10 Top WWE matches of 2019 (so far)

#6 SmackDown Women's Championship: Asuka (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (SmackDown Live, March 26, 2019)

Asuka defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair in an impromptu matchup.

This match was a controversial one as Charlotte Flair received a SmackDown Women's Championship without doing anything to earn it. The Queen defeated Asuka so that the triple threat match could be a Winner Takes All matchup at WrestleMania 35 which effectively relegated Asuka to the WrestleMania Kickoff Show. While the result was controversial, the match was excellent.

This match was arguably the best women's match of the year so far, and their WrestleMania 34 show stealer was only a little bit better than this. The two women exchanged strikes, submissions, and other power-based offences in a masterclass of a match. There is a great story going on between Asuka and Charlotte Flair where no matter what Asuka throws at Charlotte Flair, Charlotte Flair manages to get the victory.

That story was continued in this match even though Asuka hit several impressive kicks and even managed to counter the moonsault into an Asuka Lock at one point. Charlotte also hit a fantastic Avalanche Spanish Fly only for Asuka to lock into a Triangle Choke only for Charlotte Flair to counter it into a powerbomb. The sequence at the end in which both superstars tried to lock in their submissions only for Charlotte Flair to counter an Asuka Lock attempt into the Figure Eight thanks to her power was incredible.