The biggest story coming out of Raw was something that went down behind the scenes with Sasha
Banks and Naomi, there’s a lot to get into there, so we’ll take a look at everything
that has been released about that.
We’ll also see what’s going on with a released Judgment Day member and more
Let’s jump into everything with Sasha Banks and Naomi, what went down here?
Well there’s about 10 different versions of the story, so we’ll try to go over the
reports from the most trusted and reliable outlets
It was deep into Monday afternoon and WWE had almost nothing to promote for Monday Night
Raw
They were promoting Omos versus Bobby Lashley inside of the steel cage but that was about
it
Then less than ten minutes into the show, they start advertising a six pack challenge
for the main event of Raw between Naomi, Sasha Banks, Aus-ka, Becky Lynch, Do-drop, and Nikki
Cross with the winner getting a title match with Bianca Belair in the near future
A majority of the reports out there claim that Naomi was set to win this match and become
number one contender
It was also reported that Sasha possible could of ended up having a title match with Ronda
as well
And of course those matches may look good on paper, but there’s one big overshadowing
dilemma here and that’s the fact that Sasha Banks and Naomi are tag team champions
Obviously, WWE doesn’t intend for Naomi to win the Raw women’s title in this spot,
so instead of being a filler opponent for Bianca Belair, why doesn’t WWE use this
time to build a story and feud for Sasha and Naomi in the tag team division?
That seemed to be part of Sasha and Naomi’s reasoning behind their decision to leave
And four of the six women in this cancelled six pack match are in tag teams, so why are
they competing in this match?
Sasha and Naomi versus Do-drop and Nikki could be starting a feud with each other for the
tag titles, but instead they’re thrown into this match
Not to mention the fact that Sasha and Naomi aren’t even technically Raw superstars.
They’re just on Raw since they’re the tag team champions, so seeing them get opportunities
for the Raw singles title is once again pretty strange
It would’ve made a bit more sense for superstars like Sonya Deville and Alexa Bliss to be in
this six pack challenge, that makes more sense then throwing the women’s tag team champions
into the title picture
So remember how this all started, Sasha and Naomi are approached back in February about
forming a tag team
Everyone knows that the women’s tag team division is pretty non-existent, but it looks
like Sasha and Naomi took the risk because they were promised big things
Maybe WWE promised to put more focus on the women’s tag team division with Sasha and
Naomi leading it as champions
So Sasha and Naomi accepted, which led to their tag team title win at Wrestlemania 38
It was a big moment, it was Sasha Banks’ first wrestlemania win and everyone believed
that if anyone can put the tag team division back on the map, it’s Sasha and Naomi
Sasha and Naomi had the most star power to touch these titles since probably the team
of Sasha and Bayley from a few years back
So we fast forward four to five weeks later after their title win at Wrestlemania, being
promised these big things for the tag team division, but nothing changes
Five weeks into their reign and they haven’t had a full important feud at all
It was reported that Sasha and Naomi pitched to start a tag team feud with Do-drop and
Nikki to get a story rolling for a potential Hell In A Cell title defense, but WWE reportedly
turned it down
So when Sasha and Naomi were approached with this six pack challenge match that did nothing
to advance their story as tag team champions, thats allegedly when all this went down
Sasha and Naomi reportedly had several meetings throughout Monday afternoon with Vince McMahon
and other WWE officials to try to get plans changed, but no mater what they did or said,
nothing worked, Vince wasn’t budging
So when nothing was gonna be changed and the disrespect to the women’s tag team titles
was gonna be brushed to the side, thats when Sasha and Naomi walked into the office, placed
the tag team titles down on the desk, and walked out with their belongings
Now again, there’s mixed reports here.
Some say that Sasha and Naomi left early in the day and showed no intention of coming
back, but WWE’s narrative is that they left during the show, so that’s something that’s
still pretty much up in the air
If Sasha and Naomi did leave early and WWE still continued to air the advertisement for
the match, knowing that they weren’t coming back, then that’s weird, looks like they
did that to control the narrative then
And that’s basically what WWE did during the show and after the show
WWE stays quiet on a lot of big situations, you won’t hear a word from them.
But when they wanna be open and control the narrative, they will
Like with Jon Moxley.
WWE flat out released a statement saying that they did everything they can, offered him
so many different deals to stay with WWE, but he wouldn’t take it
So WWE started advertising the fact that Moxley was leaving WWE and it was so bizarre because
they never really broke the fourth wall like that before
It was so weird that fans were convinced Jon Moxley’s WWE exit was a work, but it most
definitely wasn’t
So same thing there, WWE didn’t hide away from this topic at all, they went all in on
Sasha and Naomi before the dirtsheets could even get the full story together
After showing the graphic with Sasha and Naomi earlier in the night, WWE then updated the
graphic to feature just becky and Aus-ka
Corey Graves then took a shot at Sasha Banks and Naomi live on air by saying, quote:
“Sasha banks and Naomi summarily and professionally walked out.”
End quote
Which again is strange because like we mentioned, WWE usually keeps situations like this behind
close doors, but that wasn’t the case here with Sasha and Naomi at all
They went all in to paint Sasha Banks and Naomi as the ultimate villains behind this
entire matter
WWE went onto even released a public statement, giving their full side of the story, WWE had
this to say, quote:
“When Sasha Banks and Naomi arrived at the arena this afternoon, they were informed of
their participation in the main event of tonight's Monday Night Raw.
During the broadcast, they walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis
office with their suitcases in hand, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk
and walked out.
They claimed they weren't respected enough as tag team champions.
And even though they had eight hours to rehearse and construct their match, they claimed they
were uncomfortable in the ring with two of their opponents even though they'd had matches
with those individuals in the past with no consequence.
Monday Night Raw is a scripted live TV show, whose characters are expected to perform the
requirements of their contract.
We regret we were unable to deliver, as advertised, tonight's main event.”
End quote
Other reports claim that Sasha and Naomi refusing to work with individuals in the match wasn’t
true, but what was true was the fact that they felt extremely disrespected as tag team
champions, and who can blame them on that
Instead of building tag team stories and making the titles mean something again, they were
just thrown into a six pack challenge, completely ignoring the existence of their tag titles
So WWE is painting Sasha and Naomi as the unprofessional “bad guys” here, but some
fans do see where Sasha and Naomi are coming from
Will Sasha and Naomi return to WWE television and work this out soon or will this stretch
out for a long time?
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In other news, a judgment day member was released before they could even make it into the group
Reports claim that Edge was pushing hard for Harland to join Judgment Day on the main roster,
but unfortunately for Edge, Harland was released before they can make it happen
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