WWE Hall of Famer Believes Sasha Banks Will Be Fired

WWE Hall of Famer Believes Sasha Banks Will Be Fired

Former Raw Women’s Champion Sasha Banks has not been featured on WWE TV since WrestleMania 35 nearly three weeks ago. Following that, it was reported that at the “shows of shows”, Banks tried to quit the company after learning that WWE wanted to split up her and Bayley up in the Superstar Shake-Up.

The former NXT star was then given some time away from the company to assess her future, with WWE “hopeful” she would return at the upcoming Money In The Bank pay-per-view. However, it was reported this week that she was at a “stalemate” with the company over a potential comeback.

Since then, WWE Hall of Famer Tony Atlas has spoken on Boston Wrestling MWF and publically slammed Banks for trying to quit the company. Atlas has said that by trying to “put fear into her employer”, Sasha is playing a risky game and says her decision will backfire in a big way:

“They never fire you on the spot. You always get it at home. That’s why they say go home and think about it. Now what they do, they have a meeting. Now, if she [does] decide to come back, they’re going to destroy her. Her career is over. They’ll job her out. She lost [reliability], because what she… just told them, ‘you can’t trust me.’ That’s all she did. She let the wrestling world [down], and not just the wrestling world; everybody [who is] affiliated with the WWE is looking at it the same way”

Atlas is clearly suggesting that should Banks leave WWE, any potential future employers won’t look at her actions too fondly. He added that “WWE don’t need Sasha Banks; Sasha Banks needs WWE.” He said that Banks will find herself “lower and lower on the totem pole”.

He even suggested that other women in the locker room would have “celebrated” when they heard that Banks tried to quit:

“You know how many women right now [are] kissing up to Triple H, kissing up to Stephanie [McMahon] and saying, ‘who are you gonna put in that spot?’ She left a spot. They’re glad she’s gone. Every woman there is glad Sasha’s gone. She’s gone. Vince is not going to let [her do that]. If Vince let her do that, [this is] what you gotta understand, he just told every wrestler there that they could do that.”

Atlas says by trying to mess with WWE and Vince McMahon, Sasha Banks made a huge mistake:

“She made the biggest mistake of her wrestling career,” said Atlas. “They would never push her like that again.” Atlas believes that anyone who leaves WWE after using the company to gain popularity is “working their way down,” instead of up, because “everything [else] out there is beneath him.” He adds that Vince will “make it hard” on Banks and use her as an example to the other women.”

Thanks to WrestlingInc. for the transcription.

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