Backstage Note on Status of IYO SKY vs. Asuka for WrestleMania 42

There has been a lot of chatter around whether IYO SKY would compete at WrestleMania 42 or not. The Genius of The Sky has been embroiled in a heated feud with Asuka for months now. The two have been building toward a potential match at The Show of Shows in recent weeks, both on television and on social media.

Last week, Asuka called out IYO and vowed to destroy her, following which IYO took to X and said that she would see The Empress of Tomorrow in Las Vegas. On last night’s RAW, IYO went one-on-one with Kairi Sane. Despite Asuka costing her the contest, a match between the former Damage CTRL members has yet to be booked for WrestleMania 42. Also, as it turns out, IYO has since deleted her above-mentioned social media post.

On today’s Wrestling Observer Radio [via WrestlingInc.com], Dave Meltzer said that even though IYO deleted her social media post, there is no indication from WWE sources that the match is “dead,” but instead of it happening at WrestleMania, it could be moved to Backlash, but that is also not set in stone at this point.

He added that, if at all, the match would likely be booked for Sunday. However, WWE may opt against it due to the card already being timed out.

“She don’t got a match for Mania. A couple days ago she put up something on social media, which is basically a challenge. ‘Asuka I challenge you for WrestleMania.’ So at that point, when she put that up it’s like, ‘Okay, they’re going to do the match, and they’re going to announce the match on Monday,’ ’cause she’s put up the challenge. You would never do that unless you were told to do it right? So today she took it down. No one has told me it’s dead. The last I heard was that it could happen, but it would probably be moved to Backlash, but it’s not like it’s for sure that it’s going to be moved to Backlash.”