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Kanako Urai (浦井 佳奈子, Urai Kanako, born September 26, 1981) [1] [2] is a Japanese professional wrestler.She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Asuka (アスカ or 明日華, / ˈ ɑː s k ə /), [9] as a member of Damage CTRL.
Damage CTRL (pronounced "Damage Control") is a professional wrestling stable that performs in WWE on the Raw brand consisting of Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane and Asuka.The stable have held the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship three times, with Kai and Sky being two-time champions and Asuka and Sane (known as The Kabuki Warriors) being one-time champions.
As part of the team, Asuka was a former one-time Raw Women's Champion and had won the women's Money in the Bank. The team originally formed as faces in April 2019 with Paige as their manager before turning heels and kicking Paige in October of the same year. Asuka and Sane amicably split up in July 2020 when the latter left WWE to return to Japan.
Asuka gets Indi on the apron, but then misses a hip attack. INDI HARTWELL ELIMINATED by Bayley moments before Ivy Nile enters, ... WINNER and STILL UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION: ROMAN REIGNS.
Belair then hoisted Asuka while still in the submission and performed the Kiss of Death on Asuka to retain the title. [ 30 ] Next, The Miz and Snoop Dogg came out to announce the attendance for Night 2 of 81,395 and the combined attendance of both nights of 161,892.
As a team, The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane)'s first reign is the longest reign at 171–172 days (180 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay), while the team of Bliss and Asuka have the shortest reign at 5 days (4 days as recognized by WWE). As a team, The Kabuki Warriors have the longest combined reign at 270–271 days, while ...
In the penultimate match, Asuka defended WWE Women's Championship against Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair. Flair sent Asuka and Belair to the floor and then performed a moonsault. When Flair stood up, Asuka caught her with a kick. Asuka got Flair back inside the ring and leapt from the ropes and spiked Flair's head on the mat.
Stephanie McMahon, however, proceeded to rule the match as a no contest, meaning Asuka was still officially the champion. [64] [65] On July 20 (aired July 27), Banks faced Asuka once again for the Raw title, in a match where Asuka could lose the title by disqualification or count-out.