Sasha Banks is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name Mercedes Mone, where she is a former IWGP Women's Champion.
33 Facts About Sasha Banks
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Sasha Banks is best known for her time in WWE from 2012 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name Sasha Banks.
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Sasha Banks signed with WWE in 2012 under the ring name Sasha Banks and was assigned to the developmental territory NXT.
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Sasha Banks was the third most tweeted about female athlete in 2021.
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Sasha Banks's mother is of German descent, while her father was African-American.
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Sasha Banks's family moved to various places, including Minnesota, to find schools and hospitals for her autistic brother Joshua.
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Sasha Banks went to school online and grew up watching All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.
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Sasha Banks held the title for 259 days, vacating the belt after she signed a contract with WWE.
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Two weeks later on NXT, Sasha Banks defeated Bayley, while accompanied by Rae.
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Sasha Banks first appeared on WWE's main roster on the December 30,2014, episode of Main Event, where she lost to Charlotte in a non-title match.
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On January 21,2015, Sasha Banks received another title match against Charlotte, which she lost after Becky Lynch attacked Charlotte, causing a disqualification, which led to dissension between Sasha Banks and Lynch.
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On February 11,2015, at NXT TakeOver: Rival, Sasha Banks won the NXT Women's Championship by pinning Charlotte in a fatal four-way match that involved Lynch and Bayley.
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Sasha Banks successfully retained the championship against Charlotte twice, Alexa Bliss, and Becky Lynch.
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Sasha Banks made her official debut on the July 13,2015, episode of Raw along with Charlotte and Becky Lynch, after Stephanie McMahon called for a "revolution" in the WWE Divas division.
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At the event, Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks, again ending her reign at 27 days.
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At WrestleMania 33, Sasha Banks participated in a fatal four-way elimination match for the title, where Bayley retained the championship.
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Months later, Sasha Banks faced Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women's Championship.
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Bliss retained the title at Great Balls of Fire, but Sasha Banks won it at SummerSlam.
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Eight days later, Sasha Banks dropped the title back to Bliss on Raw.
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In 2018, Sasha Banks participated in the first Women's Royal Rumble match, where she lasted 54:46, and the first women's Elimination Chamber match.
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On January 27,2019, at the Royal Rumble, after she defeated Nia Jax to earn herself a title match, Sasha Banks unsuccessfully challenged Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship.
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Sasha Banks held the impression that she and Bayley were going to have a long title reign to bring credibility to the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, with the two allegedly not being informed until the last minute that they would be dropping the titles at WrestleMania.
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Sasha Banks's talk show cancellation was reported to be due to a personal matter.
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At the event, Sasha Banks took a win via disqualification Lynch retained.
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At the pay-per-view, Sasha Banks was the last woman standing for the SmackDown brand in the Women's Survivor Series match, but was pinned by Rhea Ripley from Team NXT, who won the match.
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The feud between the two eventually culminated in a Hell in a Cell match at the eponymous pay-per-view, where Sasha Banks submitted Bayley to win the SmackDown Women's Championship for the first time in her career.
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At the event, Sasha Banks dropped the SmackDown Women's Championship to Belair, ending her reign at 167 days.
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On January 2,2022, Sasha Banks sustained a calcaneus injury during a house show match against Charlotte Flair.
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At the namesake event, Sasha Banks entered first, eliminating Melina and Kelly Kelly before being eliminated by Queen Zelina.
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In December 2022, it was reported that negotiations over compensation had fallen through during the summer and that Sasha Banks was done with WWE.
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Varnado, as Sasha Banks, served as honorary starter for the 2021 Daytona 500.
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Sasha Banks is a first cousin of music producer Daz Dillinger and singers Brandy Norwood and Ray J Sasha Banks is a fan of K-pop music and the Japanese anime Sailor Moon.
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Sasha Banks was in attendance at Guerrero's memorial episode of Raw on November 14,2005, in Minneapolis, and she revealed that she was unaware that Guerrero had died before she arrived at the arena.