Although
Asuka is expected to defend her
WWE RAW Women's Championship against
Zelina Vega at the upcoming WWE
Clash of Champions PPV on September 27, the original plan was for her to face Shayna Baszler, according to the latest
Wrestling Observer Newsletter. However, those plans changed once Baszler and
Nia Jax won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships from
Bayley and Sasha Banks.
Natalya was also considered as her pairing with
Lana was a way to push her towards a title shot, but that also looks to have been dropped.
On a related note,
Bianca Belair and
Peyton Royce were both in line for pushes, but
Vince McMahon apparently forgot about Belair — and despite breaking up The IIconics to give Royce a singles push — both were left off
RAW this week. Belair did wrestle on this week's WWE
Main Event.
As noted earlier, McMahon was reportedly high on both Royce and Belair and raved about how the two are singles stars during a recent call with the WWE creative team.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter