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Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado portrays the character of "Sasha Banks" on television, and her character has been great until she was put into a storyline with Bayley. Bayley was doing ok in her individual storyline until the company decided to put two of their most popular performers together in a feud involving a visit to the doctor.
The storyline didn't go well, as Sasha Banks is known well for her heel antics, but after this storyline, the company decided to put them in tag team action, calling them as BFF's, but the fans can't find any substance in this story. They just gave up on the performers and Sasha Banks seems to be an underutilized talent despite being a major reason behind the women's evolution.
Despite the fact that there is so much that we get to know about the performers, be it through their live sessions, WWE Network Shows or some other ways, here are 5 things that not everyone knows about this amazing performer:
#5 She had a difficult childhood
While some of us may have information about Sasha Banks' life and her journey from a kid to a world-renowned wrestler, there is very less known about this great performers family.
According to an Interview on Making Their Way to the Ring podcast, Sasha Banks revealed about the bad times she had with her father. According to the performer, her father was abusive to her mother and had left her family by the time she turned two years old.
Despite being immensely famous, he never helped the family, and that made Sasha Banks feel miserable and depressed. After the turn of events that surrounded her growing up, she has really been a great role model by coming up the curve and making a name for herself.
#4 Life Changing Decision
After such hard days, and no help from her father in Oregon, she along with the family moved out to find a school for their brother. This really became a defining moment, because as Sasha Banks states in Making Their Way To The Ring podcast, her brother was Autistic and after an unemployed mom, along with a brother that isn't accepted she had a tough time.
His brother received a lot of abuse, but after her mom got a job, she agreed to study online. After all the sacrifice she put into caring for her brother as a full-time home student, she asked her mother asked for one wish - 'Wrestling.'
This was a life-changing decision because what was about to follow was a life filled with glory and happiness, and through her hard work, she made her dream become a reality.
#3 Hard work pays off
When her mother approved of her decision, she decided to make the most of it, and that is when she started sending out emails to different wrestling schools.
While she never made way until the age of 17, because she was never considered worthy of the opportunity. As she was about to turn 18, she was invited to attend the New England Pro Wrestling Academy in Boston. According to her interview with BET, this was her moment, and after all the perseverance she had put into achieving her dream, she wanted to make the most of this one opportunity that came her way.
A world that was dominated by men had little to no scope for her, but it was her perseverance that she was up for the challenge. After all the effort she put in, the best news came in when she got to know that her mom had also got a job in Boston. This was the perfect opportunity for her to make the most out of it, and after sending emails every week, she finally got a response to attend the developmental division FCW for a tryout.
#2 Saved every penny
She is the most loved and paid female performer in the WWE right now, but things weren't always the same for the 'Legit Boss.' During an interview with First We Feast's Hot Ones, Sasha Banks answered questions about her life and career, and when she was asked, about what she missed from the independent wrestling circuit, she recalled her experience before she made it big.
According to the Legit performer, she was paid $25 or a slice of pizza. She had to pick and choose, and back in the day, considering her journey, it is clearly evident about what she would have picked between the two.
She currently makes a good amount of money, but life isn't ready to offer you everything until you are ready to pay the dues for it, and Sasha is a perfect example that perseverance pays off in the long run.
#1 Making the 'Legit Boss' moniker
Sasha Banks is known as 'The Legit Boss' since her NXT days, and she describes her journey to creating that moniker in a wonderful way.
According to an interview with Orlando Sentinel, she loved Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj and wanted to come up with a name that was catchy and also felt good. As a cousin to Snoop Dogg, she had seen a lot of the rapper' friend and security call him Boss, and this is where the idea of being the boss clicked with her.
She started calling herself 'The Boss' and with a bent of mind to impact people through her overall name and her work, the name 'Legit Boss' became synonymous to her.
She has been a powerhouse since she entered the women's division and has only become better as she transitioned from the developmental territory to NXT and now she is on the main roster where she has been a part of Raw' main event and also been a part of some phenomenal matches like Hell In A Cell, and a 30-Minute Ironman match.
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