Royal Rumble is the next big event in the WWE calendar which kicks off the WrestleMania season. The 2020 edition will take place on January 26th and some of the matches are being rumored to be on the match card of the show. As reported earlier, Daniel Bryan vs. The Fiend looks to be confirmed for the Universal Championship.
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Another new matchup is currently being rumored for Royal Rumble 2020 over the Raw Women’s Championship. Becky Lynch vs. Asuka should be the lineup as per the current storylines ongoing on Monday Night RAW.
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Dave Meltzer reported the same in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter stating that a match between The Empress of Tomorrow and The Man is in the works for the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.
The angle was set up after Becky Lynch cut a recent promo about how she has always wanted to face Asuka. It would also witness her bringing up how there are some people who think Asuka has her number since she has not been able to beat her before.
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Asuka did defeat Becky Lynch earlier this year which would be used in the storyline context, (courtesy sescoops.com)
“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.”
We should note that Asuka submitted Becky Lynch to retain the SmackDown Women’s Title at the 2019 Royal Rumble pay-per-view event at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona in front of a capacity crowd of 48,193.
One year later, the same lineup will be reproduced at Royal Rumble 2020 in the Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. The initial belief is that the angle will kick off once the New Year rings in.
