Sasha Banks swerved WWE fans this week when she teased that she had some ‘bad news’ on RAW. During her promo, she said things like “every story has a final chapter’, with tears in her eyes. This made many fans think she was going to retire due to her injury issues. It turned out to be a ruse and Sasha was just pulling our chains.
According to a report from the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required but recommended), some WWE stars are unhappy with Sasha’s recent promo on RAW. The report says that the angle was looked at as being in bad taste by some and was disrespectful to guys like Daniel Bryan and Edge who actually were forced to retire in similar moments. Career-ending injuries are obviously a sensitive sunject to some backstage as they have seen their friends go through it.
There are comparisons made to Mark Henry’s fake retirement a couple of years ago but he used the moment to turn heel. We have heard from Lance Storm recently, who didn’t understand why Sasha would tease the fans like that as a babyface.
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It should be noted that the issue isn’t with Sasha herself, but with WWE creative for using career ending injuries as an angle.
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Let us know what you think in the comment section below. What is your opinion on the angle? Did the WWE go to far or was that just good television and writing?
True, the Mark Henry angle was used to turn heel and it was so well done !!!
Meh.. I didnt really think too much of Edge & DB when she was speaking. I was just happy she WASNT retiring.
That last paragraph tells the story. Don’t be mad at Sasha, be mad at the writer who came up with it. This wasn’t Sasha’s idea.
And if DB or Edge took offense to this then they need to lighten up.
the promo was not sashas fault she only done as she was told like any of the promos given they are written by creatise she done a great job she will get the belt again
only haters read the fine print in the promo
I know people are just too stupid to realize this wasn’t her choice to not do it, but sadly, this will make her look bad and may push her down a bit which irritates me since the company is so big, if you do loose your top spot, they will replace you l, and it’s hard to get back to the top. I love sasha. I didn’t think anything of it, but I can see the superstars being upset though
Some of these WWE stars in this era are too damn sensitive,I didn’t find anything wrong with Sasha speech,& Daniel Bryan & Edge didn’t either,if they wanna be upset they should be upset with Nikki Bella lying saying she had the same injury & surgery that Daniel Bryan & Edge had & they had to retire