5 biggest WWE backstage secrets that Sasha Banks revealed

#3 The origin of “The Boss” nickname

There are several nicknames in WWE which have never been fully explained. Bray Wyatt, for example, is “The Eater of Worlds”, but what does that exactly mean? Dean Ambrose is “The Lunatic Fringe”, but why?

Sasha Banks is another Superstar who fits into that category. Known as “The Legit Boss” since her early days in NXT, the nickname sounds good but, like Wyatt and Ambrose, it doesn’t make much sense. Why is she a “boss” and why does Michael Cole scream “It’s Boss Time!” every time she appears?

Speaking to The Hot Ones in 2018, Banks revealed that the nickname is actually inspired by her cousin, Snoop Dogg, as she found it catchy when his bodyguards used to refer to him as “boss”.

"When I was around him, his bodyguards would always call him 'boss', and I was like, 'That's kind of catchy. That's a good little nickname.' So I was like, 'Sasha Banks the Boss,' and then it turned to 'The Legit Boss.'"