Paul Heyman. But here is a video from a WrestleMania weekend where Asuka talks about her admiration for The Great Muta and her desire to do a poison mist gimmick in WWE about a year and a half before she started doing it.
Mar 2, 2024
Since all of this is not on YouTube.
On this episode of SmackDown the Tokyo tour dates are recapped, complete with footage of the Kabuki Warriors winning against the IIconics in Tokyo.
A backstage segment (linked here) follows where Paige and the Kabuki Warriors confront the IIconics for the title shot they were promised. The IIconics delay the title match. The segment ends with face manager Paige slapping Billie Kay.
Feb 27, 2024
IIconics (champions) vs. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. Kabuki Warriors.
* Mandy Rose rolls up Billie Kay for a pin, eliminating the IIconics.
* Asuka submits Rose with the Asuka Lock, eliminating Rose and Deville.
* Nikki pushes Kairi off the turnbuckle, leaving her susceptible to a punch (forearm?) by Bliss as Paige watches. Bliss hits Twisted Bliss, win titles.
Feb 28, 2024