10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Sasha Banks

8. The Number Of Nasty Bumps She's Taken

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Try and watch the attached .GIF a few times without wincing.

That Raw match opposite Paige years ago is only one of the brain-jarring bumps Sasha Banks has been on the receiving end of. Others include a nasty-looking Suicide Dive on Charlotte that knocked the crap out of her, a brutal top-rope reverse Hurricanrana from Bayley in NXT and...something from Flair that could easily have brained the 'Boss'.

Injuries have mounted up for Sasha over the years, and it's not hard to see why when looking at vicious bumps like these ones. Does she deserve applause for taking risks? Sure, but it's hardly healthy or conducive to a lengthy in-ring career at the top. It's one thing to take bumps and bruises. It's another to repeatedly land full-force on one's neck.

Recent comments in the press from John Oliver about wrestler well-being again highlighted how much of a toll the medium can take on the human body. WWE wouldn't want bumps or injuries like the ones Banks has suffered to go under the microscope.

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