Asuka vs. Paige bei der WWE Survivor Series 2017? / Paige vor TV-Rückkehr bei SmackDown! TV-Tapings in Manchester, England (07.11.2017)?

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Asuka vs. Paige at Survivor Series?

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Asuka's debut on the main roster has been literally, "fine". She's beaten Emma on two occasions (Emma has since been released) and she looked good in the ring, but the matches with Emma didn't really paint Asuka as the kind of wrestler that would maintain a 510-day title reign.

The Japanese superstar needs something great before the fan goodwill dries up. If only there was a female superstar waiting in the wings to make a long-promised return; a superstar who can bring similar levels of aggression, an outsider akin to Asuka but different enough that the two won't cancel each other out....

Paige has had a difficult year or two between injuries and various "other" issues that aren't connected to wrestling. She recently started to prepare for her in-ring return, and that return needs to matter and remind the fans of why she's still great. Paige and Asuka are both in need of a match that really stands out.

Survivor Series is the obvious battleground, and at the time of this writing, Asuka is not on the card. It would seem a waste to put her into the women's elimination match, even as the last woman standing. There are already two women's matches on the card, but there's no reason why one of WWE's top PPVs can't have three.

From now, we have three episodes of Raw and three episodes of Smackdown Live before the Survivor Series in Houston. Paige's return shouldn't happen on either October 30 or October 31 and here's why:

Raw will broadcast from Manchester, England, on November 6. England is, of course, Paige's home country, with her hometown of Norwich only a four-hour drive away (or one hour if you're Michael Cole). Even if Paige doesn't face Asuka, You can bet all the money that Paige will return on WWE's flagship show in her home country. The pop will be enormous.

It makes sense for Paige to join the SmackDown brand. Having a match with Asuka would be a great jump-start, but joining the same brand as her could mean that Paige's impact could lessen very quickly.

Additionally, if you have Paige debut on Raw while making it clear that she is, in fact, a member of the blue brand, then you can have Paige on Raw in Manchester on the first night, and followed by her arrival at SmackDown which will also be filmed in Manchester. Two home-town pops for Paige, which sells the idea that she's still a big deal (short-term gain) and adding some more star-power to Smackdown Live (long-term gain).

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Wenn Bayley, Sasha Banks & Mickie James noch im Team RAW des Women's Elimination Matches landen, wäre das Asuka vs. Paige Match wirklich für die Survivor Series 2017 möglich - vorausgesetzt Paige feiert innerhalb der nächsten beiden Wochen im SmackDown! LIVE-Roster ihre Rückkehr.

Bill Goldberg schrieb:

Aber die Frage ist halt, sollte man Page dann nach der langersehnten Rückkehr gleich gegen Asuka verfüttern .

Ja, verdient hätte sie es.

Paige kann aber trotz Niederlage im Match gegen Asuka gut aussehen, das hat man bei Emma ja auch gut geschafft. Und irgendjemand muss man eben an Asuka verfüttern, wenn all die anderen Damen schon anderweitig beschäftigt sind. Sollte dieses Match wirklich zustande kommen, sollten Paige und ihre Fans froh sein, dass die "Fledermaus" nach all ihren Eskapaden der vergangenen Monate überhaupt einen Platz auf einer Big 4 PPV-Card bekommt.

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Booking of Asuka Causing Major Creative Divide

Following on from our previous story, where we revealed that the Raw and SmackDown writing teams were dead-locked regarding plans for Survivor Series, it has emerged that the booking of Asuka was a key issue in those preliminary discussions.

SmackDown are currently pencilled in to win the women’s match, a match they lost last year, however, the Raw writing team do not want anyone scoring any kind of victory over Asuka- which means they don’t want Asuka on a losing team.

With the plan being for SmackDown to win, this could mean we see Asuka inexplicably left off the Raw team entirely, a move some creative members feel equally damages Asuka, given that it portrays Asuka as being outside of the top women on Raw, ranking her below the likes of Mickie James, Nia Jaxx and Alicia Fox.

If this result is changed, it’ll be solely changed to cater for Asuka and may result in other matches being changed to solely keep her unbeaten.

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Alberto El Patron Talks Paige Returning To WWE

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As seen in the video above, Alberto El Patron spoke to TMZ Sports while doing publicity for MMA organization Combate Americas. In the interview, El Patron was asked if he would be returning to WWE.

"I left that place and I don't have any interest in going back," El Patron stated. He added that if he were to try his hand at MMA again, it would be for Combate Americas.

El Patron was asked when his fiancee Paige would be returning to WWE. As noted, Paige was cleared to return to action in September and has been training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

"She's getting ready [to return to WWE]," El Patron said. "She's in Orlando at the moment. She's been there for the last six weeks."

The former WWE Divas Champion has not wrestled since suffering a neck injury in June of 2016. Although she hasn't appeared on WWE television since her injury, she was still drafted to RAW and went on to suffer two Wellness policy suspensions during her hiatus. El Patron noted that she will be returning "pretty soon."

"It's going to happen pretty soon," El Patron said. "I cannot give you any more details because I will get her in trouble. They told her to lay low and not to talk too much about it.

"She's probably days away from going back to WWE and [doing] something in the ring."

El Patron was asked when he would be tying the knot with Paige. He noted that they are both busy right now, but "maybe next year," although they need to discuss it.

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Paige Speculation

Paige tweeted a message about being on a flight which has led to speculation about where she was heading to. Paige was reportedly not backstage at Sunday's IMPACT Wrestling Bound For Glory PPV and Alberto El Patron recently mentioned that Paige could be "days away" from returning to WWE. With this week's WWE television taking place in Manchester, England the timing would make sense for a Paige return:

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Schade. Das Gerücht über ein mögliches RAW vs. SmackDown! Match zwischen Asuka und Paige bei der WWE Survivor Series 2017 hat sich nach der aktuellen RAW-Episode erledigt.

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Den letzten Platz im Women's Team RAW geht dann wohl an Bayley, während Mickie James leer ausgeht. Das hätte man auch anders lösen können, indem man nicht Asuka, sondern Mickie James ins Women's Team RAW gesteckt hätte. Dann wäre Asuka vs. Paige möglich gewesen. Mal abwarten, ob Paige überhaupt bei den heutigen SmackDown! TV-Tapings ihre Rückkehr feiert. Jetzt muss entweder Asuka mit Team RAW gegen Team SmackDown! gewinnen, oder man lässt Asuka durch DQ oder Count-Out aus dem Match ausscheiden, damit Team SmackDown! gewinnen kann. Ein klares Pinfall-Ausscheiden von Asuka wäre katastrophal.