Asuka
At the time of writing, Asuka seems like the most obvious choice to win the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble bout. The Empress of Tomorrow has arrived in the company to a lot of hype, and while many fans feel she is not being booked appropriately, she was just the sole survivor in the women’s Survivor Series tag-match, which is surely an indication that the company has big plans for her.
It seems inevitable right now that Asuka will pick up the belt at some point in the near future, and it would make sense to crown her as the unstoppable champion of the women’s division on the grandest stage of them all. Booking this would also be easy- all you would need to do is have Asuka get down to the final four with a group of heels, only to overcome the odds and march on to a match with Alexa Bliss in New Orleans.
