10 Wrestlers WWE Failed In 2022

1. Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks Failed
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As the time of writing, Sasha Banks' WWE tenure is coming to an end, with the Boss currently set to appear at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 in January ahead of re-starting her wrestling career away from the market leader.

Banks and tag partner Naomi walked out of a May 2022 episode of WWE Raw, placing their Women's Tag Team Titles on the desk of John Laurinaitis and exiting the building due to how unhappy they were for creative plans presented to them. Whether or not you deem this worthy of saying WWE failed Sasha Banks is up for debate, but either way, that's not the point being made here.

Instead, the way WWE has failed the seven-time Women's Champion and three-time Tag Champion is in how the promotion views Banks on the women's division's totem pole.

Recent reports note that one of the major reasons behind Sasha's WWE exit, is because the company didn't see her as being as valuable as Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. These reports say that Banks was open to staying with WWE, but that she wanted financial parity with Flair and Lynch... which the market leader baulked at.

When looking at the stats, it does seems only fair for the Blueprint to want a contract more in line with those two particular members of the Four Horsewomen. After all, Banks has been involved in seven pay-per-view matches with Flair, has shared a pay-per-view ring with Lynch on eight occasions, all three of these women have competed against each other on the WrestleMania stage, Sasha has headlined a WrestleMania, and she was also a part of the first ever women's Hell in a Cell contest in history.

If Sasha Banks has been used in similar roles and positioned in similar spots on the card to Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch, surely that should be reflected in her contract.

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