{"id":589391,"date":"2026-04-08T03:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/589391\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:22:10","slug":"report-the-reason-why-iyo-sky-vs-asuka-hasnt-been-announced-for-wwe-wrestlemania-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/589391\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: The reason why Iyo Sky vs. Asuka hasn&#8217;t been announced for WWE WrestleMania 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The official lineups for each night of WWE WrestleMania 42 <a href=\"https:\/\/nodq.com\/news\/the-official-lineups-for-each-night-of-wwe-wrestlemania-42-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were announced today<\/a> but Iyo Sky vs. Asuka was not included. Despite this, PostWrestling.com was told that the match is still expected to be added to WrestleMania Sunday\u2019s card.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com reports that if Nikki is not medically cleared to team with her sister Brie in the four-way Women\u2019s Tag Team match at WrestleMania, Asuka and Kairi Sane will take their place. If Nikki is cleared, then the planned Iyo Sky vs. Asuka match will move forward.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently unclear what happens with Iyo if Asuka is needed for the tag match instead.<\/p>\n<p>Nikki was seen wearing a walking boot after a late-March SmackDown match and later stated she expected to return within a week. However, she has not yet been officially cleared and it was noted by Michael Cole on television that she is \u201crehabbing\u201d ahead of WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Iyo publicly called out Asuka for a WrestleMania match in a post via Twitter\/X\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsuka\u2026 The achievements you\u2019ve made in WWE have been truly brilliant. Kairi and I have always looked up to you. But the way you\u2019re treating Kairi right now is changing all of that!! If dragging Kairi around and using her as a shield is your idea of \u2018LOVE,\u2019 then my \u2018LOVE\u2019 is to go anywhere and everywhere to be Rhea\u2019s shield. I\u2019m DEFINITELY NOT afraid to face You, my senior whom I once LOVED so dearly. Let\u2019s settle this once and for all: which of our \u2018LOVES\u2019 deserves to have it all. Hope to see you in Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asuka\u2026.<br \/>The achievements you\u2019ve made in WWE have been truly brilliant. <br \/>Kairi and I have always looked up to you.<br \/>But the way you\u2019re treating Kairi right now is changing all of that!!<br \/>If dragging Kairi around and using her as a shield is your idea of \u201cLOVE,\u201d<br \/>then my \u201cLOVE\u201d is to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NOWVrW9qyg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/NOWVrW9qyg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HIrDe4GQlt\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HIrDe4GQlt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IYO SKY (@Iyo_SkyWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iyo_SkyWWE\/status\/2041391202117759176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The official lineups for each night of WWE WrestleMania 42 were announced today but Iyo Sky vs. Asuka&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[40961,49,48,75,40958],"class_list":["post-589391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-asuka","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-iyo-sky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}