Ronda Rousey Pushes Becky Lynch And Charlotte Flair Off Ladder, Asuka Wins SmackDown Women’s Title At WWE TLC
What a match from these three competitors.
Coming into this match there were a multitude of stories deriving from all three competitors. The main event of WWE’s TLC pay-per-view was the SmackDown Live Women’s Championship Triple-Threat TLC match between the champion Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Asuka.
For Becky Lynch, this was her first match back since November after she was put out of commission by Nia Jax when Nia caught Becky with a flush shot to the face that seemingly made Becky the most popular superstar in all of WWE. For Charlotte Flair, she was hell bent on finding herself as a competitor again and that began at the 2018 Survivor Series pay-per-view after she was hand-picked by Becky Lynch to face the RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey because Becky was not medically cleared to do so. For Asuka, this was about coming to the main roster as the undefeated “Empress Of Tomorrow” and losing that aura and winning streak once she was defeated by Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34 and lost two straight championship matches to Carmella over the summer.
All of those stories bundled up into one led to the main event of tonight’s show.
Are you as excited as we are? #WWETLC #TLCMatch @WWEAsuka @MsCharlotteWWE @BeckyLynchWWE pic.twitter.com/yXy2UoCcVM
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) December 17, 2018
BECKY GOT BACK! #WWETLC #TLCMatch @WWEAsuka @BeckyLynchWWE pic.twitter.com/jmf1tyUtgK
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) December 17, 2018
#TheMan @BeckyLynchWWE is feeling CHAIR-i-table tonight! #WWETLC @WWEAsuka @MsCharlotteWWE
(Last pun. Sorry, Becky!) pic.twitter.com/wJ42dAtVQ5
— WWE (@WWE) December 17, 2018
It was a brutal match and all three women put their bodies on the line. There was a point during the match when Becky propped Asuka and Charlotte on the announce table to recreate the leg drop off the Ladder spot from ‘Evolution’. Asuka moved out of the way and Becky ended up driving her leg through the stomach of Charlotte.
It’s #WWEEvolution all over again!!!! #WWETLC #ThisIsAwesome #TLCMatch @BeckyLynchWWE @MsCharlotteWWE @WWEAsuka pic.twitter.com/K3GHf37mHG
— WWE (@WWE) December 17, 2018
We thought we were ready for this match.
We thought wrong. #ThisIsAwesome #WWETLC @WWEAsuka @MsCharlotteWWE @BeckyLynchWWE pic.twitter.com/IsuhNirjgD— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) December 17, 2018
The final moments of the match saw Becky Lynch and Charlotte battling it out on the top of the ladder but out of nowhere the crowd came unglued and it was because the RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey who has issues with both Becky and Charlotte came to the ring. Ronda pushed Charlotte and Becky off the ladder and following up on that was Asuka who climbed up and won her first championship on the main roster.
WHAT IS @RondaRousey DOING OUT HERE?!?! #WWETLC @BeckyLynchWWE @MsCharlotteWWE pic.twitter.com/UQlD96vetS
— WWE (@WWE) December 17, 2018
This is YOUR moment!!!
Congratulations to YOUR #SDLive #WomensChampion, @WWEAsuka! #WWETLC #AndNew #TLCMatch pic.twitter.com/wP1jd7ShAf
— WWE (@WWE) December 17, 2018
There’s going to be hell to pay for this, @RondaRousey! #WWETLC @BeckyLynchWWE @MsCharlotteWWE pic.twitter.com/6u86dYkZ0k
— WWE (@WWE) December 17, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: THIS was the scene as @BeckyLynchWWE & @MsCharlotteWWE take in the fact that @WWEAsuka is your NEW #SmackDown #WomensChampion. #WWETLC pic.twitter.com/tQIRSBcM1W
— WWE (@WWE) December 17, 2018
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