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Sasha Banks Pulls Out Of TV Appearance Due To Personal Reasons, Posts Cryptic Message

Sasha Banks was scheduled to appear on The Wendy Williams Show today, however her appearance was cancelled. Banks took to Twitter to explain that her appearance was nixed due to “personal reasons” while using #IfYouOnlyKnew.

“Due to personal reasons, I had to pull out of my appearance today on @WendyWilliams,” Banks wrote. “Sorry to everyone who was looking forward to it. Hopefully the opportunity will be there again later. #IfYouOnlyKnew”

Banks and Bayley, the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, lost their titles to the IIConics at WrestleMania 35 this past Sunday. It was announced on Monday that Alexa Bliss would be wrestling her first match since January on RAW later that evening against either Banks or Bayley. Bliss ended up facing and defeating Bayley, while Banks never appeared on the show. During the show, Banks posted this cryptic message on Twitter:

There is something about the way life happens today that makes it hard to look ahead. There are things that make it difficult to laugh; difficult to live the way you want. There are things that make it almost impossible to trust where you are, or to believe in where you want to be. You look around and life is happening way too fast. Sometimes it feels like the moments are gone. Everything happens all at once and right away. We’re marching towards a destiny we cannot understand, towards the kingdom of convenient. Then one day you look up and you can’t find the meaning. Your crisis of purpose and passion is acting up, but they tell you that that’s suppose to be normal. Well… I don’t want normal, I want magic; cause that’s the place that feels like home to me. That’s the place where I remember what dreams look like, where meaning is effortless, and purpose is simple. That’s the place where love still matters. I want that feeling of coming home again. I want to feel like myself…. I want that magic

According to the promo in the video above, Williams said Sasha would be appearing on the show today to discuss why “she’s the boss of the wrestling world.”

Below is the description of today’s show from the official website of The Wendy Williams Show:

WWE’s Sasha Banks makes her ‘Wendy’ debut to talk about WrestleMania.Then, Mercedes Sanchez stops by to share the hottest spring shoes!

Plus, Wendy weighs in on the latest Hot Topics!

You can check out Sasha’s tweets below:

https://twitter.com/SashaBanksWWE/status/1115431410062508032

https://twitter.com/SashaBanksWWE/status/1115618756313714688

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Stars Pay Tribute To Former TNA Star Amazing Red After His Retirement

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks took to Twitter to praise former TNA X Division Champion The Amazing Red, who runs the House of Glory wrestling promotion and school in New York City. Banks posted the tribute because Red has announced his retirement from the ring.

As seen below, Ali also took to Twitter to post a tribute to Red. Ali’s video features tributes to Red from Seth Rollins, Banks, Bayley, AJ Styles, Lince Dorado, Kevin Owens, Ricochet, Brian Kendrick, Rey Mysterio and WWE producer Sonjay Dutt.

Ali wrote, “@AmazingRed1 was such a huge influence on me. But I’m definitely not the only one who was influenced by him. He should know that.”

You can see the tribute video below, along with Red’s announcement video.

Red noted that he originally planned to “leave wrestling” after the WWE Cruiserweight Classic in 2016. In what could have led to his big break, Red was originally scheduled to work the tournament but an ankle injury kept him out of it. He said he felt like he has done everything he was supposed to do through HOG, and he’s cancelling all the shows he had planned for WrestleMania 35 Week in New York City. Red said he will continue to teach at HOG, and he will continue to support the business. “Throughout all my life, I have done things for everybody else, I’ve never done things for myself,” Red said.

He later added, “Be happy for me, don’t be upset. The reason why I made this video was for myself, because once I know I put this out there, there’s no turning back. This is me looking out for me. So, be happy about that.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Beth Phoenix Is Coming Out Of Retirement At WrestleMania

Beth Phoenix is coming out of retirement at WrestleMania 35 to challenge for gold.

Phoenix announced she’s coming out retirement on RAW last night and challenged to Sasha Banks & Bayley for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania with Natalya as her partner.

While the actual match and all of the opponents involved were not confirmed as of yet, the WWE Hall of Famer’s partner Natalya had a one-one-on match with Sasha which was interrupted by Nia Jax on the microphone.

Nia claimed she was prettier, stronger version of “The Glamazon,” then her partner Tamina interfered in the match causing it to end in a no contest.

There is talk that the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match will be a multi-team match. Sasha & Bayley announced that will be on SmackDown live tonight and they are not ducking a challenge from The IIconics.

Sasha Banks And Bayley Make Surprise Appearance At NXT Tapings (PHOTOS)

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The new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions followed up on their vow to take the belts to every brand … including NXT.

Sasha Banks and Bayley made their NXT homecomings during last night’s NXT TV taping, much to the excitement of the Full Sail Crowd, to show off the new hardware.

They reiterated their promise to defend the belts in NXT, as well as RAW and SmackDown.

https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/1098402425193619461

Backstage Update On Sasha Banks’ Injury

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Sasha Banks has not wrestled a legitimate match since she faced Ronda Rousey for the WWE RAW Women’s Championship at the Royal Rumble PPV last month. Banks first missed out on competition a couple of weeks ago during a qualifying match to be part of the Elimination Chamber for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships at this Sunday’s Elimination ChamberPPV. With Banks remaining sidelined, Bayley would ultimately pick up the slack and get the victory for her team in the qualifying match.

In the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer notes that, as of Tuesday, Sasha Banks has been officially cleared to return to in-ring competition. Banks was only partially cleared on Monday’s RAW, which explains why she was briefly in the three-team match before taking a bump into the barricade and being escorted to the backstage area by refs & trainers.

Banks and Bayley, also known as the “Boss N’ Hug Connection,” are scheduled to start Sunday’s Chamber match against the team of Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose. The other teams in the match are The IIconics, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan, Carmella and Naomi, Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax.

WWE provided their own storyline update last night on SmackDown with the announcement that Banks “re-aggravated her shoulder injury” during the three-team match on Monday’s RAW. Despite that, Banks took to Twitter yesterday to emphasize that she will be ready to go on Sunday at the Chamber pay-per-view in Houston, TX. She tweeted the following:

Source: WrestlingINC

Sasha Banks Is Reportedly Not Cleared For In-Ring Competition

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Sasha Banks missed this past weekend’s WWE live events because she was reportedly not cleared for competition after her match against Ronda Rousey at WWE Royal Rumble.

On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained that Sasha Banks is still not cleared for competition and she was not cleared prior to her tag team match on this past Monday’s RAW. This likely explains why Nikki Cross & Alicia Fox attacked Banks & Bayley prior to the match, forcing Bayley to work the entire match alone while Banks was hurt in the corner.

Meltzer notes that the decision to even allow Banks near ringside is rare and was likely done so they could progress the storyline and advertise all six teams for the women’s tag team Elimination Chamber match.

The extent of Banks’ injury is unknown but WWE is confident that Banks will be ready to compete at WWE Elimination Chamber on February 17.

Source: WrestlingINC

Why The Screen Went Black During WWE RAW Main Event

Why The Screen Went Black During WWE RAW Main Event

Last night’s WWE RAW main event from the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, OK saw Sasha Banks and Bayley defeat RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and Natalya in tag team action.

Viewers on the USA Network saw the screen go black for about two seconds as Banks was going at it with Natalya at one point during the match. The screen went black because Banks suffered a wardrobe malfunction when her trunks came down, exposing her backside.

The malfunction was available to some satellite viewers. It was not seen on the USA Network.

Sasha Banks Injured, New MMC Partner For Bobby Lashley

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WWE has announced that Sasha Banks is injured.

Banks is being pulled from the Mixed Match Challenge season 2. Bobby Lashley’s new partner will be Mickie James.

No word yet on when Banks suffered her injury but her last TV match came on September 3. She teamed with Bayley to defeat Ember Moon and Dana Brooke that night. She also worked live events that weekend from Sptember 7 – 9, where she teamed with Bayley, Natalya and Ember Moon to defeat Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan and Alicia Fox.

Cathy Kelley made the announcement on Banks in the video below:

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1043177079305453568

Source: WrestlingINC

Vickie Guerrero Shares Emotional Moment With Sasha Banks at the Royal Rumble

We’re one week removed from a very historic Royal Rumble and the emotions are still very high. The WWE’s official YouTube channel has been posting backstage candid interviews with the participants of the very first women’s royal rumble And one in particular definitely pulled on our Heartstrings.

The video features the boss Sasha Banks and Vickie Guerrero as they reflect on how the late great Eddie Guerrero still affects them even after all these years.

From the start, the boss is seen to be very emotional and same goes for Vickie Sasha tells the story of how from the moment she saw Eddie Guerrero wrestle she knew this is what she wanted to do. Then Vickie goes on to talk about how appreciative she and her family is of Sasha for keeping Eddie’s memory alive. It really is a full circle moment and we recommended anyone who hasn’t seen it please watch, and make sure you have a box of tissues because you’ll need it.

Sasha Banks Turning Heel Soon?

If it appears as if Sasha Banks has been acting more heel-ish lately, there’s a reason for that. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio on Sunday night that the plan is for Sasha Banks to turn heel “fairly soon.”

Source: WrestlingINC