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#3 Sasha Banks teases a heel turn on WWE SmackDown

WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks has had an impressive run with the title. While she has been good as a babyface, things might soon change for the Champion. It is expected that Bianca Belair will declare her intentions to face Sasha Banks for the title at WrestleMania sometime soon, and that could eventually push Banks to turn heel on the Blue brand.

For now, we have seen an alliance between Banks and Belair on WWE SmackDown. Both Superstars have often teamed up to take on the heels, and they even faced the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. However, their love for the good fight is the very thing that will drive a rift between the two top Superstars as we inch closer to WrestleMania.

Banks has been a babyface for a while now. She has carried the title well, but it would be fair to say that she is great as a heel. We are bound to see her embrace that side on WWE SmackDown, and her feud with Bianca Belair might give us the first glimpse of that upcoming turn. For now, it will be interesting to see how she navigates her way around Belair, with Carmella also looming in the corner.

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When it comes to pro wrestling, Shruti does not particularly remember the first match she watched. However, she recalls accompanying her brother and getting hooked when she saw The Undertaker – a fascinating wrestler that she, like thousands of others, believed in.
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Edited by Kaushik Das