 On April 17, Asuka akanga akanyorwa kuti SmackDown sechikamu 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, kuita kutanga kwake nokuchengetedza Charlotte Flair uye Becky Lynch kubva kurwisa The IIconics Billie Kay uye Peyton Royce uye ipapo SmackDown Women kuti Champion Carmella. Musi waMay 15 episode ye SmackDown, SmackDown maneja mukuru Paige akapindira Carmella, kuzivisa kuti aizove achidzivirira iyo SmackDown Womens Championship kurwisa Asuka paMari muBhangi. Pamutambo uyu musi wa 17 Chikumi, Asuka akarasikirwa naCarmella mushure mekupindira kubva kuna James Ellsworth, achitambura kurasikirwa kwake kwekutanga kwepamutemo muWWE. Paige akabva apa Asuka mutambo wokudzokorora wakaitwa musi wa15 July paExtreme Rules, iyo Asuka akarasikirwa nayo mushure mekumwe kuvhiringidzwa kubva kuna Ellsworth, uyo akanga akarembera pamusoro pemhete muhomwe yehove, iyo Carmella akashandisa kukunda mutambo. MunaGunyana, Asuka akabatsira Naomi, uyo mushure mekukunda Peyton Royce akarwiswa neThe IIconics. Izvi zvakatungamira kumutambo wechikwata pakati pezvikwata zviviri musi waGumiguru 6 paWWE Super Show-Down, uko Asuka naNaomi vakakundwa. Zvakare panguva iyoyo, zvakaziviswa kuti Asuka naThe Miz vaizotora chikamu mumwaka unouya wechipiri weMixed Match Dambudziko. Vaizopedza kusvika kumasemi-fainari, kwavakanzi vadzingwe nevakakunda pakupedzisira R-Chokwadi naCarmella. Musi waNovember 18, Asuka akatora chikamu muSurvivor Series sechikamu cheTeam Smackdown, kwaaive mukadzi wekupedzisira kubviswa muTeam SmackDown. 