5 Legitimate Reasons Sasha Banks Has To Be Unhappy With WWE

4. 2017-2018

All of it.

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What the f*ck was going on for about two years in Sasha Banks' life as a WWE character?

In December 2016, she lost an Iron Woman match to Charlotte Flair to conclude her hot potato series with 'The Queen', but became a persona almost entirely without purpose in the years that followed.

It was as though every new hope was a false dawn. Pockets of time were lost to injury, but beyond that, 'The Boss' barely appeared in meaningful matches, and almost always lost them when she did. A SummerSlam 2017 Women's Title victory over Alexa Bliss seemed booked just to spitefully reverse the result on television eight days later. The win was a net loss - beltless Banks was branded a Monday Night Raw choke-artist by virtue of the trade.

The rest of her time was defined by the constant state of flux her relationship with Bayley found itself in. Failed by the whims of a floundering and overworked creative machine, the Boss & Hug Connection were pulled from pillar to post as friends and enemies. When they finally came together in mid-2018, it was completely without purpose until the company introduced titles for them to win.

And then lose...

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