WWE Suspends Sasha Banks and Naomi Indefinitely, Strips Them of Women’s Tag Team Titles
Sasha Banks and Naomi are no longer the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Veteran announcer Michael Cole revealed on Friday Night SmackDown that the pair has been suspended indefinitely after walking out on a live taping of Monday Night Raw earlier this week.
“We will have a future tournament to crown the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions,” Cole said during Friday’s broadcast.
PWI first reported that Sasha had an issue with the outcome of a planned main event, which would have featured both in a Six Pack Challenge alongside Asuka, Becky Lynch, Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. to determine who would face Bianca Belair at “Hell in a Cell.” Sasha reportedly met with CEO Vince McMahon to express her concerns, and McMahon is said to have refused to change his plans for the team. That’s when she left the building with Naomi.
Becky Lynch filmed segments on the fly with Adam Pearce to set up the new main event featuring Lynch vs. Asuka.
WWE confirmed that Naomi and Sasha met with WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis “with their suitcases in hand, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk, and walked out.”
In WWE’s official statement, the company said that Sasha and Naomi felt they “weren’t respected enough as tag team champions” and “were uncomfortable in the ring with two of their opponents,” adding: “Monday Night Raw is a scripted live TV show, whose characters are expected to perform the requirements of their contract.”
Sasha and Naomi have yet to release statements of their own.
This seems normal for Banks, as she has done similar things in the past. But, Naomi hasn’t done this before. Seems like Naomi didn’t think for herself this time, and followed the lead of her teammate, Banks! Naomi might very well have compromised her career altogether.
Banks has never walked out before. She has previously had VKM approved time off for mental health. And Naomi isn’t so dumb that she’s easily led around by other people. She’s capable of making her own decisions. Stop carrying water for WWE by parroting their talking points.
Actually, she has… 2019
Absolutely!
Haha, while having a mental issue is serious and isn’t a joking matter that was her fall back. It’s like a back injury how can you prove it . Naomi is at best a undercard , her glow gimmick didn’t work , her dancing routine is just that . The only reason she is even on the roster is because she is married to an USO , who by WWEs wellness plan shouldn’t even be wrestling considering he has 2 DUIs issued. But because just like Reigns is related to the Rock . Now I would bet that when the Rock bought the XFL from Vince that was part of the deal.
That’s 100 % right ✅ on
Gern, he gave her that time AFTER she walked out.
Exactly. Naomi wasn’t on Mandolorian and planning for her “future acting career”. Hope it all ends up okay for them.
Hard for me to believe this is all true and not just a work being put on by WWE (example the Outsider invading WCW) Because if you look in the direction everything was headed before this Bianca, Becky and Asuka were headed towards triple threat match anyway. And if that was not true why just because when Sasha and Naomi left did they have to change the match and take Dudrop and Nikki ASH out
This is BS. I bought Money In The Bank tickets thinking they will be featured.
Always have to take to heart that it always says “Card subject to change”
So stupid. I kind of understand them, but walking out? Come on. I would not be terribly surprised if they realeased Naomi. Sasha is too big for them to lose. I don’t know, I just think this a ridiculous and they overreacted. They should probably apologize to their fans. Won’t be rooting for them anymore. Actually surprised they announced it too!
Have a great weekend!
You still get to go to a great PPV! I totally agree, those fools are selfish. They better apologize to us. I will never have the same respect for them again.
How do you think they owe you an apology. You new age fans are delusional. 10 times out of 10, you have never spent enough money with wwe to deserve an apology
There the guy that wants to make this about race instead of two whiney women that didn’t like the planned outcome of a match. You knew he’d be in the comments somewhere.
This is so like the WWE to do this to the REAL tag champs (“The Boss N’ The Glow”) they really deserved so much better, I wish the producer’s and writer’s would listen to the talents they have like them, they should have been able to defend those awesome titles. Banks N’ Naomi!!! here’s to a quick return to you ladies, so you can tear it up in the ring and take no prisoners
LOL… is anything really “REAL” on WWE?
They did the right thing walkig out
I’m pissed about the outcome of this… Sasha and Naomi was great champions and should receive the resoect from WWE… I guess this show is just that scripted. Everyone has to follow one man vision.
It’s been proven time and again that tag team wrestling isn’t a priority for WWE. They hadn’t even had the belts all that long, and they were already angling to split them up, which happens with every fresh tag team that seems to gel.
Case in point: That planned six-pack challenge was meant to result in Naomi pinning Sasha to win the opportunity to lose to Bianca Belair. There were four other women in that match who could have eaten the pin, but no, it had to be Sasha, to plant the seeds of dissension and eventually a program between the two, tag team championships be damned.
I was honestly surprised that Jimmy and Jey weren’t punished for Naomi walking by having Riddle and Orton go over last night on Smackdown, but then Roman wouldn’t have his henchmen to have his back in storyline.
Respect is earned such drama queens So every time these 2 come out people have to do what I don’t be pathetic and ridiculous it is disrespectful to walk out Classless and trash
You can’t strip them of the tag titles when they basically vacated them by leaving them with John Laurinaitis and walking out
They are right. Vince m should look into this as a suit of color harassment… they need to be heard. Wwe is a rip off company.
Haha yeah that won’t work considering they have a POC as womens champion. They would lose that suit in a heartbeat, who are they gonna wrestle. It’s call entertainment. Why do people always throw the race card in. Think about this who are they suppose to wrestle? Name 1 solid womens tag team. They all want 1 thing. Bailey and Banks were the best but who did they have for them to beat. But Naomi not even close.
So if someone refuses to do their job and claim a bs reason, the company should just let it fly? Way to pull the victim cards out. What a clown.
Except according to WWE they’re not employees, they’re independent contractors. Which is the biggest lie of all.
Things had to be really bad for Sasha and Naomi to leave like this. Vince has been shady in the past, and it wouldn’t surprise me if was at it again.
Somebody pregnant
WRESTLING IS FAKE WHO CARES!!!!!! OH NO A WRESTLER WALKED AND GOT SUSPENDED….GROW UP PEOPLE
Chris Drews, looks like you need to grow up. You jump into a thread just to troll it and force your opinion on others. When we want some dumbass to do our thinking for us, we’ll let you know.
People know Wrestling isn’t real and is just entertainment. It’s in the companies name ‘World Wrestling Entertainment’. But people do get injured all the time performing in the ring. That part at least is very real.
I think Sasha Banks in Naomi has the reasons why they left but lately a lot of your Superstars have been leaving and now for no reason the Usos takes the the tag team championships by cheating when is championships on the line going to come Fair because I feel that Randy Orton and riddle should have won that match but I guess you have your reasons why you want cheap to win belts more and more I turn my TV off when I see something like that how you must be fair and my kids see unfair it is so they feel it’s okay to cheat too I think there should be a rematch
I wouldn’t be surprised if this was all part of an angle know this company. But at the same time it could be a shoot . So who knows
Sasha Banks and Noami contract expires in a few months. I can definitely see Sasha Banks leave when her contract ends. WWE needs Sasha, Sasha doesn’t need WWE.
I don’t know if that is true… I thing WWE will continue to create stars.
First off sasha and Naomi werent getting any real competition, the womens tag division is seriously lacking WWE knows this and had madw the decision to put the womens tag division on hold again and let the womens division pick up again as of late WWE has lost alot.of talent either by letting them go and not resigning them examples Lana and Nia jax both of whom were great. That there was a problem WWE made a good choice BUT THERE LOOSING TALENT TO AEW look at the Talent that walked añd went over there im sure both Sasha and Naomi will be over in AEW soon enough. Lets hope that the WWE can pick up the womens division and get more talent back into it
#Feeltheglow, your fans are with you Naomi. I watch WWE more since she and the other ladies were in WWE Divas years back, and it really helped me appreciate the physical rigor and life balance they manage as athletes.
Correction: Total Divas was a cool show! One of the few celebreality shows on E! that made any sense.
It’s all a script. Now Naomi will join the bloodline and Sasha can go for the women’s title. All planned
They stripped them of the titles that they LEFT when they walked out? 🤦🏾♂️
Time for Vince to walk away. Shows are getting old and tired like him. Unified all titles from both shows he starting to get cheaper giving people less for their money and charging them more. I am done with WWE and I been watching since the early seventys. Goodbye
Whoever is writing for WWE has ruined the programs. The Blood Line CHEATS at every match. Roman Reigns is a joke and the biggest cheat of all. I will not watch another episode of WWE while the Blood Line is allowed to dominate. The REFEREES are paid to not catch any of the Blood Lines under-handed actions and WWE does not correct the interference. The ANNOUNCERS are STUPID for going along with the FAKE outcomes. There is no wrestling anymore. Talking and repeating prior matches.
’bout time someone had the ba**s to tell Vince to shove it. Been watching this industry for 40+ yrs. These preformers deserve respect from WWE Mgmt.
See they’re not the right color because they didn’t do nothing to Charlotte Flair
Like the article says, this is “scripted” live tv. Hard to know where the scripted begins and the reality ends.
THE BOSS AND NAOMI ARE THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN S CHAMPION AND IT ASHAME. BUT BIG E SAME AND IM TIRE OF SAME ONE LOVE BLOODLINE JUST WISH SOLO WOULD JOIN BLOODLINE
WWE is very thin in the way of female tag-teams. In order to do a tournament for the titles, they will have to throw a bunch of people together. That doesn’t sound great to me.