For two weeks now, Absolution has threatened to make an example out of Asuka. This week, they went and did it, though it didn't quite go as they planned.
But before everything went south, the trio of Paige, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville did indeed throw down against The Empress of Tomorrow moments after dispatching her planned opponent, Alicia Fox, in the backstage area. Trapping Asuka in the ring, Paige laid out her terms to the undefeated Superstar — move or be moved — and sicced the entirety of Absolution on The Empress of Tomorrow when Asuka refused to comply.
The former NXT Women’s Champion was struggling against the three-on-one onslaught, but the arrival of the entire Raw Women’s division more than evened the scales. The combined efforts of Team Red ladies didn’t just neutralize Absolution — it sent them into retreat for the very first time.