Sasha Banks Talks the Wrestling Industry, NXT Divas and the WWE Main Roster

Sasha Banks was recently a guest on the AfterBuzz TV program. There, she discussed multiple different facets of her wrestling career thus far. Below are a few highlights from the conversation.

Banks opened up on what it’s like to get support from all over the wrestling industry:

“It’s absolutely unbelievable, especially when it feels like they’re a fan of me more than I’m a fan of them. I’m a huge Mick Foley fan, and just to have the support…He always sends me a text or messages me amazing things and tells me I had a great match. It’s so insane sometimes to get a text that says ‘Mick Foley,’ I go, ‘This is my life? No way! Mick Foley’s texting me? He’s calling me?’ – Deep down, I’m a huge mark, so any time I see any wrestler, I freak out inside. I think the most nervous I ever got was ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin.  It was like a week before he sent a tweet out that he watched me and Charlotte’s match. He said it was a really good match and I was like, ‘Oh my god, no way, he watched me wrestle!?’ I walked into catering, saw him, grabbed a cookie for some reason and ran straight out of the building. I was so nervous. I went to Joey Mercury and was like, ‘Joey, can you please introduce me to ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin? Please?'”

She talked about the NXT “Four Horsewomen” and what it’s like to be part of that crew:

“It just proves to you that women are taking over. You give us an opportunity and we are killing it. We take it and we run with it. We’re just unstoppable right now. I can’t wait for more of the future and we’re still getting more amazing girls down in NXT. We just want to keep the cycle going where soon the women on RAW and Smackdown can main event like how we’ve been doing down here on NXT.”

Banks also discussed whether she would like to remain in NXT or go to the main roster soon:

“I’m still confused on that because I love NXT and watched it grow. I’ve been there when we had four minutes for my matches to now have fifteen minutes for my matches to main eventing. To lose that would be so hard on me, but it’s always been my dream to be on Raw and Smackdown. If I can be a part of this revolution of NXT, I would love to be on Raw and Smackdown to see where that takes me and see if we can transition what we have down there to up there to have the phenomenon keep growing. NXT is my home, but I’m ready for the next challenge and for more opportunities…I still need to face Bayley. I need that one Takeover match with her.”

More from the interview can be heard here.

Editor’s Note

Good stuff from Banks here. Obviously had a plethora of potential.

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