Sasha Banks, real name, Mercedes Varnado, is certainly one of the most famous and loved female wrestlers in the history of WWE. Fans have not seen her in action since WWE suspended her for walking out of the promotion with another WWE wrestler, Naomi, in May, last year.
The WWE Universe was hoping The Boss would make a comeback soon. But it seems like this is highly unlikely to happen. In fact, recent news hints that Varnado might not be coming back to WWE in the near future.
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Mercedes Varnado is not coming back to WWE anytime soon, and it is official now. After Varnado’s debut in another wrestling promotion, WWE shifted her to the Alumni section.
This move from WWE has confirmed The Boss’s departure from the company and shattered the hopes of millions to see her in the WWE ring in the near future.
The fans are not happy about this and have expressed their anger and sadness on Twitter.
Biggest L of @WWE
— Peter Obi's Latest Update (@ObiDattiCamp) January 7, 2023
Biggest L of 2023 so far
— Telekinesis Kupta (@TelekinesisKup1) January 5, 2023
they dropped the ball in every which way with how they did her. biggest draw by far in the whole womens division. Big L for WWE and HHH
— ObiWonKobe (@ObiWonKobe24) January 5, 2023
still can’t believe she is gone this is the biggest L that wwe has had in recent years how do you lose the best women’s wrestler in the women’s division 🤦🏽♂️
— Korbin Gilkey (@gilkey_10) January 5, 2023
Biggest loss in the companies history I promise
— Pey (@PrinceAquaa) January 5, 2023
Can’t believe I’m never going to hear “IT’S BOSS TIME!” again
— Glims (@GlimsTC) January 5, 2023
BIG L. “We want Sasha” were chants that they made sure to quiet in favor of Charlotte.They wanted others to go over her constantly because they didn’t want her to be the face. All the “1st Evers” in the world will never make up for bad booking.But her talent shined through
— A – aron💛 (@TheGoldenAdonis) January 5, 2023
This was a big loss to the WWE I promise u, like she carried her weight well and her matches were always legendary and the funny thing is even when she wasn’t in the title picture she delivered.
— DeenickJ Jones (@DeenickJ) January 5, 2023
Won't hear Michael Cole say IT'S BOSS TIME! Sad…she's really gone.
— Brown&Proud Chicana Roman REIGNS (@cheweebushee1) January 5, 2023
Damn, it really is over. 😞
— Preston Foster (@P_Foster24) January 6, 2023
Varnado has given her ten years to WWE. Over the course of these ten years, she held many titles. The Boss was a 5-Time WWE Raw Women’s Champion, 1-Time WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, 3-Time WWE Women’s Tag team Champion, and 1-time WWE NXT Women’s Champion during her time in WWE.
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Varnado has made history multiple times. For instance, she competed in the first-ever Women’s Hell in a Cell match against Charlotte Flair. The former WWE superstar also became the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, alongside her real-life best friend, Bayley, after defeating five other tag teams in an Elimination Chamber match.
The Boss is now The CEO
The news of Mercedes Varnado entering into another wrestling promotion was circulating over social media for quite some time. It was predicted that she would land in the NJPW after being released from WWE.
On Day 1 of Wrestle Kingdom 17, the former WWE superstar made her debut in New Japan Pro Wrestling as Mercedes Mone and made it official that she will perform for NJPW from now on. Se will also appear in NJPW’s sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom.
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Mercedes Mone confronted another former WWE athlete and the current IGWP women’s champion, Kairi, in front of a jam-packed crowd at NJPW’s WrestleKingdom 17 at the Tokyo Dome. She then attacked Kairi and addressed the crowd.
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She will face Kairi at New Japan’s Battle in the Valley event on Feb. 18 in San Jose, California.
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