WWE TLC 2018: 3 Reasons SmackDown women should main-event the show

Last night on SmackDown Live, Asuka won a battle royal to earn herself a shot at Becky Lynch's SmackDown Women's Championship at the upcoming TLC event. She will be joined by Becky Lynch's long-time rival, Charlotte Flair, and the encounter will be the first-ever female TLC match.

The match is the sixth match to be announced for the event, and it is undeniably the most exciting. While the rest of the card has some interesting matches, the build for the show has, thus far, been fairly average.

While all hope is not lost, the WWE are struggling to keep fans invested right now. One solution to this problem would be to shift the emphasis on to the women's division, which is hotter than it has ever been.

This shift should start at TLC, where the aforementioned TLC match should be put in the main event slot. Let's take a look at three reasons why that is a good idea.

#3 Another chance to make history

All three women have played a pivotal role in making the women's division what it is today

If there has been one thing the WWE has loved doing over the last few years, it's making history.

Over the last 12 months, we have seen the first ever women's Royal Rumble match, the first ever women's Elimination Chamber bout, and the first ever all-female PPV event.

The match between Asuka, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair at TLC will be another first for the women's division, the first ever female TLC match.

The TLC match has become a fan favourite over the years, with the match becoming one of the most thrilling and innovative stipulations the WWE has to offer.

Given the talents of the three women involved in the match, there is every chance that this match will steal the show at TLC, and taking into account the historical significance of the match, putting it in the main-event spot feels like a no-brainer.

#2 Help Asuka rebuild

Few superstars have had a year as rough as Asuka's. The former NXT Women's Champion started the year by becoming the first ever winner of the female Royal Rumble match, she continued to ride that wave through to WrestleMania, where she tasted her first ever WWE defeat to Charlotte Flair.

Since then, her career has gone off a cliff. She suffered back to back defeats at the hands of Carmella during the Summer and the most notable thing she has done in the second half of the year was a dance with Naomi.

While Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey are leading the way in the women's division, Asuka has become nothing more than a bystander.

Now, while it is highly unlikely she will pick up the victory at TLC, the WWE can help her regain some momentum by having her dominate large portions of the match against two of the hottest superstars in the WWE right now.

Asuka is one of the most competent performers in the WWE right now, and while her recent booking suggests otherwise, the WWE could still rebuild her with the correcting booking, and that has to start at TLC.

Having her take part in such a historic main-event will at least gets fans talking about her, and the gimmick for the match may allow her to show a more aggressive side between the ropes.

#1 Becky Lynch is the hottest star in the WWE right now

For the last few years, the WWE has been desperately trying to find their next big star. The company spent four years trying to get Roman Reigns over as 'the guy' but as it turned out, the answer was staring them in the face this whole time.

Becky Lynch is the hottest star in the whole wrestling world right now, and the WWE would be foolish to let that opportunity pass them by.

Lynch is receiving crowd chants when she is not even in the building, and this is the kind that has previously only been reserved for the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin and Daniel Bryan.

The rest of the WWE has been fairly lacklustre as of late, and the women's triple threat match is already the most interesting match on the card.

While the WWE is likely to dump it in the middle of the card and place Baron Corbin Vs Braun Strowman in the top spot, the company should really consider giving these women the chance to show us what they are capable of.