According to a recent report, a fan-favorite WWE Superstar is unfortunately going to miss the 2025 Royal Rumble due to recently suffering an injury.

On the following week's episode, WWE Director of its Live Events Adam Pearce announced that Sane was not medically cleared to compete and named her stablemate IYO SKY as her replacement.

Asuka is a member of Damage CTRL on WWE RAW. Her stablemate, Kairi Sane, was supposed to compete in the Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament but was attacked backstage last month.

Former WWE Women's Champion Asuka ... she lost the tag titles alongside Kairi Sane at Backlash last year. Fightful made it clear that they are not reporting Asuka is set to return at Royal Rumble ...

Asuka has quietly stepped away from weekly televised WWE shows and live events owing to a severe knee injury. Although she supposedly underwent a successful surgery, her return timeline is unclear ...

Kairi Sane was injured ahead of the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament, and Asuka has been out of action for nearly a year. The former women's champion is expected to return soon ...

Fightful Select is reporting that several behind the scenes at WWE expect Charlotte Flair ... Damage CTRL members Bayley, IYO SKY, Asuka and Kairi Sane. Naturally, the sudden return of one CM ...

Currently, one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions ... at Backlash France from the Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane). They then lost the belts at Clash at the Castle: Scotland ...

Kairi Sane is out of action. The Damage CTRL member posted on Instagram ... This follows a string of injuries Damage CTRL have suffered in 2024. Asuka has been out of action for most of the year after ...

Thanks to the past, WWE has a bad track record with international superstars. When a wrestler is from Russia, they are almost always portrayed as a foreign heel. When a wrestler is from Japan or ...