Sasha Banks Took WWE Break In 2019 Due To Depression
'The Boss' opens up about her time away from WWE during new interview with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Sasha Banks had a one-word response to Stone Cold Steve Austin's question about her 2019 sabbatical during the most recent edition of the Broken Skull Sessions, but it was far from a simple answer.
Speaking candidly during the latest (excellent) long form WWE Network interview with 'The Rattlesnake', Banks replied "Depression. Depression was taking over."
Elaborating further, she said:
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"My mind was taking over. My thoughts were taking over. This place was being bigger than me. And I really, really lost myself because for a good seven years, I didn’t even hear my real name. I didn’t hear Mercedes anymore. All I heard was Sasha Banks, and traveling on the road, we only get one to two days off...So, I’m home, not even seeing what my real hair looks like. All I see if purple hair every single day. There were just so many things that were just — I let it control me. I let it take it and be like, ‘This is too much’ instead of being like, ‘You know what? Everything’s good. Breathe. Everything’s fine."
She revealed that it things had reached enough of a breaking point that she asked Vince McMahon for a release outright. Detailing his response, she noted:
“I asked to leave and Vince was like, ‘no". He said no. He said I’m gonna give you 30 days to think about it. And I took more than 30 days.”
(H/T to WrestlingInc for the transcriptions)
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