Asuka tributes fuel retirement speculation after emotional Backlash display

3 articles · Updated · Cageside Seats · May 10

After a nearly 25-minute match with IYO SKY on 9 May, Asuka waved to the crowd and posted an image set to Frank Sinatra's "My Way".
Charlotte Flair, Bayley and Natalya publicly praised her, while Big E said on the Backlash post-show he wondered whether the emotional scene signalled a goodbye.
No retirement has been confirmed, and the gestures may have marked only the end of Asuka's storyline with SKY, but the reaction underscored her standing as a WWE trailblazer.

Is Asuka's emotional farewell a true retirement, or a brilliant setup for her next chapter in WWE?

Did IYO SKY's victory end her mentor's legendary career, or just their epic 15-year rivalry?