Asuka pulled from WWE Queen of the Ring tournament due to injury

Asuka has been pulled from the Queen of the Ring tournament due to injury, WWE announced. 

WWE's Queen of the Ring tournament kicked off on Monday's Raw, with an Asuka vs. Lyra Valkyria first round match announced. Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, and IYO SKY of Damage CTRL then announced in a promo segment on Monday that Asuka was injured and that Kai would take her place in the Valkyria match. 

Asuka worked WWE's European tour last week, including Saturday's Backlash event in France where she and Sane dropped the Women's Tag Team titles to Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair, but has been banged up in recent months, including missing time in March due to a knee injury. 

WWE did not comment on the nature of Asuka's current injury.

Substituting for Asuka, Kai lost in the first round tournament match to Valkyria on Monday's Raw, which featured three first round matches from both the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments. 

Our full coverage from Monday's Raw is available here.