5 People who could become aligned with Sami Zayn

A new partnership between Zayn and Nakamura was revealed during Miz TV on SmackDown
A new partnership between Zayn and Nakamura was revealed during Miz TV on SmackDown

#2 Asuka

A heel turn could put Asuka over the top
A heel turn could put Asuka over the top

Depending on how you look at it, Asuka's pairing with Paige and Kairi Sane had all the potential in the world, but it has to be seen as a missed opportunity. Part of it is the uneven booking for the Women's Tag Team titles and part of it is because they jumped the gun to form a team between the two former NXT Women's Champions in order to fill the tag team division for women.

Even though it was a great idea, the execution left the Kabuki Warriors off of TV for most of their tenure thus far. They did win a match a few months ago but never got a one-on-one match with the Champions until after SummerSlam. They lost that match.

Asuka is so talented and it was a little disappointing to put her in a tag team. An easy way to rectify that is to have her turn on Paige and Sane. She can use Zayn as her mouthpiece just like Nakamura, and say that she hasn't been able to express herself while with Paige and Sane.

It would make sense since they haven't won the titles but were treated like a big deal right away. It's not their fault or Paige's fault, but a big change like Io Shirai experienced in NXT recently could really give Asuka an edge that she has been missing.