Sasha Banks
Birth Name:
Justine Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado
Height:
163 cm
Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sasha Banks.She previously wrestled on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she once held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. Between WWE and their developmental brand NXT, Ban...
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Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sasha Banks.She previously wrestled on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she once held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. Between WWE and their developmental brand NXT, Banks has had five championship reigns-being a former NXT Women's Champion and a record tying four-time Raw Women's Champion. Her match against Bayley at NXT Takeover: Respect (2015) on October 7, 2015 was the first women's match to ever headline a major WWE event, the first women's Iron Man match. Their match was voted by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) as the Match of the Year, with Banks also being voted as the Woman of the Year while their NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (2015) in August 2015 won the NXT Year-End Award for Match of the Year.In 2016, she and Charlotte Flair became the first women to headline a WWE pay-per-view event and the first to compete in a Hell in a Cell match (both at WWE Hell in a Cell (2016) in October 2016), the first women to main event WWE Monday Night RAW (1993) in a women's match since 2004 and the first women to win the Pro Wrestling Illustrated award for Feud of the Year. Show less «
Bank on it!
Bank on it!
People are talking about women's wrestling, and that's all I've ever wanted since I was ten years old. I wanted people to talk about the wom...Show more »
People are talking about women's wrestling, and that's all I've ever wanted since I was ten years old. I wanted people to talk about the women and all they could do. We're celebrating women's wrestling. People want to see us, and we're just doing our best. Show less «
For me, I've always told myself, 'I can only do me in the ring.' When I go out there and perform, I can only do what Sasha Banks can do.
For me, I've always told myself, 'I can only do me in the ring.' When I go out there and perform, I can only do what Sasha Banks can do.
The Boss doesn't need friends, but the ones I do have, I keep very close.
The Boss doesn't need friends, but the ones I do have, I keep very close.
Patience is key. You can't get selfish, and that's the number one thing I've learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just kne...Show more »
Patience is key. You can't get selfish, and that's the number one thing I've learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just knew - given the right opportunity and the right moment - that the world would know I was good, but now the world knows that I'm great. Show less «
We (Female Wrestlers) don't feel like we're famous. We just feel like we're doing what we love (Wrestling).
We (Female Wrestlers) don't feel like we're famous. We just feel like we're doing what we love (Wrestling).
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