5 Legitimate Reasons Sasha Banks Has To Be Unhappy With WWE
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"#IfYouOnlyKnew" was the not-that-cryptic end to a Tuesday Sasha Banks tweet that sent the internet wrestling community into a speculative meltdown after 'The Boss' pulled out of a planned appearance on the Wendy Williams Show following WrestleMania - itself following all sorts of swirling rumours relating to her absence from the prior evening's edition of Monday Night Raw.
It wasn't the only appearance of the loaded remark on her timeline. She'd retweeted a similar reflection from the 'Show Of Shows', ahead of offering a longer, pensive statement on chasing "the magic" she'd previously felt working for the company, as well as acknowledging a "crisis of purpose".
Social media is of course designed to inadvertently capture something in an instant. Instant aggravation, instant reaction, instant joy, instant pain. Banks' WrestleMania showing was enjoyable if unremarkable on a night where women's wrestling history was made without her - an unusual occurrence considering prior recent checkpoints. And consider how real the churn of the product feels as a viewer on occasion, let alone the talent required to make the towns and take the bumps.
A pointed perfectionist up to this point, Banks may too be feeling victimised by the grind, or worse, the system that has molded her for it...
5. Rushing It With Ronda
Perhaps the great underrated classic from Ronda Rousey's electrifying first year as a WWE Superstar, the Royal Rumble Raw Women's Title clash was a gripping war that did away with the predictable outcome that could have potentially overshadowed it.
Kicking off 2019 with the sort of fire raging wild enough to burn her prior two years to a cinder (and more on that later), Banks raced out of the blocks against the 'Baddest Woman On The Planet' to immediately undo the perceived advantage the Champion held against her.
Despite the quality of the contest, Banks the fan and performer had to know that her place at the Rumble was to be roadblock first and wrestler second - a stark contrast from every other major pay-per-view match she'd had in the past. A level above some that have shared a stage with Rousey, Sasha did everything and more asked of her in a high pressure situation.
In esteemed company compared to the rest of the Raw rank-and-files that had previously stepped to Rousey, Banks was a believable bad*ss against her until ultimately falling short. The match deserved far more praise in the aftermath, but it was equally under-served in the build-up.