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5. Sasha Banks Suggesting Her Own Problems

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Speaking of confusion, it was slightly bizarre to see Sasha Banks effectively suggest her own undoing to Mick Foley during a backstage segment. Approaching the General Manager as he was on the phone to Stephanie McMahon, 'The Boss' said she was so tired of Dana Brooke's interference that her WWE Women's Title bout at SummerSlam with Charlotte should just be a handicap match.

This could be viewed as valiant from the babyface, but also reckless. Regardless, it didn't matter, because Banks then oddly looked solemn when Foley said his piece. Setting up Sasha vs. Dana for Raw, Mick stated that Brooke would be banned from ringside if Banks could defeat her.

Then, he simply used Sasha's own suggestion to say that a Dana win would turn the SummerSlam match into a two-on-one situation. Banks looked unhappy at this, even though she was the one who brought it up in the first place to the busy authority figure.

There wasn't a whole load of logic in this segment. It's fine for Banks to be ballsy, but confusing when she's upset over being given what she asked for.

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