Brace yourselves, WWE Universe! In this video, we embark on a speculative journey into the potential ways Sasha Banks could make her triumphant return to the squared circle. Join us as we explore the various scenarios, rumors, and behind-the-scenes whispers surrounding The Boss's comeback to the WWE!
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The anticipation is real, and the possibilities are endless! Join us as we navigate through the clues and theories surrounding Sasha Banks' potential return to WWE. Subscribe now, and let's speculate together on what could be a game-changing moment in the world of professional wrestling!
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#SashaBanks #RoyalRumble #Bayley #MercedesMone #AEW #WWE #Wrestling #Sportskeeda
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00:00 Now that the CM Punk has returned to WWE saga is over, the wrestling world is already gobbling
00:06 up the next opportunity to speculate on who they are, will they or when are they going
00:10 to return to WWE and that next big name is Sasha Banks aka Mercedes Monet.
00:19 Yes, is she bound for a WWE return?
00:22 Given that she was on a per event deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling, the door seems open
00:26 for a return to WWE a little over a year after her unceremonious exit from the company.
00:33 We'll touch on that a little bit later.
00:34 It's Sports Kid Wrestling, I'm Kevin, get into the comments below and tell us how
00:38 you want to see Sasha Banks, Mercedes Monet return to WWE.
00:42 She didn't have the happiest end to her first run in WWE, it was disappointing to
00:46 fans to see one of the four horsewomen leave so abruptly.
00:50 But within a short time she had already gotten to live out her dream and wrestle on the big
00:55 stage in Japan.
00:57 So what exactly is Sasha Banks going to WWE as a current possibility?
01:03 According to one recent report from Fightful, allegedly there had not been an agreement
01:07 on salary part of things.
01:09 Sasha Banks supposedly wants a deal that is worth more than the new contract that Charlotte
01:14 Flair signed, reportedly making her the highest paid woman in WWE history.
01:18 To put that into perspective, from the mirror put out a list of WWE salaries in 2022, Becky
01:24 Lynch was said to be the highest paid woman on the roster at $3 million a year.
01:28 She was also joint the 6th highest paid wrestler overall on the roster with Cody Rhodes and
01:34 AJ Styles.
01:35 Our only response is to pay her the damn money.
01:39 But there is some conflicting reports about all of this.
01:41 She may not have come to terms with AEW, WWE's arch rival that put her on camera at their
01:47 massive All In show in London, but she did not perform on the show obviously.
01:52 But WWE is a different monster altogether right now under the leadership of Triple H
01:57 and under the majority ownership of TKO.
02:00 Remember how the entire build up to Survivor Series virtually every report said that it
02:04 wasn't happening with CM Punk?
02:06 WWE even made sure to throw Randy Orton's return as an official announcement ahead of
02:11 the show only to subvert expectations and have the shocking ending of CM Punk coming
02:16 out at the end of the show, truly flipping the entire wrestling world on its head.
02:21 Is that something WWE wants to do again?
02:24 Is this just a shell game to keep us out of the loop with what's going on with her?
02:28 Even if she's only wrestled 5 matches since leaving WWE, she supposedly made a lot of
02:32 money for it while fulfilling her obligations with New Japan Pro Wrestling, given that it's
02:37 still one of the most popular wrestlers in the world that is in play here.
02:41 Regardless whether she's a woman or a man, her time in WWE could be a defining part of
02:46 her legacy now under the very different circumstances.
02:50 Still it is unclear whether or not Mercedes Monae will go back to banking on WWE.
02:56 Big Papa Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter scooped this at the end of December,
03:01 saying on Wrestling Observer Radio that "She was absolutely talking with WWE from what
03:05 I was told.
03:06 They were far apart on money.
03:08 There was one person in WWE who said until she shows up and signs a contract, just remember
03:13 what happened with Punk.
03:15 I was told that this afternoon, just remember what happened with Punk.
03:19 I was told that by multiple people.
03:21 They were far apart on money."
03:23 And given that things are going great for WWE overall right now, it seems like a good
03:29 time for her to come home as many fans would describe it.
03:32 So how would WE do that on screen?
03:35 Let's get into that part.
03:37 For us, the perfect place to start is no hotter storyline with the women in WWE on Raw or
03:42 Smackdown than the internal struggle within damage control involving Bayley, Asuka, Kairi
03:48 Zayn, Io Sky and Dakota Kai.
03:51 Although it took a while for them to get momentum after that big return at Summerslam more than
03:55 a year ago, the additions of Asuka and the returning Kairi Zayn to the faction have been
04:01 huge.
04:02 But it's also come at a cost because Bayley, once the leader and true instigator of this
04:07 disruptive faction, seems to have been booted out of the de facto leader of the group role
04:12 and replaced by Dakota Kai.
04:14 Interesting considering that she's still recovering from an ACL injury.
04:18 Dakota has become a bit more of a mastermind while Bayley seems to be getting pushed out.
04:23 She's overdue for a change in her character after spending 4 years as a bad girl doing
04:28 bad things.
04:29 This is exactly where Sasha Banks is going to come in and considering the history between
04:34 Sasha and Bayley is so intertwined, it makes a lot of sense to make history repeat itself
04:40 and prove that destiny can fold over once more.
04:44 Back in 2015 at NXT TakeOver Brooklyn, they had a match that is still considered one of
04:49 the best women's matches in WWE history.
04:52 That has cemented their names together in history and allows them a great point to jump
04:57 back on and do something interesting.
05:00 Anyway, you go through the entirety of January with the constant tease of Bayley getting
05:04 booted out of damage control without it actually happening.
05:09 And since Kairi Zayn and Asuka are the only two damage control members apart from Bayley
05:13 who can participate in the women's Royal Rumble and have a story to play out there,
05:18 it can be an easy moment where Asuka and Kairi try to eliminate Bayley when 3, 2, 1, Sasha
05:28 Banks makes her shocking return as the last entrant in the match.
05:34 This wasn't supposed to happen.
05:36 Damage control is quickly turning on Bayley.
05:39 We don't need you.
05:40 We don't want you anymore.
05:41 And Bayley's got a backup plan to, for lack of a better phrase, bank on.
05:46 You're probably going to get an edge 2020 Royal Rumble kind of pop, or at least something
05:51 close to that, which is good enough.
05:53 Imagine the final four of Bayley, Sasha Banks, Asuka, and Kairi Zayn.
05:57 That would be insane.
06:00 It would create the perfect boiling point moment for damage control to throw in Dakota
06:05 Kai at ringside and the drama would be electric.
06:08 Bayley would be expected to eliminate Sasha Banks first with the three of them ganging
06:12 up on her, but instead Bayley uses that opportunity to eliminate both Asuka and Kairi.
06:18 Oh, double treachery is about.
06:20 It's really hard to choose who to pick as the winner of the women's Royal Rumble becomes
06:25 something of making two arguments.
06:27 One argument to be made is that Sasha Banks is the one with the explosive momentum fresh
06:32 from this return, minutes fresh from this return, and you would want to have them win
06:36 that Royal Rumble going into WrestleMania besides ever won the Rumble before.
06:41 Also character wise, this would slingshot her out of a submissive role that she's
06:47 been playing in the damage control faction to once again being a needle moving badass.
06:53 Apart from headlining WrestleMania and winning the Royal Rumble, it is the only accolade
06:58 she has yet to achieve in the WWE.
07:01 And to top it off, the damage control storyline is almost a year and a half in the making
07:05 at this point.
07:06 She's probably more deserving of the winning role given how important she's been to WWE
07:11 over the last four years, enduring an injury, and truly being one of the best performers
07:16 during the pandemic era.
07:18 Either way, if you have Sasha Banks win the Royal Rumble, and then damage control storyline
07:22 comes to an end right after Royal Rumble, leading to Bayley vs. Io Sky in a title match
07:27 at Elimination Chamber, that would not be a bad scenario to play out here.
07:31 In this case, Bayley wins the Women's Championship to set up a blockbuster WrestleMania clash
07:38 against her former tag team partner, rival, now rival once again, and given how many times
07:44 they've faced each other, they've never actually had that WrestleMania singles match
07:49 with each other.
07:50 Let's just settle on Bayley winning the Rumble, it's a more logical option, and
07:54 then you can set up Sasha Banks vs. Io Sky at Elimination Chamber where Sasha wins the
07:59 Women's Championship.
08:00 Either way, Banks vs. Bayley at WrestleMania is a great alternative to Bayley vs. Io.
08:07 We are sorry to the Io Sky fans out there, this is no shot at you.
08:11 The only real downside of this is that the damage control storyline ends up being second
08:16 fiddle to Sasha and Bayley, but you gotta give the fans what they want, and if you're
08:22 telling me Sasha Banks fans are gonna be okay with her not being in the main event, well
08:29 you're gonna deal with some real flack with that one, pal.
08:32 But at the end of the day, WWE is very much a for-profit business, they will do what is
08:36 best for business at the biggest possible matches they can put together at the biggest
08:40 possible show, that is WrestleMania.
08:43 Although Io Sky deserves her flowers for being so awesome, being a real, upgraded, important
08:50 superstar, hard to imagine WWE right now in this circumstance we're laying out, acknowledging
08:57 the true genius of the Sky over a huge women's match at WrestleMania that has some real casual
09:04 fan appeal.
09:05 If you want to make Banks vs. Bayley that much bigger, a stipulation could be added
09:10 to it.
09:11 How can you go wrong with a last women's standing match on such a big stage?
09:15 Make it stand out on the card.
09:16 It's up to you to decide if you feel Sasha Banks or Bayley should win this match, but
09:20 it would probably benefit Bayley a lot more to get that win, and Sasha simply just being
09:24 back on WWE television would be interesting enough as it is.
09:28 Sasha has always had a little bit more star power, just maybe a little bit more charisma,
09:34 that wouldn't hurt her as much to lose at WrestleMania 40 by the way, and if she's
09:39 only won out of the 7 matches at the grandest stage of them all, come on, it's okay, everyone's
09:44 just happy you're back to begin with.
09:46 For her, there's going to be a lot to do in WWE in this potential situation, and a
09:50 lot of new women to face along the way.
09:52 The possibilities are quite endless.
09:55 How would you book Sasha Banks returning to WWE?
09:57 Let us know in the comments below.