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<\/p>\nSASHA Banks is one of the most recognisable women in the pro wrestling scene.<\/p>\n
Here's everything you need to know about her memorable exit from the WWE ring.<\/p>\n
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Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado, known best by her ring name Sasha Banks, is an American professional wrestler and actress.<\/p>\n
After beginning her WWE career in 2012, Banks was assigned to the developmental territory NXT where she would later win the NXT Women's Championship<\/span>.<\/p>\n Her match against\u00a0Bayley\u00a0at\u00a0NXT TakeOver: Respect\u00a0in October 2015 was the first women's match to ever headline an\u00a0NXT TakeOver, the first\u00a0Iron Woman match\u00a0in WWE history<\/span>, and the longest women's match in WWE history at the time, lasting 30 minutes.<\/p>\n Their match was voted by\u00a0Pro Wrestling Illustrated\u00a0as\u00a0Match of the Year, with Banks also being voted as\u00a0Woman of the Year.<\/p>\n In the same year, Banks was promoted to WWE's main roster, where she went on to hold the\u00a0Raw Women's Championship\u00a0five times.<\/p>\n But her WWE career would come to an end after a decade-long run in 2022.<\/p>\n Banks and co-star Naomi grabbed headlines last year after walking out of WWE before their main event match on Monday Night RAW on May 16.<\/p>\n She and Naomi were stripped of their Women's Tag Team Championship and WWE later released a statement saying that the pair had walked into the office<\/span> of former Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis and placed their titles on his desk before they walked out.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n There has been much speculation about the reason behind the pair walking out but WWE said: "They claimed they weren\u2019t respected enough as tag team champions.<\/p>\n "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 \u2013 even though they\u2019d had matches with those individuals in the past with no consequence".<\/p>\n According to Sportskeeda however, recent reports suggest that Banks left WWE because of her salary.<\/p>\n It was reported that she didn't return to the Stamford-based promotion because\u00a0she requested a high price to renew her contract, with the numbers discussed being the same as Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.<\/p>\n Sarath Ton is an American costume designer and former professional wrestler.<\/p>\n The 40-year-old is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Mikaze.<\/p>\n Ton made his WWE debut on Monday Night Raw in 2012 Raw under the ring name Rutherford Hayes, where he teamed with\u00a0Willard Fillmore\u00a0in a handicap\u00a0squash match\u00a0against\u00a0Ryback.<\/p>\n After sustaining an injury from his last WWE match in 2015, Ton was hired on by the WWE under the ring name Mikaze, working as a costume designer.<\/p>\n Banks' and Ton's wedding was kept as a private event, but it is believed the pair tied the knot in 2016.<\/p>\n Speaking to Lillian Garcia on Garcia's\u00a0Making Their Way To The Ring podcast in 2017, Banks admitted that she is married, and she explained the reason behind the secrecy as well.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re the first one I\u2019ve admitted it to. I am married. I just hide it because our fans are so crazy sometimes, you know?" she said.<\/p>\n "I don\u2019t know, I just think fans are just so crazy. I see what they write to him on Twitter, and I don\u2019t like that stuff. <\/p>\n "If you\u2019re saying he\u2019s ugly, or he shouldn\u2019t be with me because of this or that, that hurts me, you know? <\/p>\n "I just don\u2019t like that he reads that every day, you know what I mean? And he\u2019s such an amazing person.\u201d<\/p>\n After walking out of WWE last year, Banks made her debut appearance for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on January 4, 2023, at Wrestle Kingdom 17.<\/p>\n She now goes by the ring name Mercedes Mone.<\/p>\n The pro wrestler also made her video game debut in\u00a0WWE 2K17, and has since appeared in\u00a0WWE 2K18,\u00a0WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, and\u00a0WWE 2K22.<\/p>\n She also appears in the\u00a0mobile games\u00a0WWE SuperCard\u00a0and\u00a0WWE Mayhem, as well as the spin-off game\u00a0WWE 2K Battlegrounds.<\/p>\n Banks made her acting debut in the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian where she portrays Koska Reeves.<\/p>\nMost read in Sport<\/h2>\n
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Who is Sasha Banks' husband Sarath Ton?<\/h2>\n
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