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We finally have a lot of new things to go over in the Sasha Banks and Bayley storyline,
so let’s take a look at everything that happened this week because a lot of things
took place
This story between Sasha and Bayley first started to heat up after Wrestlemania.
Sasha’s expressions and just her overall body language towards Bayley really made it
seem like there was something happening between the two of them
Even before Wrestlemania, when Paige announced that Sasha Banks would be in the 5 way match
for the Smackdown women’s title, Sasha wasn’t upset at all
She seemed actually quite pleased to be included in the match.
She was smirking right after she was included into the match and that’s when all this
really took off
Looking back at Wrestlemania, Sasha was eliminated before Bayley, but still came back into the
match to take out Lacey Evans and basically win the match for Bayley
Then we had that moment where Sasha held the Smackdown title in her hand for a longtime
and just stared at it before handing it over to Bayley
That was the first huge hint of where this story could be going
That same sort of situation continued to happen for all the events that happened after Wrestlemania
Sasha basically stepped in with every single title defense that Bayley had and Sasha would
always do something to assist Bayley in defending the title
That’s what started the whole theme of “Bayley can’t defend her title without Sasha Banks”
and that seems to be true recently
Bayley did do her part when she dressed as the referee and helped Sasha become raw women’s
champion, so that was a good sign that Bayley was at least helping Sasha win
I loved that Sasha won the raw women’s title, but she did win it in a really weird fashion
It started off with that weird moment of Bayley just becoming the referee out of nowhere,
which would never be allowed in any other match
Then after that controversy with the referee finish, Sasha won the title, but only after
Aus-ka walked out of the ring to go backstage for Kyrie sane
So a couple of weird circumstances surrounding Sasha’s title wins, but a title win is still
a title win, so you can’t really complain about that
Then after they both became double champions, everything was as smooth as could be
I even mentioned a few weeks back that there was nothing to really talk about with the
Sasha Banks and Bayley storyline because they just seemed perfectly happy
Well...that has drastically changed over the past week, so let’s get into that
Starting off with Smackdown.
This wasn’t that big of a deal, but it still showed that the competition is still there
between Sasha and Bayley
Sasha and Bayley had a “beat the clock” challenge to determine who would wrestle aus-ka
first at Summerslam and who would face aus-ka last
Obviously the winner in this situation would be whoever faces aus-ka last because you’ll
be facing a tired and worn out version of aus-ka since she already competed earlier
in the night
The person who had to face aus-ka first at Summerslam is technically the loser because
you have to face a fresh aus-ka.
That’s obviously going to be a bigger challenge, so you don’t want that to happen
Sasha Banks was at ringside managing Bayley, but basically hoping that Bayley loses because
that means that Bayley would have to wrestle first at Summerslam
And that’s exactly what happens, Sasha earned the right to go on last and you can see Sasha
just burst out into this big smile once she found out that Bayley would be going up first
at Summerslam
By that smile alone, you can that Sasha cares a lot more about herself than Bayley obviously
They both wanted to go on last because they wanted that easier challenge of facing a tired
aus-ka
So Sasha is right there on Smackdown basically celebrating the fact that Bayley lost the
challenge
I really loved that WWE added this small moment to the story because I think it added a lot
to the story
WWE could’ve easily just done Summerslam and randomly have Sasha and Bayley’s matches
go on in whatever order
But the fact that they had this little competition to see who will wrestle aus-ka first was really
nice because we got to see that facial expression from Sasha of just celebrating that loss by
Bayley
It’s not like Sasha is brainwashed to just volunteer to go on first, no, she wants to
go on last, she wants to throw Bayley in harms way of facing aus-ka at the start of the show
and getting her tired
But to Sasha’s credit, even though she did want Bayley to go first, Sasha still ended
up helping Bayley during the Summerslam match and basically won the match for her again
So now we head to Sasha’s match later on that same night.
Bayley is happy to still have her title and Sasha is happy because she’s going on last
and Bayley will be there just in case things started looking bad for her
Well things started looking bad for Sasha and Bayley didn’t come through the way Sasha
did for her earlier that same night
Aus-ka pulls off the win and becomes the new raw women’s champion
Sasha was absolutely shattered.
Props to Sasha Banks for the absolutely amazing facial expressions and acting
You can tell when someone is an amazing actor when they’re facial expressions just speak
more than words and that’s exactly what was happening in this moment
Sasha didn’t say a single word after the match, but you can read everything she’s
thinking based off her facial expressions alone
She was devastated to lose that title, she was looking at Bayley like “what happened?”
“Where were you?”
Sasha then refused to comment on the title loss in a backstage interview
So can Bayley get away by saying it was an accident or it was slip up, she should’ve
done more to help out...sure, I think Bayley might be able to get away with saying that
after Summerslam
But I think there’s a part of Bayley’s character that absolutely loves the fact that
Sasha lost her title
Remember before the women’s tag team titles and before the raw women’s title, Bayley
was the only one with a title among the two of them
Bayley sort of had that dominance in the team of being the main star and Sasha was like
the side kick
But that attention for Bayley went away when Sasha had the raw title and the tag team titles
Sasha went from being a side kick to basically being Bayley’s equal.
Sasha had a singles title and the tag team titles, she matched everything that Bayley
had
Sure, Bayley played it off as if she was happy for Sasha, but maybe there was something going
on in the back Bayley’s head that just couldn’t wait to see Sasha lose that title because
Sasha would return to being the side kick and will no longer be an equal to her
That’s where I think we’re at right now.
Another huge moment you should go back and revisit is Bayley and Sasha’s entrance from
this week’s raw when they were coming out for Bayley’s match
Sasha wasn’t herself, she still looked shattered as she held onto her tag team championship
and kept looking over at Bayley who was still showboating with both of her titles
Sasha would get her rematch later on Raw, but ended up tapping out after Bayley couldn’t
help in time
So that has to sting Sasha even more.
She suffered back to back title losses and back to back missed opportunities for Bayley
to redeem herself and help out
Sasha just has to be filled with rage every time she looks at Bayley because Bayley only
has the two titles because of her
Sasha is the reason why she’s still Smackdown women’s champion and Sasha is the reason
why she has that tag team championship as well, so that’s what’s probably going
through Sasha’s mind every time she looks at Bayley
Probably just thinking to herself that she helped Bayley for months and Bayley can’t
even come through and help her on one title defense
Remember back in July when Sasha first won the title, we talked about Sasha’s history
of short title reigns and unsuccessful title defenses...well the streak continues
Sasha’s 5th title reign has ended once again at 27 days long.
This is just crazy by now, but that curse continues, Sasha was once again unable to
have a title reign longer than 27 days
3 out of her 5 title reigns are 27 days long, the other title reigns are even shorter.
One is around 21 days long and the other reign is 8 days long
So she’s a 5 time champion that basically never had a real reign.
Let’s hope that Sasha does pick up the win over Bayley and finally has an actual title
reign with the Smackdown title
What are your thoughts on these new events between Sasha and Bayley?
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