News has surfaced regarding one title match at the upcoming Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.
Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that a match between Asuka and WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is in the works for the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.
This comes after Lynch cut a recent promo about how she wanted to face Asuka, which also saw her bring up how there are some people who think Asuka has her number since she’s never beat her before.
Per the report, the idea was that Asuka defeating Lynch earlier this year was supposed to lead to Asuka challenging her following WrestleMania.
That changed once the program was dropped. It turns out that Paul Heyman, who serves as the RAW Executive Director, came up with the idea to restart it and to have it happen at the Rumble.
For those who may have forgotten, Asuka submitted Lynch to retain the title at the 2019 Royal Rumble pay-per-view event at Chase Field in Phoenix which took place in front of a capacity crowd of 48,193.
WWE has already confirmed the Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas will host the Royal Rumble on Sunday, January 26, 2020.
The event will mark WWE’s debut at Minute Maid Park. Minute Maid Park has a maximum capacity of over 40,000 people. WWE has yet to announce any matches for this upcoming show.
The belief is that the company will start to do so once the new year is ringed in as typically December is a slow month for WWE.
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