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* BrokenBase: Sasha's promo in which she seemingly led the crowd into thinking her injuries had worsened and she would have to retire only to attack an interrupting Dana Brooke and reveal she was just fine and was coming back for her belt. Some people think the promo was fine, and are happy that Sasha is back already in the WWE but others (including some actual WWE workers) felt it was tasteless, especially when just a few months ago WWE had a legitimate promo by Daniel Bryan being forced to quit wrestling due to prior injuries. For a heel (like with Mark Henry) this may have been fine, but Sasha is a face, making her look cruel for fooling her fans into thinking she was retiring. There's also the fact that much of the promo was a revolution lecture akin to the oft-reviled mistakes of the previous year which even fellow Horsewomen Wrestling/BeckyLynch acknowledges, and Sasha even praised heel authority figure and massive HateSink Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon as the one who "made the women's revolution a reality" when many feel Stephanie's personal introduction of the NXT women set the stage for said mistakes and thus held them back.
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* BrokenBase: Sasha's promo in which she seemingly led the crowd into thinking her injuries had worsened and she would have to retire only to attack an interrupting Dana Brooke and reveal she was just fine and was coming back for her belt. Some people think the promo was fine, and are happy that Sasha is back already in the WWE but others (including some actual WWE workers) felt it was tasteless, especially when just a few months ago WWE had a legitimate promo by Daniel Bryan being forced to quit wrestling due to prior injuries. For a heel (like with Mark Henry) this may have been fine, but Sasha is a face, making her look cruel for fooling her fans into thinking she was retiring. There's also the fact that much of the promo was a revolution lecture akin to the oft-reviled mistakes of the previous year which even fellow Horsewomen Horsewoman Wrestling/BeckyLynch acknowledges, and Sasha even praised heel authority figure and massive HateSink Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon as the one who "made the women's revolution a reality" when many feel Stephanie's personal introduction of the NXT women set the stage for said mistakes and thus held them back.
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* BrokenBase: Sasha's promo in which she seemingly led the crowd into thinking her injuries had worsened and she would have to retire only to attack an interrupting Dana Brooke and reveal she was just fine and was coming back for her belt. Some people think the promo was fine, and are happy that Sasha is back already in the WWE but others (including some actual WWE workers) felt it was tasteless, especially when just a few months ago WWE had a legitimate promo by Daniel Bryan being forced to quit wrestling due to prior injuries. For a heel (like with Mark Henry) this may have been fine, but Sasha is a face, making her look cruel for fooling her fans into thinking she was retiring.
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* BrokenBase: Sasha's promo in which she seemingly led the crowd into thinking her injuries had worsened and she would have to retire only to attack an interrupting Dana Brooke and reveal she was just fine and was coming back for her belt. Some people think the promo was fine, and are happy that Sasha is back already in the WWE but others (including some actual WWE workers) felt it was tasteless, especially when just a few months ago WWE had a legitimate promo by Daniel Bryan being forced to quit wrestling due to prior injuries. For a heel (like with Mark Henry) this may have been fine, but Sasha is a face, making her look cruel for fooling her fans into thinking she was retiring. There's also the fact that much of the promo was a revolution lecture akin to the oft-reviled mistakes of the previous year which even fellow Horsewomen Wrestling/BeckyLynch acknowledges, and Sasha even praised heel authority figure and massive HateSink Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon as the one who "made the women's revolution a reality" when many feel Stephanie's personal introduction of the NXT women set the stage for said mistakes and thus held them back.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Yes, even Sasha is gaining a decent group of detractors. Mostly criticizing her main roster run as being highly underwhelming, with most complaints going to her promo skills and her ring-work, the latter which has been reckless enough that she had to actually give up the belt for a couple weeks so she could rest up and heal up a few injuries. It doesn't help that even her own fans find her to be a terrible babyface, as the Boss character has been severely watered down and many are hoping for her to turn heel so she can hopefully start showing off most of what made her popular in the first place.
* BrokenBase: Sasha's promo in which she seemingly led the crowd into thinking her injuries had worsened and she would have to retire only to attack an interrupting Dana Brooke and reveal she was just fine and was coming back for her belt. Some people think the promo was fine, and are happy that Sasha is back already in the WWE but others (including some actual WWE workers) felt it was tasteless, especially when just a few months ago WWE had a legitimate promo by Daniel Bryan being forced to quit wrestling due to prior injuries. For a heel (like with Mark Henry) this may have been fine, but Sasha is a face, making her look cruel for fooling her fans into thinking she was retiring.
* BrokenBase: Sasha's promo in which she seemingly led the crowd into thinking her injuries had worsened and she would have to retire only to attack an interrupting Dana Brooke and reveal she was just fine and was coming back for her belt. Some people think the promo was fine, and are happy that Sasha is back already in the WWE but others (including some actual WWE workers) felt it was tasteless, especially when just a few months ago WWE had a legitimate promo by Daniel Bryan being forced to quit wrestling due to prior injuries. For a heel (like with Mark Henry) this may have been fine, but Sasha is a face, making her look cruel for fooling her fans into thinking she was retiring.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Surprisingly caught a case of this at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32''. She walked into the Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure Eight to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Surprisingly caught a case of this at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32''. She walked into the Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure Eight to remain champion with the new title—as title — as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.up.
** Sasha clearly learned from this b the time of her title shot on the first Raw of the "new era" brand extension. Wrestling/DanaBrooke had replaced Ric as Charlotte's interference buddy, and being a woman, Dana was free to do direct damage against Charlotte's enemies in ways that Ric couldn't. When Dana tried to do such damage to Sasha, Sasha pulled an Wrestling/EddieGuerrero by tossing her the Women's Championship belt and falling to the floor, at which point the referee turned around and ejected Brooke. With the match now purely one-on-one, Sasha was able to extract the championship gold away from Charlotte via Bank Statement.
** Sasha clearly learned from this b the time of her title shot on the first Raw of the "new era" brand extension. Wrestling/DanaBrooke had replaced Ric as Charlotte's interference buddy, and being a woman, Dana was free to do direct damage against Charlotte's enemies in ways that Ric couldn't. When Dana tried to do such damage to Sasha, Sasha pulled an Wrestling/EddieGuerrero by tossing her the Women's Championship belt and falling to the floor, at which point the referee turned around and ejected Brooke. With the match now purely one-on-one, Sasha was able to extract the championship gold away from Charlotte via Bank Statement.
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* LesYay: With {{Wrestling/Bayley}} who since their feud on NXT has become something of a MoralityPet for Sasha. In contrast to the grudging respect Sasha has for Becky, Bayley is the one who can easily bring out Sasha's softer side. Sasha sincerely hugs Bayley in tears after her Women's Championship win, and the two hug enthusiastically when Bayley appears at Battleground to help her out.
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* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly caught a case of this at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32''. She walked into the Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure Eight to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly Surprisingly caught a case of this at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32''. She walked into the Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure Eight to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: A ''huge'' favorite among NXT Divas on Diva Dirt. She also seems to be popular with the NXT live audience; see RootingForTheEmpire.
** Her main roster call-up just exacerbated this. "WE WANT SASHA" comments are incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her.
* EthnicScrappy: A leaked video from a promo class saw Sasha playing a snobby character that talked in a ghetto accent - which would have raised a lot of UnfortunateImplications. She turned heel and played the character without the accent.
** Her main roster call-up just exacerbated this. "WE WANT SASHA" comments are incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her.
* EthnicScrappy: A leaked video from a promo class saw Sasha playing a snobby character that talked in a ghetto accent - which would have raised a lot of UnfortunateImplications. She turned heel and played the character without the accent.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: EnsembleDarkhorse:
** A ''huge'' favorite among NXT Divas on Diva Dirt. She also seems to be popular with the NXT live audience; see RootingForTheEmpire.
** Her main roster call-up just exacerbated this. "WE WANT SASHA" commentsare became so incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her.
her htat Sasha herself pinned a tweet on her Twitter page that read: "Be so good they can't ignore you."
* EthnicScrappy: A leaked video from a promo class saw Sasha playing a snobby character that talked in a ghetto accent - which would have raised a lot ofUnfortunateImplications.eyebrows given WWE's long story with racial characters. She turned heel and played the character without the accent.
** A ''huge'' favorite among NXT Divas on Diva Dirt. She also seems to be popular with the NXT live audience; see RootingForTheEmpire.
** Her main roster call-up just exacerbated this. "WE WANT SASHA" comments
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* TearJerker: Her story regarding the Eddie Guerrero tribute show: She was a huge Eddie Guerrero fan and had won front row tickets to a live WWE show. She says that she made a sign saying "I love Eddie" and hoped he would see it. Then when she got to the show, she thought it was strange how there were so many "RIP Eddie" signs around, assuming Eddie had been booked to fight the Undertaker that night. Another fan then told her Eddie had died that morning.
* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ Noted]] about how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).
** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface. Maybe in reaction to this, when WWE rehashed the feud, they had Charlotte play the heel (with Ric as manager) while Sasha was more of a face[=/=]tweener.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly caught a case of this at Wrestling/WrestleMania 32. She walked into the [[strike:Divas]] Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure 8 to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ Noted]] about how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).
** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface. Maybe in reaction to this, when WWE rehashed the feud, they had Charlotte play the heel (with Ric as manager) while Sasha was more of a face[=/=]tweener.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly caught a case of this at Wrestling/WrestleMania 32. She walked into the [[strike:Divas]] Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure 8 to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
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* TearJerker: Her story regarding the Eddie Guerrero tribute show: She was a huge Eddie Guerrero fan and had won front row tickets to a live WWE show. She says that she made a sign saying "I love Eddie" and hoped he would see it. Then when she got to the show, she thought it was strange how there were so many "RIP Eddie" signs around, assuming Eddie had been booked to fight wrestle the Undertaker that night. Another fan then told her Eddie had died that morning.
* UnfortunateImplications: It was [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/Noted]] about noted]] how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she her trio, Team B.A.D. was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline.storyline... which just so happened to be composed of a mixed-race woman (Sasha), a black woman (Naomi), and a Samoan woman (Tamina), while 5 out of the 6 women that composed the other two trios (Team PCB and Team Bella) were white. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).
** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface. Maybe in reaction to this, when WWE rehashed the feud, they had Charlotte play the heel (with Ric as manager) while Sasha was more of a face[=/=]tweener.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly caught a case of this at Wrestling/WrestleMania 32. ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 32''. She walked into the [[strike:Divas]] Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure 8 Eight to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
* UnfortunateImplications: It was [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/
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* BadassDecay: Sasha Banks, a legit star in the making, is now doing comedy dance segments while wearing goofy merch. Why? Because the show is all about ENTERTAINMENT and JUST HAVING FUN. What happened to the "boss" character who is above stuff like this?
** Two things to note. One, while the "Boss" character is above stuff like it, the Team BAD Sasha tends to play closer to her ACTUAL personality which is on full display on social media (where Team BAD is often hanging around The New Day hence the temporary teamup).
** The second is, as of Royal Rumble 2016 she's returned to being The Boss, running solo and outright attacking both Charlotte and Becky Lynch after their Diva's Championship match. With the elimination of all the teams in the division (Team Bella due to Nikki's possibly career ending injury, Team PCB due to storyline, Team BAD because of...reasons?) and the ramping up of the quality of work thanks to the Charlotte/Becky feud, it seems that after half a year the Diva's Revolution is on track and Sasha is spearheading it.
** [[TwoWordsICantCount The third is]], Sasha's currently in the middle of an undefeated streak. Though the announcers don't talk about it much[[note]]most likely because the intent here was to subtly protect her rather than push her to the moon[[/note]], she's never been pinned or submitted or lost a singles match on main roster TV or Network programming since her debut. Sure, she's been on the losing (or non-winning) end of a handful of multi-diva or tag team matches, but then [[FromACertainPointOfView that's how undefeated streaks work in wrestling-land]]. Until you yourself are pinned, submitted, or beaten decisively in a special singles match, you're counted as undefeated.
** Two things to note. One, while the "Boss" character is above stuff like it, the Team BAD Sasha tends to play closer to her ACTUAL personality which is on full display on social media (where Team BAD is often hanging around The New Day hence the temporary teamup).
** The second is, as of Royal Rumble 2016 she's returned to being The Boss, running solo and outright attacking both Charlotte and Becky Lynch after their Diva's Championship match. With the elimination of all the teams in the division (Team Bella due to Nikki's possibly career ending injury, Team PCB due to storyline, Team BAD because of...reasons?) and the ramping up of the quality of work thanks to the Charlotte/Becky feud, it seems that after half a year the Diva's Revolution is on track and Sasha is spearheading it.
** [[TwoWordsICantCount The third is]], Sasha's currently in the middle of an undefeated streak. Though the announcers don't talk about it much[[note]]most likely because the intent here was to subtly protect her rather than push her to the moon[[/note]], she's never been pinned or submitted or lost a singles match on main roster TV or Network programming since her debut. Sure, she's been on the losing (or non-winning) end of a handful of multi-diva or tag team matches, but then [[FromACertainPointOfView that's how undefeated streaks work in wrestling-land]]. Until you yourself are pinned, submitted, or beaten decisively in a special singles match, you're counted as undefeated.
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* TearJerker: She was a huge Eddie Guerrero fan and had won front row tickets to a house show. She says that she made a sign saying "I love Eddie" and hoped he would see it. Then when she got to the show, she thought it was strange how there were so many "RIP Eddie" signs around. Another fan then told her Eddie had died that morning.
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* TearJerker: Her story regarding the Eddie Guerrero tribute show: She was a huge Eddie Guerrero fan and had won front row tickets to a house live WWE show. She says that she made a sign saying "I love Eddie" and hoped he would see it. Then when she got to the show, she thought it was strange how there were so many "RIP Eddie" signs around.around, assuming Eddie had been booked to fight the Undertaker that night. Another fan then told her Eddie had died that morning.
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* FandomBerserkButton: Don't say ''anything'' bad about her online or you will be caught in an InternetBackdraft.
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** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface. Maybe in reaction to this, when WWE rehashed the feud, they had Charlotte play the heel (with Ric as manager) while Sasha was more of a face[=/=]tweener.
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** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface. Maybe in reaction to this, when WWE rehashed the feud, they had Charlotte play the heel (with Ric as manager) while Sasha was more of a face[=/=]tweener.face[=/=]tweener.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly caught a case of this at Wrestling/WrestleMania 32. She walked into the [[strike:Divas]] Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure 8 to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Surprisingly caught a case of this at Wrestling/WrestleMania 32. She walked into the [[strike:Divas]] Women's Championship match being serenaded to the ring by her cousin Music/SnoopDogg and wearing gear inspired by that of her hero Wrestling/EddieGuerrero, and one of her opponents, old friend Wrestling/{{Charlotte}}, has been notorious of late for having her father Wrestling/RicFlair at ringside constantly engaging timely interference to help her retain her Divas title. Yet does Sasha do anything to neutralize Ric Flair, or even ask Snoop to keep an eye on him and get the jump on him if need be? No; Snoop immediately retreats to the back after the musical performance never to be seen again, and the closest we get to Sasha doing anything about Flair at all is to hold him in place to get taken out by a Wrestling/BeckyLynch over-the-top cross body which he soon recovered from. Naturally, the finish involved Charlotte making Becky tap to a Figure 8 to remain champion with the new title—as Ric held Sasha's legs to keep her from entering the ring to break it up.]]
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** In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
** The segment where their Iron Man match is announced. She says that she's been told that her match with Bayley was not only the match of the night, but the best women's match of all time. Her voice cracks as she says this and it's clear she's barely trying not to burst into tears at the emotion of the situation.
** And how about the aftermath of her and Bayley's Iron Man match? The ''entire'' NXT roster comes out onto the stage to applaud. Triple H, Stephanie and Sara Del Rey present her with flowers as the crowd chants "thank you Sasha". She falls to the floor because she's so overcome with emotion. And many fans immediately admitted that the moment made them well up with ManlyTears.
** Additionally during the Iron Man match, Sasha had gotten CheapHeat by yelling at Izzy, a young Bayley fan at ringside. Izzy had been reduced to tears by the intensity of the match. Apparently after the show ended, Sasha went up to Izzy and gave ''her'' the flowers Triple H had presented her with.
** In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
** The segment where their Iron Man match is announced. She says that she's been told that her match with Bayley was not only the match of the night, but the best women's match of all time. Her voice cracks as she says this and it's clear she's barely trying not to burst into tears at the emotion of the situation.
** And how about the aftermath of her and Bayley's Iron Man match? The ''entire'' NXT roster comes out onto the stage to applaud. Triple H, Stephanie and Sara Del Rey present her with flowers as the crowd chants "thank you Sasha". She falls to the floor because she's so overcome with emotion. And many fans immediately admitted that the moment made them well up with ManlyTears.
** Additionally during the Iron Man match, Sasha had gotten CheapHeat by yelling at Izzy, a young Bayley fan at ringside. Izzy had been reduced to tears by the intensity of the match. Apparently after the show ended, Sasha went up to Izzy and gave ''her'' the flowers Triple H had presented her with.
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** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface.
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** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface. Maybe in reaction to this, when WWE rehashed the feud, they had Charlotte play the heel (with Ric as manager) while Sasha was more of a face[=/=]tweener.
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** [[TwoWordsICantCount The third is]], Sasha's currently in the middle of an undefeated streak. Though the announcers don't talk about it much[[note]]most likely because the intent here was to subtly protect her rather than push her to the moon[[/note]], she's never been pinned or submitted or lost a singles match on main roster TV or Network programming since her debut. Sure, she's been on the losing (or non-winning) end of a handful of multi-diva or tag team matches, but then [[FromACertainPointOfView that's how undefeated streaks work in wrestling-land]]. Until you yourself are pinned, submitted, or beaten decisively in a special singles match, you're counted as undefeated.
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** Two things to note. One, while the "Boss" character is above stuff like it, the Team BAD Sasha tends to play closer to her ACTUAL personality which is on full display on social media (where Team BAD is often hanging around The New Day hence the temporary teamup).
** The second is, as of Royal Rumble 2016 she's returned to being The Boss, running solo and outright attacking both Charlotte and Becky Lynch after their Diva's Championship match. With the elimination of all the teams in the division (Team Bella due to Nikki's possibly career ending injury, Team PCB due to storyline, Team BAD because of...reasons?) and the ramping up of the quality of work thanks to the Charlotte/Becky feud, it seems that after half a year the Diva's Revolution is on track and Sasha is spearheading it.
** The second is, as of Royal Rumble 2016 she's returned to being The Boss, running solo and outright attacking both Charlotte and Becky Lynch after their Diva's Championship match. With the elimination of all the teams in the division (Team Bella due to Nikki's possibly career ending injury, Team PCB due to storyline, Team BAD because of...reasons?) and the ramping up of the quality of work thanks to the Charlotte/Becky feud, it seems that after half a year the Diva's Revolution is on track and Sasha is spearheading it.
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* BadassDecay: Sasha Banks, a legit star in the making, is now doing comedy dance segments while wearing goofy merch. Why? Because the show is all about ENTERTAINMENT and JUST HAVING FUN. What happened to the "boss" character who is above stuff like this?
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** Her main roster call-up just exacerbated this. "WE WANT SASHA" comments are incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Because of how BadassAdorable she is, her quality of work and moments of pure emotion, and the breath of fresh air she represents for female wrestling in WWE, it is SUPER EASY to forget that this chick plays one of the nastiest, most arrogant, most malicious heel competitors in the entire business.
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* HilariousInHindsight: She claims she was homeschooled - as in went to school online. So it's rather interesting that a homeschooled girl ends up getting corrupted by an evil blonde and turning into NXT's biggest AlphaBitch. [[Film/MeanGirls Sound familiar?]]
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** Additionally during the Iron Man match, Sasha had gotten CheapHeat by yelling at Izzy, a young Bayley fan at ringside. Izzy had been reduced to tears by the intensity of the match. Apparently after the show ended, Sasha went up to Izzy and gave ''her'' the flowers Triple H had presented her with.
* HilariousInHindsight: She claims she was homeschooled - as in went to school online. So it's rather interesting that a homeschooled girl ends up getting corrupted by an [[Wrestling/SummerRae evilblonde blonde]] and turning into NXT's biggest AlphaBitch. [[Film/MeanGirls Sound familiar?]]
* HilariousInHindsight: She claims she was homeschooled - as in went to school online. So it's rather interesting that a homeschooled girl ends up getting corrupted by an [[Wrestling/SummerRae evil
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* HeartwarmingMoments:
** In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
** The segment where their Iron Man match is announced. She says that she's been told that her match with Bayley was not only the match of the night, but the best women's match of all time. Her voice cracks as she says this and it's clear she's barely trying not to burst into tears at the emotion of the situation.
** And how about the aftermath of her and Bayley's Iron Man match? The ''entire'' NXT roster comes out onto the stage to applaud. Triple H, Stephanie and Sara Del Rey present her with flowers as the crowd chants "thank you Sasha". She falls to the floor because she's so overcome with emotion. And many fans immediately admitted that the moment made them well up with ManlyTears.
* HilariousInHindsight: She claims she was homeschooled - as in went to school online. So it's rather interesting that a homeschooled girl ends up getting corrupted by an evil blonde and turning into NXT's biggest AlphaBitch. [[Film/MeanGirls Sound familiar?]]
** In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
** The segment where their Iron Man match is announced. She says that she's been told that her match with Bayley was not only the match of the night, but the best women's match of all time. Her voice cracks as she says this and it's clear she's barely trying not to burst into tears at the emotion of the situation.
** And how about the aftermath of her and Bayley's Iron Man match? The ''entire'' NXT roster comes out onto the stage to applaud. Triple H, Stephanie and Sara Del Rey present her with flowers as the crowd chants "thank you Sasha". She falls to the floor because she's so overcome with emotion. And many fans immediately admitted that the moment made them well up with ManlyTears.
* HilariousInHindsight: She claims she was homeschooled - as in went to school online. So it's rather interesting that a homeschooled girl ends up getting corrupted by an evil blonde and turning into NXT's biggest AlphaBitch. [[Film/MeanGirls Sound familiar?]]
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* TearJerker[=/=]HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* TearJerker[=/=]HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, TearJerker: She was a huge Eddie Guerrero fan and had won front row tickets to a house show. She says that she remains in character at first. made a sign saying "I love Eddie" and hoped he would see it. Then Renee asks when she got to the show, she thought it was strange how there were so many "RIP Eddie" signs around. Another fan then told her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits Eddie had died that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].morning.
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* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ Noted]] about how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).
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* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ Noted]] about how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).pushes).
** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface.
** Her title feud with Charlotte had a few of these, given that Charlotte's catch phrases reference her as being "genetically superior" and her talent as the result of "natural selection"; this is of course, in reference to her father, but it raises some eyebrows when the tall, blonde white woman is claiming genetic superiority over the short black woman while being a babyface.
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* TearJerker[=/=]HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* TearJerker[=/=]HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].watch]].
* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ Noted]] about how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).
* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ Noted]] about how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, she was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' storyline. Likewise while she has broken out of the MinorityShowGhetto in terms of fan reactions, it took her suspiciously long to get her push - and far longer than her relatively unknown contemporaries (Charlotte and Becky Lynch were still developing their characters when they got their title pushes).
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* TearJerker/HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* TearJerker/HeartwarmingMoments: TearJerker[=/=]HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* TearJerker: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* TearJerker: TearJerker/HeartwarmingMoments: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent. There were just as many people (if not more) who wanted Sasha to win the NXT Women's Championship as there were who wanted Charlotte (who was playing the role of the face in the feud) to retain.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent. There were just as many people (if not more) who wanted Sasha to win the NXT Women's Championship as there were who wanted Charlotte (who was playing the role of the face in the feud) to retain.retain.
* TearJerker: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
* TearJerker: In her post-match interview after winning the NXT Women's Championship, she remains in character at first. Then Renee asks her "so what are you really feeling down here?" (points to her heart). Sasha bursts into tears and admits that she's wanted it since she was 10 years old. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-3UZZ14nw Have a watch]].
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* AwesomeMusic: Her "Sky's the Limit" theme.
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* AwesomeMusic: Her "Sky's the Limit" theme.theme, and her old theme, "Fastest Girl Alive".
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* AwesomeMusic: Her "Sky's the Limit" theme.
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* EthnicScrappy: A leaked video from a promo class saw Sasha playing a snobby character that talked in a ghetto accent - which would have raised a lot of UnfortunateImplications. She turned heel and played the character without the accent.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent. There were just as many people who wanted Sasha to win the NXT Women's Championship -- if not more -- as there were who wanted Charlotte (who was playing the role of the face in the feud) to retain.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent. There were just as many people (if not more) who wanted Sasha to win the NXT Women's Championship -- if not more -- as there were who wanted Charlotte (who was playing the role of the face in the feud) to retain.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: A ''huge'' favorite among NXT Divas on Diva Dirt.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: A ''huge'' favorite among NXT Divas on Diva Dirt. She also seems to be popular with the NXT live audience; see RootingForTheEmpire.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent. There were just as many people who wanted Sasha to win the NXT Women's Championship -- if not more -- as there were who wanted Charlotte (who was playing the role of the face in the feud) to retain.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: A ''huge'' favorite among NXT Divas on Diva Dirt.
* FashionVictimVillain: [[LampshadeHanging "SASHA'S RATCHET!"]] [[note]]''"NO, SHE'S NOT!"''[[/note]]
* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent.
* FashionVictimVillain: [[LampshadeHanging "SASHA'S RATCHET!"]] [[note]]''"NO, SHE'S NOT!"''[[/note]]
* RootingForTheEmpire: Despite being a blatant {{heel}}, Sasha has about half the NXT crowd in her corner due to their admiration for her in-ring talent.
