[167] When she returned, she was named captain of the SmackDown women's team, leading into Survivor Series. [253], Hiatus and renewed alliance with Bayley (20192020), Partnership with Naomi and departure (2022), New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Stardom (2023present), During Banks' first reign, the championship was called the WWE Women's Championship. [165] After she was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2019 draft,[166] she then went on another brief hiatus from TV due to injuring her tailbone. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Following that, the title was renamed Raw Womens Championship. In November 2016, Sasha Banks joined the Raw womens team for the Survivor Series. Even though Natalya eliminated her, her team won the match. [5] Their match was voted by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) as Match of the Year, with Varnado also being voted as Woman of the Year. The Fiend, Bryan & Reigns vs. Harper & Rowan, Bayley vs. Charlotte, Lynch vs. Banks", "WWE Draft results: See all the picks from night 1", "Sasha Banks suffered a tailbone injury at WWE Hell in a Cell", "WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: Title change, NXT invasion, Tyson Fury highlight Manchester show", "Team NXT def. 12. [6] In 2019, she won the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with tag team partner, Bayley, at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Whether Sasha Banks has been officially released or not is still a matter of speculation. [111][112] On the February 13 episode of Raw, Banks helped Bayley defeat Flair to win the Raw Women's Championship. Sasha Banks hints she'll be a free agent as of January 1 - Wrestling Junkie [237][238] In her final appearance as Sasha Banks, she was a celebrity contestant on an episode of the USA Network game show Barmageddon, which aired on January 2, 2023. [169][170] At WrestleMania 36, she participated in a fatal five-way elimination match for Bayley's SmackDown Women's Championship, where the champion retained. She was in attendance at Guerrero's memorial episode of Raw on November 14, 2005, in Minneapolis, and she also revealed that she was unaware that Guerrero had died before she arrived at the arena. The couple tied the knot with Varnado on August 4, 2016. amThe ceremony was arranged by one-half of The Ascension's team, Konner. Wrestling . "Honestly, I don't know," Bayley said about Banks negotiating . centurie. [198] In the weeks to follow, Banks and Belair would proceed to build up to the reveal of Belair's opponent of choice on SmackDown,[199][200][201] up until the February 26 episode of the aforementioned show, when Belair officially chose to face Banks for the SmackDown Women's Championship at the event. Banks also won the NXT Year-End Award for Match of the Year in the same month (2015). Reels. TO THE SHOW AND TO THE JOE/RICOCHET MATCH, CESARO BUILDS ON HIS TAKEOVER PERFORMANCE", "WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT: DID ROMAN APOLOGIZE?, BAYLEY EXPLAINS HER ACTIONS, THE SEMIFINALS ARE SET, AND MORE", "9/15 WWE CLASH OF CHAMPIONS PPV REPORT: Keller's report on Lynch vs. Banks, Kingston vs. Orton, Rollins vs. Strowman, Bayley vs. Charlotte, more", "WWE Raw results, recap, grades: The Fiend stalks, Hell in a Cell matches set, King of the Ring winner", "10/6 WWE Hell in a Cell PPV Report: Keller's report on Seth Rollins vs. She began her wrestling career in 2008 with Chaotic Wrestling, a Woburn, Massachusetts-based independent American wrestling promotion. She was born Mercedes Justine Kaestner Varnado, on the 26th of January, 1992, in Fairfield, California, U.S. She began training at Chaotic Wrestling in Massachusetts around 2008. 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STYLES, AND MORE", "Divas Champion Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks (Triple Threat Match)", "WWE RAW REPORT: ANY ROADBLOCKS ON THE PATH TO ROADBLOCK?, HOW ABOUT THOSE Y2AJ SHIRT SALES?, WHO WILL BE THE X FACTOR IN THE LANA/BRIE SITUATION?, AND MORE", "All-new WWE Women's Championship introduced at WrestleMania", "Charlotte def. [219], Banks and Naomi's title defense on the May 13 episode of SmackDown[220] would be their final televised WWE appearance, and their match at a WWE Live event on May 15[221] proved to be Banks' final WWE match, as during the May 16 episode of Raw, Banks and Naomi reportedly walked out on WWE due to a creative dispute with Vince McMahon. JUNE 15, 2022 CAGESIDESEATS.COM. LOGIN Subscribe for $1. I've been doing all the things you don't want me to do. Following that, the two-faced off in a match, which Banks lost. Wrestling Inc's Raj Giri broke the news . From this birth date, her present age is 27 years old and her birthplace Fairfield, California, United States. Her mother is of German descent, while her father was African-American. [118], In December, Banks competed in the first-ever women's match contested in Abu Dhabi against Alexa Bliss. Her WWE contract offers her a salary of $250,000 per year. [189] The feud between the two eventually culminated in a Hell in a Cell match at the eponymous pay-per-view,[190][191][192] where Banks submitted Bayley to win the SmackDown Women's Championship for the first time in her career. [236] She also appears in the mobile games WWE SuperCard and WWE Mayhem, as well as the spin-off game WWE 2K Battlegrounds. 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[79] Banks and Lynch went on to compete in two matches to determine the number one contender for Charlotte's Divas Championship at WrestleMania 32,[80] with the first bout ending in a draw after a double pin occurred as both of their shoulders were down for the count,[81] and the second in a no contest after both Banks and Lynch were attacked by Charlotte. Varnado began her wrestling career in 2010 on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she won the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. Charlotte dethroned her after a 27-day reign. Eddie Guerrero was one of her biggest fans. Reports emerged of Sasha Banks leaving WWE after a strained month between the wrestler and the franchise. 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In contrast, Marie assaulted Banks in an episode of NXT because she was envious of her success. [32] After the match, Banks cut a promo with Rae and debuted a new gimmick as "The Boss". Sasha Banks is an American Wrestler. Mercedes Varnado. She signed with WWE in 2012 under the ring name Sasha Banks and was assigned to the developmental territory NXT. Sasha Banks Husband [2023 Update]: Wrestling- Players Bio Varnado also appears in NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [16] They settled in Boston, where she began her professional wrestling career. [247][248] She is also a first cousin of music producer Daz Dillinger and singers Brandy Norwood and Ray J. When the crown was no longer available, she entered another competition, hoping to win it. 8 of the top 10 female wrestlers in 2019 , This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 17:23. For fans of Mercedes Mon, which means most fans of pro wrestling, the wait is almost over.. More precisely, it's been two separate waits: First, seeing where Mon, who went by the name Sasha Banks in WWE, would turn up next after walking away from the company where she established herself as one of the most talented and popular women's wrestlers in the world last May. [8][9] She was the third most tweeted about female athlete in 2021. Mercedes Varnado - IMDb If that's how she feels, that's fine. House Address: Fairfield, California, United States. [119][120] In 2018, Banks participated in the first Women's Royal Rumble match, where she lasted 54:46,[121] and the first women's Elimination Chamber match. [216] At the namesake event, Banks entered first, eliminating Melina and Kelly Kelly before being eliminated by Queen Zelina. "The Boss" made her . She was later drawn into a plot after receiving letters from a secret admirer, who turned out to be Audrey Marie. She made her ring debut under the nickname Mercedes . [23][24] Banks then entered a storyline where she received letters from a secret admirer, who was eventually revealed to be Audrey Marie, who returned and attacked Banks on the February 20 episode of NXT, due to Marie's jealousy of Banks' success. Newsweek She competed in an inter-gender tag team match with Nikki Roxx against Alexxis Nevaeh and Danny E. On October 22, she played her first singles match, which she lost to Danny E. She and Roxx defeated Alexxis and Mistress Belmont in a tag team match on January 7, 2011. By Connor Casey - December 13, 2021 10:43 pm EST. [180] With the win, Banks and Bayley became the first female tag teamand the fifth overallin history to hold singles and tag team titles simultaneously. Fax Number . On December 2, 2011, she won the Chaotic Womens Championship after defeating Alexxis in an I Quit match. Sasha Banks | California City CA - Facebook