5 things you need to know before tonight's WWE SmackDown Live (January 8th, 2019)

#1 Triple threat action to determine Asuka's next opponent

Which of these former Women's Champions will emerge as Asuka's next opponent?

Asuka's win at WWE TLC was a huge turning point for the Empress.

After a shaky 2018, the SmackDown Women's Champion was able to dethrone Becky Lynch in the first ever Women's TLC match, in a bout that also featured Charlotte Flair, the same woman who ended Asuka's undefeated streak.

But there's no rest for the wicked, and tonight, a triple threat match between Flair, Lynch and fellow former Women's Champion Camella will determine a new challenger for Asuka to face at the Royal Rumble.

Each woman has a vendetta against the Empress, and would love to be the one to dethrone her in her first pay per view title defence.

But with Asuka more confident than ever before, the question is pretty obvious: is anybody ready for her?