History YMMV / SashaBanks

* 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. Fans are also split on whether her HeelFaceTurn is a good idea - as The Boss character is essentially a heel and gets watered down as a face. Others argue that it would be impossible to book Sasha as a heel, which WWE tried to do at first but fans just cheered her anyway. Despite detractors, she is still beloved by a large amount of fans for what she's done for women's wrestling in WWE. It's also unclear how much of this is to do with ArcFatigue in her feud with Charlotte.

* 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 became so incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her that Sasha herself pinned a tweet on her Twitter page that read: "Be so good they can't ignore you."

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Her reigns as Raw Women's Champion. Having held it four times, each one of them never lasted longer than 27 days. Many have criticized the Raw creative team for being lazy and not knowing what to do with Banks. Even Sasha herself has outright stated her frustration of the short reigns (also hinting that she'd rather be on the [=Smackdown=] brand).

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Her reigns as Raw Women's Champion. Having held it four times, each one of them never lasted longer than 27 days. Many have criticized the Raw creative team for being lazy and not knowing what to do with Banks. Even Sasha herself has outright stated her frustration of the short reigns (even hinting that she'd rather be on the [=Smackdown=] brand).

* ArcFatigue: The 2016 ''Raw'' brand chapter of her feud with Charlotte. The feud started in late June finally ended in mid December. It was a feud many fans had long grown exhausted of and waited for it to simply end and for both women to move on from each other. The feud had been continued by means of rematch clause after rematch clause because the two are trading the WWE Raw Women's Championship between each other like it's a hot potato with ''Raw'' episodes (Sasha wins LOL) and pay-per-views being treated like some odd unbreakable form of home field advantage. As of the 'end of the line' at Roadblock, the two traded the title six times. This means that Sasha was a three-time champion and Charlotte a four-time champ, just over a year after both debuted on the main roster, before the belt itself was even a year old.

* 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 wrestle the Undertaker that night. Another fan then told her Eddie had died that morning.

* NeverLiveItDown: In 2017, a mistimed kick from her worsened [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Paige's]] neck injury and [[http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0409/638836/paige-officially-announces-her-retirement-on-tonight-wwe-raw/ forced her to retire.]] Sasha is not fully responsible, but outrage ensued on social media about it and Banks, the deliverer of that kick, has basically become a pariah.

* FandomBerserkButton: Don't say ''anything'' bad about her online or you will be caught in an InternetBackdraft.

* ArcFatigue: The 2016 ''Raw'' brand chapter of her feud with Charlotte. The feud started in late June finally ended in mid December. It was a feud many fans had long grown exhausted of and waited for it to simply end and for both women to move on from each other. The feud had been continued by means of rematch clause after rematch clause because the two are trading the WWE Raw Women's Championship between each other like it's a hot potato with ''Raw'' episodes (Sasha wins LOL) and pay-per-views being treated like some odd unbreakable form of home field advantage. As of the 'end of the line' at Roadblock, the two traded the title six times. This means that Sasha was a three-time champion and Charlotte a four-time one before the belt was even a year old.

* NeverLiveItDown: In 2017, a mistimed kick from her may have worsened [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Paige's]] neck injury and [[https://www.pwinsider.com/article/114747/paige-done-as-inring-performer-for-wwe-.html?p=1 possibly force her to retire,]] though thankfully she would dispel those rumors in a tweet by saying [[https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/953299146739474432 "2018 WILL be my year."]] Sasha is not fully responsible, but outrage ensued on social media about it and Banks, the deliverer of that kick, has basically become a pariah.

* ArcFatigue: The 2016 ''Raw'' brand chapter of her feud with Charlotte. The feud started in early July and as of late November is ''still'' ongoing. It's a feud many fans have long grown exhausted of and are waiting for it to simply end and for both women to move on from each other. The feud has been continued by means of rematch clause after rematch clause because the two are trading the WWE Raw Women's Championship between each other like it's a hot potato with ''Raw'' episodes (Sasha wins LOL) and pay-per-views being treated like some odd unbreakable form of home field advantage. As of the 'end of the line' at Roadblock, the two traded the title six times. This means that Sasha was a three-time champion and Charlotte a four-time one before the belt was even a year old.

* NeverLiveItDown: In 2018, a mistimed kick from her may have worsened [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Paige's]] neck injury and [[https://www.pwinsider.com/article/114747/paige-done-as-inring-performer-for-wwe-.html?p=1 possibly force her to retire.]] Sasha is not fully responsible, but outrage ensued on social media about it and Banks, the deliverer of that kick, has basically become a pariah.

* {{Narm}}: The period of time when every Sasha promo seemed to mention {{Wrestling/Eddie Guerrero}} to the point people had dubbed it Eddieploitation 2.0.

* {{Narm}}: The period of time when every Sasha promo seemed to mention {{Wrestling/EddieGuerrero}} to the point people had dubbed it Eddieploitation 2.0.

* Narm: The period of time when every Sasha promo seemed to mention {{Wrestling/EddieGuerrero}} to the point people had dubbed it Eddieploitation 2.0.

* 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.

* UnfortunateImplications: It was [[http://www.lethalwow.com/2015/09/13/bobby-between-the-ropes-the-wwe-divas-and-the-uncomfortable-subject-of-race/ noted]] how, despite Sasha's obvious popularity, her trio, Team B.A.D. was placed in the HufflepuffHouse stable in the 'Divas Revolution' 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).

* ArcFatigue: The 2016 ''Raw'' brand chapter of her feud with Charlotte. The feud started in early July and as of late November is ''still'' ongoing. It's a feud many fans have long grown exhausted of and are waiting for it to simply end and for both women to move on from each other. The feud has been continued by means of rematch clause after rematch clause because the two are trading the WWE Raw Women's Championship between each other like it's a hot potato. As of the 'end of the line' at Roadblock, the two traded the title six times. This means that Sasha was a three-time champion and Charlotte a four-time one before the belt was even a year old.

* 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 became so incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her htat Sasha herself pinned a tweet on her Twitter page that read: "Be so good they can't ignore you."

* ArcFatigue: The 2016 ''Raw'' brand chapter of her feud with Charlotte. The feud started in early July and as of late November is ''still'' ongoing. It's a feud many fans have long grown exhausted of and are waiting for it to simply end and for both women to move on from each other. The feud has been continued by means of rematch clause after rematch clause because the two are trading the WWE Raw Women's Championship between each other like it's a hot potato (to clarify, in the span of this feud, both Sasha and Charlotte have won the belt off each other more then once). With yet another title match currently on the way, many fans are hoping Charlotte retains the belt instead of losing it so the feud can finally go away. [[spoiler: And once ''again'' Sasha has managed to win the belt off of Charlotte, meaning that in the span of one feud, the title switched between the two of them ''five'' times.]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: After her HeelFaceTurn she became a sassier version of how she is in RealLife rather than the humourless AlphaBitch the boss character originally was.

* 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 became so incredibly common during any Diva's match not featuring her htat Sasha herself pinned a tweet on her Twitter page that read: "Be so good they can't ignore you."

* ArcFatigue: Her feud with Charlotte. The feud started in early July and as of late November is ''still'' ongoing. It's a feud many fans have long grown exhausted of and are waiting for it to simply end and for both women to move on from each other. The feud has been continued by means of rematch clause after rematch clause because the two are trading the WWE Raw Women's Championship between each other like it's a hot potato (to clarify, in the span of this feud, both Sasha and Charlotte have won the belt off each other more then once). With yet another title match currently on the way, many fans are hoping Charlotte retains the belt instead of losing it so the feud can finally go away. [[spoiler: And once ''again'' Sasha has managed to win the belt off of Charlotte, meaning that in the span of one feud, the title switched between the two of them ''five'' times.]]

* 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 blonde]] and turning into NXT's biggest AlphaBitch. [[Film/MeanGirls Sound familiar?]]
* 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.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: After her HeelFaceTurn she became sassy rather than the humourless AlphaBitch the boss character originally was.

* 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. 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 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.

* 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.
** Sasha clearly learned from this by 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.