Sasha Banks and Naomi indefinitely suspended by WWE
 

PWInsider and Fightful both reporting Sasha Banks has walked out of RAW following a fight backstage with Vince McMahon over creative. Naomi left with her.

Sasha/Naomi were scheduled to be in the main-event of RAW at the start of the show but that has now been changed.


https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=158986

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We've confirmed with our sources at Raw that Sasha Banks and Naomi did actually leave tonight. We've got a lot more details coming to <a href="https://t.co/jy8u4a7WDa">https://t.co/jy8u4a7WDa</a> soon <a href="https://t.co/136KLfscio">pic.twitter.com/136KLfscio</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1526376858308300800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The most gangster walkout story I've ever heard is when someone got yelled at by Vince, and they walked over, shook his hand and said &quot;I hope you learn something today,&quot; and hit the bricks.</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1526385208550891520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The report of Sasha Banks &amp; Naomi leaving <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERAW</a> seems to be legit - and now Fightful is reporting NAOMI was scheduled to win ��</p>&mdash; Female Locker Room (@femalelroom) <a href="https://twitter.com/femalelroom/status/1526378656884457475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh my! This is very juicy gossip.

But her husband was still there? Call me skeptical

I turned on RAW and they had Corey Graves bury them on TV saying they unprofessionally walked out and the main-event was changed as a result.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE's statement on Sasha Banks and Naomi <a href="https://t.co/DrNS84QfxX">pic.twitter.com/DrNS84QfxX</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1526389791784321028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Didn't AJ Lee keep working with WWE even after Punk left / got terminated?

Facts be dammed.

Sasha, I’m not surprised at all. She was on the brink of quitting before and this isn’t the first time she’s been unhappy with creative. Especially as a tag champ. She hits the open market and she’s going to be the top free agent woman’s wrestler. Easily, IMO.

Naomi surprises me more. But good for her for backing her partner. She’s very talented and seeing outside the WWE style of wrestling is interesting, if this does lead to their release.

Of course Graves was gonna bury them. He’s got a job to do.

Yeah she came back a few months later, but it wasn't a heat of the moment thing. This seems sudden and a more fair comparison would be when Austin walked out and Debra went with him, or when Miss Kitty was suddenly fired and Lawler left with her.

That's why I am skeptical, but you are right, there are certainly examples going the other way.

That is 2 more factors, they can play up the Mania 35 aftermath to make this more believable, and I think if it was just a disagreement they wouldn't bury them on commentary instantly, not before seeing if they can move on from it.

Triple A probably asleep from eating too much GUAC and unable to update the homepage of tpww dot net with all this

Unfollowed over the past few days, not after finding out creative was bad. She unfollowed her partners husband, and her supposed best friend?? LOL come on

Seems odd that WWE put out that statement when usually "card subject to change" is their go-to reason. Who knows if we'll find out the details here but this is way more interesting than pretty much anything the women's tag team division has done on TV.

Supposedly this guy is friends with Naomi...but who knows so emphasis on 'supposedly'...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You are approached in February as being put in a tag team, after both being promised big feuds at WM.<br><br>You bite the bullet and put everything you got into being a tag team. It works, you get over, win the titles at WM and become merch pushers.</p>&mdash; Security at Joseline's Cabaret (@Adidas_Head88) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adidas_Head88/status/1526398107105230850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You request a meeting with your boss to discuss it. Your boss takes the meeting and everything is actually going well. He understands your concerns.<br><br>The meeting ends well and the match is told to be reconstructed. For some reason producers get mad about it.</p>&mdash; Security at Joseline's Cabaret (@Adidas_Head88) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adidas_Head88/status/1526398109177286659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Neither one of you will win the solo titles, and you won't defend your tag titles until MITB.<br><br>You ask for another meeting with your boss, but this time you are being called spoiled. A producer walks away screaming.<br><br>He comes back and tell both of you to fix your attitudes.</p>&mdash; Security at Joseline's Cabaret (@Adidas_Head88) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adidas_Head88/status/1526398111354081282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Again you are met with fix your attitudes.<br><br>So after one final meeting with yourselves and asking others, you make the ultimate decision as a team.<br><br>It's sad how oneside is trying to create a fucked up narrative.</p>&mdash; Security at Joseline's Cabaret (@Adidas_Head88) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adidas_Head88/status/1526398113153425413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

i dunno *IF* that account is to be believed (and it shouldnt be unless substantiated elsewhere) i agree with the office based soley on that side of the story alone *IF* thats true theyre spoiled and need to fix their attitudes

Should have gone out there and walked out mid-match Jeff Hardy style. Make a statement. Missed opportunity.

That account is making it sound like Shane McMahon from the Royal Rumble is back :rofl:

Gail Kim did it first by eliminating herself from the battle royale. Don't forget the OG.

WWE put the statement on dot com as well


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Official WWE statement on Sasha Banks &amp; Naomi <a href="https://t.co/TbehKPdAfD">https://t.co/TbehKPdAfD</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1526420278489776129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I dunno man, I see where you're coming from, but maybe the undercard titles would be worth a damn if more people stood up like this.

*IF* This account of the events is true.

Does this have anything to do with Alexa Bliss?

No but they changed Alexa's entrance to really generic music for some reason

I mean...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">alexa bliss new theme <a href="https://t.co/LoiNgWHzyy">pic.twitter.com/LoiNgWHzyy</a></p>&mdash; BlissBlissVids (@BlissBlissVids) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlissBlissVids/status/1526383752515145729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Whom did they not want to work with? It's so confusing

WWE is such a bonehead company.

The other 4 people in the match were Becky, Doudrop, Nikki A.S.H. and Asuka so I think that sounds suspect they wouldn't want to work with people they've both wrestled many times before.

It is not great optics that if this were say Randy Orton or Charlotte Flair they would likely be given a 'vacation' for arguing with Vince or it'd be forgiven a week later but two black women are called 'unprofessional' on air and then a Press Release immediately goes out saying they have a 'bad attitude'

I mean, someone didn't think that one through...

I understand where you're coming from.

Team B.A.D.

Charlotte purposely tanked a segment with Becky Lynch. Did anything happen to her after that? Serious question.

I’m so sick of Sasha by this point.

The statement WWE put out has me convinced this is a work. Extremely off brand for them. Also I'd believe it 100x more if it was just Sasha walking out.

Lol what? Naomis husband has gotten more chances than Jeff Hardy. Come on now.

anyway it gets rid of the womans tag titles work or shoot. vince hates tag teams he is also not much into womans wrestling.

I mean if that one account is true, they didn't really want the tag titles in the first place even though I guess they made it work. But how many teams are there for them to feud with that arent just utter ass? -2, maybe. So for them to get upset that they are being put into 2 main event tier title programs while they wait for something to develop in the tag scene seems....really weird to me. Feuding with Bianca/Ronda is a way bigger spotlight on both of them than languishing in the tag scene with nothing to do.

no ammount of unprofessionalism is going to solve the issue that there simply arent enough tv ready women's wrestlers to have 2 divisions on 2 brands.

this is what raised my eyebrow. creative came back with something for you. high profile angles. and you walk? so in this tweets scenrio you're throwing a fit because youre working the top talent? *if* thats true your on an hbk level ego trip with an 1/8th of the barganing power.

Sasha will be back by the end of the year and Naomi will be jobbing on main event before you know it

i don't know why naomi was not part of the bloodline story line anyway. the last year she should have been heeling it up with them.

It sounds like a really, really shitty place to work, and I'm glad they stood up for themselves.

The statement put out by WWE is the weirdest part of this. One, they never put out a statement like this ever. And two, this company does public relations as well as anyone. They are so protective of their image and brand. And yet that’s the statement they put out? It looks like it was written in about 3 minutes and publicly calls out their own employees while breaking kayfabe. It’s so sloppy and really out of character for a company that tries to keep such a polished image.