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Sasha Banks is reportedly “done with WWE” as rumors spread about her wrestling future

Aaron Rift

As previously noted, Sasha Banks (Mercedes Varnado) will be in attendance for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 and there is speculation about Sasha possibly being Saraya’s mystery partner on the January 11th 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite in Los Angeles.

During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com commented on Sasha’s status with WWE…

“Okay, there’s a lot to this one. I had talked with WWE about it and they basically had nothing to say as far as the situation. Obviously, we’d talked about this before, they [WWE] had been talking to both of them, but they had been talking to her [Banks] about a return and they were very far apart on money. That was the last that I had heard….What she was asking for was a very high number for a WWE woman wrestler, but if you look at the amount of money that WWE takes in, she would still be underpaid. Everyone from Roman Reigns to Brock Lesnar is underpaid…That was the last that I had heard. Now, her contract was set to expire at the end of the year. However, as we’ve seen with so many people, they could freeze the deal.” (quote courtesy of Wrestlingnews.co)

“She’s not going back to WWE, but you cannot always rule that out. Maybe they’ll just say ‘She’s more trouble than she’s worth. She’s asking for so much money.’ Which is, of course, the attitude a month ago of ‘Oh my god how can she ask for so much money?’ January 4th Tokyo Dome and other dates, and Mercedes Vernado or whatever name she will go with, but as of right now – she’s done with WWE. It can change at any moment, but that’s the situation right now.” (quote courtesy of RingsideNews.com)

Raj Giri, who previously reported on Sasha, tweeted the following…

“I had reported back in June that Sasha Banks received her WWE release. Clearly there was a provision that she couldn’t do anything wrestling related until the new year. If she were still under WWE contract, WWE would have frozen it and she wouldn’t be able to appear for NJPW.”