The Saga of Sasha Banks (and Naomi) Megathread

[Lethal]

Honestly, as @Cwalker pointed out, not really… they been booking a lot of women like shit lately tbh. Like Asuka maybe and Becky yeah, but we seen Becky and Belair a few times already. Alexa maybe? But like everyone else just horrible booking. So Sasha and Naomi really all they had in all likelihood. Since it seems the plan was originally Asuka and Becky fighting at HIAC maybe

Then maybe they could start using girls that are just doing fuck all backstage? Like Ripley, Morgan, Zelina. Yeah it’s been done before but it still gets that defence in.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Or the fact she mentioned those problems on her Broken Skulls session. Cringey to remember details from an interview cool.

After the shit she likely pulled last night, I wouldn't trust her word on this. Been a fan of Sasha since her NXT days, but I have been very disappointed with her attitude since she got called up. There's a middle ground between knowing your worth and doing what you're asked. She's slowly turning into the Edward Norton of female wrestling and it's frustrating to watch.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Honestly, as @Cwalker pointed out, not really… they been booking a lot of women like shit lately tbh. Like Asuka maybe and Becky yeah, but we seen Becky and Belair a few times already. Alexa maybe? But like everyone else just horrible booking. So Sasha and Naomi really all they had in all likelihood. Since it seems the plan was originally Asuka and Becky fighting at HIAC maybe

thats not what champions are for tho, only in wwe do they use champions to elevate other champions. it makes no sense when you can elevate everyone. and the have Rhea, right fucking there . they have rematch ppvs all the time with meaningless matches but because theyve jobbed the other girls out suddenly they have no one but those two to job to Bianca? thats such ass backwards booking

 

[Dale]

Since we'll never likely know the truth, i'm just gonna go ahead and speculate that Naomi would have been fine with that original plan. Long sounding main event on Raw, #1 contender and wrestling at the PLE against the top female babyface. She has no clout, she aint walking upto anyone and dropping the title and then leaving the arena. Sasha lead, she followed in solidarity is my theory.

Feel like the whole situation could have been handled better from all parties, they just chose to make a powerplay.

 

[Comrade Khan]

they had alexa sitting on the bench doing NOTHING for months and kept her off mania too lol, there NO excuse

 

[Deezy]

Hence they want to elevate said titles. Not one set of champions has done anything good for them. Why stop your own momentum to be a fall person?

What momentum did they have?

Facing slapped together teams for weeks on end is more of a burial than what they were

going to head into.

It's mark shit....fire them and let them fail else where imo.

 

[Comrade Khan]

they also moved the southern lady to raw and were planning on turning her heel so ya. theres no reason to job out your champions and give them 0 plans to defend their titles even after hell in a cell.

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Deeply personal now and makes me so torn. I stay watching for other faves but really testing my resolve

What a horrible take. Paige outward said she was a ticking time bomb. It’s shit comments like this that add to Sasha’s mental health problems.

Basically fuck your tag titles to lay down for female cena and Rousey. Screw that.

Like that’s never happened before with script rewrites during the show

Another absolute shit take. Guess we should hate on D’Lo, Seth, Owen etc??

Imagine having your current work be completely undervalued for something that ultimately means nothing?
Why the constant shots at Jeff?

Paige said she was a ticking time bomb. Just so happened to be that kick (which Sasha has performed lots of times since with no issue).

Punk is awesome.

And plenty of others. Way to stretch.

Fuck me so many terrible takes here

Funny how so many bad takes are the pro-WWE ones

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Then maybe they could start using girls that are just doing fuck all backstage? Like Ripley, Morgan, Zelina. Yeah it’s been done before but it still gets that defence in.

Oh yeah I 100% agree they should. Maybe not Rhea as she just turned heel and joined Judgement Day, so she shouldn’t be losing at the moment. I’m just saying that right now no one seems credible, and that does fall on WWE.

 

[Cwalker]

Since we'll never likely know the truth, i'm just gonna go ahead and speculate that Naomi would have been fine with that original plan. Long sounding main event on Raw, #1 contender and wrestling at the PLE against the top female babyface. She has no clout, she aint walking upto anyone and dropping the title and then leaving the arena. Sasha lead, she followed in solidarity is my theory.

Feel like the whole situation could have been handled better from all parties, they just chose to make a powerplay.

This is probably the most reasonable and likely scenario.

I love Sasha, but she also probably realizes there’s not going to be any real repercussion from this because there hasn’t been any in the past for her

 

[Hidden Blaze]

thats not what champions are for tho, only in wwe do they use champions to elevate other champions. it makes no sense when you can elevate everyone. and the have Rhea, right fucking there . they have rematch ppvs all the time with meaningless matches but because theyve jobbed the other girls out suddenly they have no one but those two to job to Bianca? thats such ass backwards booking

Well Rhea shouldn’t be losing right now.. just see my statement to Lethal as I’m not typing it all out again lol

 

[Deezy]

Funny how so many bad takes are the pro-WWE ones

Funny how the anti-WWE ones were wrong lol.

 

[Cwalker]

Honestly I mentioned the other women earlier, had they given the shot to Carmella or Vega over Naomi…

Most people would complain considering where Carmella and Vega are in terms of their standing

 

[Roy Mustang]

And Stratton takes the belt off Mandy. Nobody would notice the difference

I would... Stratton is a better wrestler already

REPORT: There is zero sympathy backstage in WWE for Sasha Banks

On today's Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez confirmed Wade Keller's report that said that there was very little sympathy for Sasha Banks and Naomi after

wrestlingnews.co

So, either:
- Wade Keller and Alvarez are lying pieces of shit
- The WWE roster is made up of brainwashed sheep, and Shayna and Bayley are lying pieces of shit

Point 3: A mix in the middle and someone from WWE is leaking stuff to make them look bad. Also Bayley might not be backstage atm due to her injury. Shayna doesn't seem like a snake either so might be someone who hates Sasha making shit up.

Starting to picture Mercedes in AEW and I keep thinking the women's division isn't that good over there either. Maybe just drop the tag titles and focus on storylines that don't involve a title. once in a while.

I'd like to think if they got a legit name like Sasha they would put much more effort in but yeah...

Also using your tag team champions to put over the singles champions is lame and one of the reason the tag belts don't matter. It would be like using Jade to put over Rosa for example. You are making one champion look weaker when you have other talent who can be used to put over the champion without making a champion lose. But in WWE, champions getting pinned is a weekly thing it feels like.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Well Rhea shouldn’t be losing right now.. just see my statement to Lethal as I’m not typing it all out again lol

its wwe, they can do like 5 dq finishes in a row