Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā 17, i whakauruhia a Asuka ki SmackDown hei waahanga o te 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, i puta tuatahi ai ia ma te whakaora i a Charlotte Flair me Becky Lynch mai i te whakaeke a The IIconics (Billie Kay me Peyton Royce) ka <unk>SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella. I te wahanga o te Mei 15 o "SmackDown", ka aukati te kaiwhakahaere matua o SmackDown, a Paige i a Carmella, ki te kii ka tiakina e ia te Toa Wahine SmackDown ki a Asuka i te Moni i te Peeke. I te huihuinga i te Pipiri 17, i hinga a Asuka ki a Carmella i muri i te raru mai i te hokinga mai o James Ellsworth, i mate i tana hinganga tuatahi i te WWE. Na ka whakawhiwhia e Paige ki a Asuka he tukinga ano i tu i te Hurae 15 i nga Ture Tino, i ngaro a Asuka i muri i tetahi atu whakararuraru mai i a Ellsworth, i whakairihia i runga ake i te mowhiti i roto i te wharepaku hiakai, i whakamahia e Carmella ki te wikitoria i te tukinga. I te marama o Hepetema, i awhina a Asuka ki a Naomi, i muri i tana wikitoria i a Peyton Royce i whakaekehia e The IIconics. I arahina tenei ki te tukinga takirua takirua i waenga i nga roopu e rua i te Oketopa 6 i te WWE Super Show-Down, i hinga ai a Asuka raua ko Naomi. I taua wa ano, i panuitia ko Asuka me The Miz ka uru ki te waa e rua o Mixed Match Challenge. Ka roa ratou tae noa ki te hawhe whakamutunga, i reira ka whakakorea e nga toa whakamutunga a R-Truth me Carmella. I te 18 o Noema, i whai wāhi a Asuka ki te
Survivor Series hei waahanga o te Team Smackdown, i reira ia te wahine whakamutunga i whakakorea mai i te Team SmackDown.