WrestleMania 34 is now in the books and one thing that WWE fans can certainly agree on from the New Orleans event is that Charlotte Flair and Asuka tore the house down.

On the main card, the SmackDown Women’s Championship match was the second contest to take place, following on from Seth Rollins’ emphatic victory to claim his first Intercontinental Championship.

THE QUEEN VS. THE EMPRESS

There were plenty of big-name matches on the card, and even though we witnessed the dream match between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura, the majority of WWE fans are in agreement that Charlotte vs. Asuka was the match of the night - or even Ronda Rousey’s incredible in-ring debut is in the conversation.

While the match itself was amazing, it’s the shocking result which had many in disbelief. The Queen locked in the Figure Eight in the middle of the ring, giving The Empress no choice but to submit with her streak officially coming to an end.

However, despite the result, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealed on Sunday night that WWE had forbidden Asuka from doing one thing during her match.

It’s clear by now that Asuka’s arsenal features impressive submission holds, such as the Asuka Lock which has helped her pick up some massive wins. However, revealing the news on Wrestling Observer Radio, Asuka was forbidden by the company to use the armbar in her match against Charlotte.

ARMBAR

This is because Rousey would be using her famous and trusted armbar as her finisher, which she did in beautiful fashion to make Stephanie McMahon submit. It makes sense why, as it was widely expected that Rousey would debut the armbar as her finisher at the Grandest Stage of Them All, rather than sticking with her modified version of the Samoan Drop.

They also went on to add that Asuka’s loss in New Orleans seems to imply that WWE’s potential plans for Asuka vs. Rousey for WrestleMania 35 is now no longer going ahead, and that it’s now much easier to book her moving forward now that she’s lost.

Instead, we could see Rousey vs. Charlotte in the main event in New Jersey next year.

Luckily, the armbar isn’t Asuka’s finisher, so it makes it more understandable as to why WWE wouldn’t want her to use that submission hold when a mainstream star like Rousey - who is famous for that same submission hold - is featuring on the card in her debut.

What do you make of WWE forbidding Asuka from using the armbar against Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34? Have YOUR say in the comments section below.

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