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[tense music]
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- [crowd chanting]
Sasha's ratchet!
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Sasha's ratchet!
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Sasha's ratchet!
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- Sasha Banks!
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- I've always liked when
the bad guys won in the movies.
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- The Bank Statement locked in.
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- Look at the smile
on her face.
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- Look at the sick smile
on the face of Sasha Banks!
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- I think there's something
just more intriguing
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about being a bad guy.
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Maybe that's just me.
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Maybe I just like
the bad guys.
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Maybe it's my personality.
I don't know.
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- It's boss time.
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Sasha Banks is here.
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Her ego knows no bounds.
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- She has that look in her
eyes where you're just like,
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"All right,
this chick is dangerous."
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- Sasha on a reckless attack.
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- Anytime you see Sasha,
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you're just waiting
to see what's gonna happen.
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What's she gonna say this time?
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- You're the daughter
of Ric Flair.
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If it wasn't
for a one-night stand,
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you probably
wouldn't be standing here.
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Whoo!
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- What makes Sasha
such an evil character?
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That she goes to any extreme
and all extremes to win.
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- And it's celebration time
for Belair and Sasha Banks.
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Wait a minute!
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Backstabber by Banks
to the champion!
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- There is a little villain
within all of us,
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but some choose to cultivate
their villainous side
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to get what they want.
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In WWE, that's Sasha Banks.
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[dramatic music]
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[tense music]
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- I grew up on a farm in Iowa.
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[sighs] It was so rough.
I didn't have a dad.
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My mom didn't have
a steady job.
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I was the only colored person
in that town.
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I used to have a huge chip
on my shoulder.
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I went to online school
at the age of 12,
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had no friends, no social life.
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For a very long time,
I felt like I had no hope.
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I was just sitting in my room
one day in Iowa,
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scrolling through the channels.
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- You'll be stepping out
in comfort in--
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[upbeat music plays]
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- The more you live, the--
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[cheers and applause]
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- Listen to the Edgeheads!
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- Well--oh, no!
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Look who's here,
Sheriff Austin!
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- And WWE just popped up
on the screen.
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I was like, "What is this?"
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- Look at the power!
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- Here he comes!
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The FU!
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Wait, wait, wait, wait--
- Oh, look out!
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- It's like being a superhero,
being a bad guy.
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- Oh, never touch
a rattlesnake!
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- I was obsessed
with wrestling.
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It was my escape.
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[crowd roaring]
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[static buzzing]
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[upbeat music]
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- Place is going crazy
for Eddie Guerrero.
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- When I first saw
Eddie Guerrero,
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there was just
this instant connection.
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He was one of the few Latinos.
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You know, he was one of the few
of colored people in the WWE.
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- What a counter!
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The Superplex
from the top rope!
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- Eddie Guerrero used to come
out in a lowrider.
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- A classic lowrider
for the WWE champion!
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Eddie Guerrero,
riding in style!
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- Like, come on, you don't get
flashier than that.
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- He was great
being the villain.
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- When I said I'm sorry,
I forgot to tell you...
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- Yeah?
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- I lied!
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I cheat, I steal!
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- Cheat to win!
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- And I loved the Frog Splash.
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- Oh, my God.
Eddie, don't do this.
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Eddie, that's 15 feet high,
that cage!
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- No way, Eddie, don't!
- Don't do it, Eddie!
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Oh, my God!
Frog Splash, Frog Splash!
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- He's feeling froggy!
- Frog Splash connects!
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- Eddie knew how to get you
to like him or to hate him.
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- Can you believe this?
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Now cool it
with the smoking gun!
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Eddie Guerrero pulled
one over there on Matt Hardy.
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all: Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!
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- He knew how to tap
into that inner soul
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of each fan sitting
in the arena.
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- Orale, mi raza!
[cheers and applause]
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- When I watched
Eddie Guerrero,
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I felt so alive.
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I saw myself in him.
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I knew that was my only dream.
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[soft music]
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I always pictured myself
walking down that WWE ramp,
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in the ring
on the top turnbuckle,
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having a pose,
and just all eyes on me.
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Wrestling was my addiction
and my escape.
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- Eddie Guerrero...
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- I had journals upon journals
upon journals, writing ideas.
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I would watch "Raw"
and "SmackDown!"
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Every single week
and write down
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and take notes
and just study nonstop.
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I used to sit
and write all the results
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of every wrestling show.
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- I believe Mercedes was maybe
nine or ten when I discovered
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that she was truly
into WWE and wrestling.
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- I begged for Snoop Dogg
to take me to WrestleMania--
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I believe it was 24.
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Ric Flair's retirement match.
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- Tonight we celebrate
Nature Boy Ric Flair.
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- She was real young,
but I was taking her around,
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meeting all
of her favorite wrestlers,
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and just watching
how she reacted to 'em
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and how she was infatuated,
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and how she was professional
at the same time.
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It was, like,
fascinating to me.
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- There was no plan B,
C, D, E, or F.
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It was only, only one.
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And that was become
a WWE superstar.
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- At 18, Mercedes and her
family moved to Boston.
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That's where she got
her first opportunity
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to pursue her dream.
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- Chaotic Wrestling
is the place
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that I started training
when I was 18 years old.
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They had their own
professional wrestling school.
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- Hey, Alexis.
Remember me, Mercedes?
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The one that broke up
your correlat--what is it?
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- Coronation.
- Ugh. Hey, Alexis...
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My first character,
I wouldn't even say
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was a character.
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It was just Mercedes K.V....
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Which was Kaestner-Varnado
was my last name.
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- Fury, the largest competitor
in this contest,
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Mercedes, the smallest,
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but she's gonna be looking
to use her speed
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and her agility
to take advantage.
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- My upbringing was
very, very, very hard.
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The chip on my shoulder came
from a very young age,
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and it gave me
a whole different drive
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than a lot of people.
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- I remember
when Sasha was wrestling
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in this independent league,
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and she was trying her hardest
to get to the WWE,
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just doing good
and having great fights.
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- Oh, look
at her pulling back!
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She quit!
We've got a new champion!
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- I was not shy
when I went out and performed
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because I couldn't be.
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I had to make fans like me.
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I had to give them energy so
they can give it right back.
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Come on!
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- Mercedes proved
that she had the skills
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to move beyond
the independent circuit.
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crowd: Thank you, KV!
Thank you, KV!
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[cheers and applause]
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- In 2012, she was invited
to join
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WWE's developmental system.
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- I was so happy.
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It's the only thing
that I ever wanted to chase.
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It's the only thing
that I ever dreamt of.
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I wanted to make it to the WWE
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and prove that I was better
than everybody.
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[tense music]
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- I learned right away when
I first walked in the doors
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of the WWE Performance Center,
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I knew absolutely nothing.
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It takes so much
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to be a character
on national television.
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- This is so unique!
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- They broke me down so fast.
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- When Sasha debuted in NXT,
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she was kind of just
a generic character,
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really had no persona.
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People just said
she kind of seemed
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like a "girl next door"
character,
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if you want to call it
a character at all.
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- Did you see "Raw" on Monday?
- Of course.
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- What'd you think?
- I mean, it was okay.
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I had no character whatsoever.
[chuckles]
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I felt like I was not going
to last long in NXT.
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I was so shy as Mercedes
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and so scared
to even put myself out there.
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I had to build myself up
to prove
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that I could belong here
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and transform myself
into someone else.
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[static buzzing]
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I started out watching hours
of different types
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of movies and interviews.
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- Tell me one athlete
right now
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has been dominating the game
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for 16 years straight
without a loss.
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- I saw Floyd Mayweather.
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I was like, "Man,
I like how this guy speaks."
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- I'm the best.
I'm the best.
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All work is easy work.
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- Kanye West was
really arrogant,
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going up onstage
interrupting people.
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- Thank you so much for giving
me a chance to win a VMA award.
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- Yo, Taylor,
I'm really happy for you.
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I'ma let you finish.
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But Beyoncé had one
of the best videos of all time.
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[crowd booing]
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- So I stole some of that.
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I really love Nicki Minaj--
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the hair, the nails,
the outfits.
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And I really like
the Bratz dolls.
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- * Bratz *
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- Let me take
a little bit of that.
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And then I was like,
Mercedes, hello,
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Snoop Dogg is your cousin.
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People used
to call him the boss.
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I want people
to treat me like that.
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Let me take that.
I'll call myself "the Boss."
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I was going to be the bad guy.
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- She took advantage
of that moment,
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and she honed it in,
and she created her character,
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and she became Sasha Banks.
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- In three, two...
261
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- Are you tired of looking
like a chick?
262
00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:45,272
Are you sick of being basic?
263
00:12:45,306 --> 00:12:49,266
Did you think that
you can boss me around?
264
00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:51,980
Oh, no. No!
265
00:12:52,022 --> 00:12:54,192
- I was like, "How long did
266
00:12:54,232 --> 00:12:56,652
"she have to work on this
to find this character
267
00:12:56,693 --> 00:12:59,323
and this personality
that I don't even recognize?"
268
00:12:59,362 --> 00:13:01,742
And you just wanted
to, like, slap her.
269
00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:05,741
- I am Sasha Banks,
the Boss of NXT.
270
00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:09,245
- Characters have to learn
how to feel, not think,
271
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'cause if you're thinking,
it's not real.
272
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But you have to put it
in front of an audience.
273
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all: NXT, NXT, NXT!
274
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- Sasha's first
big opportunity at NXT
275
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came against Paige.
276
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* *
277
00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,354
- We're seeing a metamorphosis
here of Sasha Banks.
278
00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:28,349
* *
279
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- Paige got her!
[bell dings]
280
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- In a moment of rage,
281
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we got our first glimpse
of the Boss,
282
00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:37,401
and there was no turning back.
283
00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:38,942
* *
284
00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:40,525
- Oh, no!
285
00:13:40,570 --> 00:13:42,780
* *
286
00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:44,282
- The matchup's over,
287
00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:47,124
but Sasha Banks
is not done competing.
288
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,870
- The young lady snapped.
289
00:13:48,912 --> 00:13:51,042
* *
290
00:13:51,081 --> 00:13:53,711
- We've never seen this
from Sasha Banks.
291
00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,500
* *
292
00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:58,093
- It was one
of the greatest feelings
293
00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:01,879
when I found something
that clicked for me.
294
00:14:01,925 --> 00:14:04,885
- Here comes the Boss.
295
00:14:04,928 --> 00:14:07,258
- I was just like,
"I think this is working.
296
00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:09,885
The fans are booing."
297
00:14:09,933 --> 00:14:13,233
all: Sasha's ratchet!
Sasha's ratchet!
298
00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:15,769
- Upon taking
the Boss persona,
299
00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:17,194
things clicked into place.
300
00:14:17,232 --> 00:14:19,982
You had this unrepentant,
301
00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:22,776
unapologetically
Black female character
302
00:14:22,821 --> 00:14:24,241
who wasn't afraid
to tell everyone
303
00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,780
that she knew she was the best,
304
00:14:26,825 --> 00:14:29,575
wasn't afraid to be vicious.
305
00:14:29,619 --> 00:14:31,749
- There we go.
- Oh, man!
306
00:14:31,788 --> 00:14:33,248
- And she backed it up.
307
00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:36,079
all: Sasha's ratchet!
- What?
308
00:14:36,126 --> 00:14:38,586
all: Sasha's ratchet!
309
00:14:38,628 --> 00:14:41,918
- Mercedes was so shy,
not outgoing,
310
00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:43,255
didn't want adventure.
311
00:14:43,299 --> 00:14:45,759
Sasha Banks is everything
312
00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:48,052
I want Mercedes to be--
313
00:14:48,096 --> 00:14:49,756
larger than life,
314
00:14:49,806 --> 00:14:53,176
a know-it-all,
have all the eyes on her.
315
00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:54,686
* *
316
00:14:54,728 --> 00:14:58,228
- When you see somebody
that is really insecure
317
00:14:58,273 --> 00:15:01,323
and when they step
onto the stage
318
00:15:01,359 --> 00:15:03,989
and they morph
so dramatically,
319
00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:06,489
it's that pendulum swinging.
320
00:15:06,531 --> 00:15:10,791
They go so far the other way
because it's escapism.
321
00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:13,327
* *
322
00:15:13,371 --> 00:15:16,331
This is their vengeance.
323
00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:18,844
- Sasha--she likes to lie.
She likes to steal.
324
00:15:18,877 --> 00:15:21,417
She likes to cheat,
like her hero, Eddie Guerrero.
325
00:15:21,463 --> 00:15:23,213
- You lie, you cheat,
you steal.
326
00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:25,216
It's a family tradition.
327
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:27,968
- She just likes to do things
a little bit dirtier
328
00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:29,761
than most of the women.
329
00:15:29,804 --> 00:15:33,184
- Sasha Banks--submission
maneuver from behind.
330
00:15:33,224 --> 00:15:34,984
- Wow!
[bell dinging]
331
00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:36,478
- The Bank Statement,
332
00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:39,399
Sasha Banks' submission,
is very painful.
333
00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:41,019
It puts pressure
on your back,
334
00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:42,186
puts pressure on your neck.
335
00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:44,073
[screaming]
336
00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:46,280
She's super vicious.
337
00:15:46,321 --> 00:15:49,161
- I really love keeping ahold
of the crossface
338
00:15:49,199 --> 00:15:51,159
a little bit longer
after they tap out,
339
00:15:51,201 --> 00:15:54,201
just to let the fans know
that I'm the bad guy.
340
00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:56,825
- Sasha doesn't
want to let the hold go!
341
00:15:56,873 --> 00:15:57,963
Come on!
342
00:15:57,999 --> 00:15:59,249
- She's sending a message.
343
00:15:59,292 --> 00:16:01,672
- This is too much.
Let it go already!
344
00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:03,381
* *
345
00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:05,131
- You honestly think
that you're gonna be
346
00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:08,763
the next NXT women's champion
before me?
347
00:16:08,802 --> 00:16:11,142
Before me?
348
00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:14,849
- By 2014, Sasha earned
her reputation
349
00:16:14,891 --> 00:16:18,521
as the most vicious female
on a star-studded roster.
350
00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:21,401
But then came Charlotte Flair,
351
00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:23,479
the daughter
of wrestling nobility...
352
00:16:23,525 --> 00:16:25,065
- Whoo!
353
00:16:25,110 --> 00:16:26,400
- Blessed with the genes
354
00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:28,244
of the greatest champion
of all time
355
00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:30,069
and the confidence
and athleticism
356
00:16:30,115 --> 00:16:32,195
that comes with it.
357
00:16:32,242 --> 00:16:33,662
- You think you're special
358
00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:36,002
because
your last name is Flair.
359
00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:37,537
Well, guess what.
360
00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:41,380
After I beat you, Charlotte,
you're gonna end up a loser,
361
00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:43,748
just like
your pathetic old man.
362
00:16:43,795 --> 00:16:45,875
Whoo!
363
00:16:45,922 --> 00:16:47,382
* *
364
00:16:47,424 --> 00:16:49,264
- Charlotte, take one.
Mark.
365
00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,760
* *
366
00:16:58,476 --> 00:17:00,476
[cheers and applause]
367
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,900
- By 2014, Sasha Banks
was the Boss at NXT.
368
00:17:04,941 --> 00:17:06,901
[dramatic music]
369
00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:09,573
But a new rival
with a legendary pedigree
370
00:17:09,612 --> 00:17:12,822
posed a threat
to Sasha's status.
371
00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:16,826
- Ladies and gentlemen,
my daughter, Charlotte.
372
00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:20,080
[cheers and applause]
373
00:17:20,123 --> 00:17:23,003
- Being Ric Flair's daughter,
374
00:17:23,043 --> 00:17:24,883
I'm a chip off the old block.
375
00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:29,049
- Nature Boy, Ric Flair!
376
00:17:29,090 --> 00:17:30,760
- Whoo!
377
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,220
- When I walk in the arena,
they don't boo.
378
00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:33,180
They whoo.
379
00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:34,759
Whoo!
380
00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:36,264
all: Whoo!
381
00:17:36,306 --> 00:17:38,926
- Oh, wow!
382
00:17:38,975 --> 00:17:41,015
Look at that move!
383
00:17:41,061 --> 00:17:45,191
A victorious debut,
Charlotte did it!
384
00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:48,491
[bell dings,
cheers and applause]
385
00:17:48,526 --> 00:17:52,736
- Charlotte--she was
an incredible athlete...
386
00:17:52,781 --> 00:17:56,831
so frickin' good,
and she got it so easily.
387
00:17:56,868 --> 00:17:59,288
- I'm 5'10", I'm blonde,
and I'm super athletic.
388
00:17:59,329 --> 00:18:00,579
What is there not to like?
389
00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,582
Oh, yeah,
but my last name's Flair.
390
00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:04,294
Everything's handed to me.
391
00:18:04,334 --> 00:18:05,464
- Yeah, you heard me.
392
00:18:05,502 --> 00:18:07,302
- You can call
your little daddy
393
00:18:07,337 --> 00:18:08,627
to put you on the main roster.
394
00:18:08,672 --> 00:18:12,092
- Mm, how about you call Snoop
395
00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:13,723
to buy you a win?
396
00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,760
- Oh.
- Oh, so that's gonna be, huh?
397
00:18:15,804 --> 00:18:17,684
- Yeah, that's how
it's gonna be.
398
00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:21,482
- Because Charlotte was
the number-one girl so fast
399
00:18:21,518 --> 00:18:23,808
that it would me so jealous,
400
00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:25,363
so I wanted to outdo her.
401
00:18:25,397 --> 00:18:26,977
[cheers and applause]
402
00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:29,983
- The two titans
came from different worlds--
403
00:18:30,026 --> 00:18:33,526
Flair from the top,
Sasha from the bottom.
404
00:18:33,571 --> 00:18:35,661
And their battles spoke
to the fight
405
00:18:35,699 --> 00:18:38,739
between the privileged
and the underprivileged.
406
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,945
- And Sasha--oh!
407
00:18:40,995 --> 00:18:44,615
- Charlotte and Sasha
really gives you a feeling
408
00:18:44,666 --> 00:18:48,036
that you are watching an
absolute classic in the making.
409
00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:49,876
- Oh!
- Neck Breaker!
410
00:18:49,921 --> 00:18:51,131
Look at that!
411
00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:53,632
- It's like two bulls
just going head-to-head.
412
00:18:53,675 --> 00:18:55,175
She wants to be the best.
413
00:18:55,218 --> 00:18:59,178
- Sasha Banks diving
through the ropes, my God!
414
00:18:59,222 --> 00:19:01,222
- I want to be the best.
415
00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:02,806
- No way!
Natural Selection!
416
00:19:02,851 --> 00:19:04,601
- [crowd chanting]
This is awesome!
417
00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:07,484
- So impressed
with these two women.
418
00:19:07,522 --> 00:19:10,322
- When you have
two alpha females
419
00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:12,528
colliding with one another,
420
00:19:12,569 --> 00:19:15,449
there is going
to be magic that unfolds.
421
00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:20,538
* *
422
00:19:20,577 --> 00:19:22,497
[cheers and applause]
423
00:19:22,537 --> 00:19:25,917
- I think the Sasha Banks,
Charlotte Flair rivalry
424
00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:28,747
made Sasha Banks
a lot meaner and a lot harder.
425
00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:32,213
They say what doesn't
kill you makes you stronger.
426
00:19:32,255 --> 00:19:33,835
* *
427
00:19:33,882 --> 00:19:37,302
- In defeat,
Sasha was even more motivated,
428
00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:38,724
but now it wasn't
429
00:19:38,762 --> 00:19:41,642
just Charlotte Flair
making a name in NXT.
430
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:44,891
Becky Lynch and Bayley
were also making noise.
431
00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:47,564
- Sky's the limit
for Becky Lynch.
432
00:19:47,604 --> 00:19:50,524
Belly to Bayley--
oh, there it is!
433
00:19:50,565 --> 00:19:53,065
- All four were destined
for greatness,
434
00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:57,319
but only one could be
the real boss of NXT.
435
00:19:57,364 --> 00:20:00,124
- These four women were having,
you know,
436
00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:03,078
classic matches in NXT.
437
00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:04,499
They'd be stealing the show,
438
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,037
but they wouldn't be
the main event.
439
00:20:07,082 --> 00:20:09,422
- We were so competitive.
440
00:20:09,459 --> 00:20:12,049
We wanted to show everybody
441
00:20:12,087 --> 00:20:14,257
that the women can do it
just like the men.
442
00:20:14,297 --> 00:20:17,087
* *
443
00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:18,643
- In 2015,
444
00:20:18,677 --> 00:20:20,847
a championship Fatal 4-Way
445
00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,427
would settle which
of these rising superstars
446
00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:24,893
was the baddest of all.
447
00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,563
* *
448
00:20:27,602 --> 00:20:30,362
[cheers and applause]
449
00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:34,897
- Fatal 4-Way matchup for
the NXT Women's Championship.
450
00:20:34,943 --> 00:20:36,653
* *
451
00:20:36,695 --> 00:20:38,775
- That Fatal-4 Way,
452
00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:42,662
I wanted that to be like
my WrestleMania match.
453
00:20:42,701 --> 00:20:45,621
- Oh, Sasha Banks
lining up Charlotte
454
00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:47,582
and Becky--look at that!
455
00:20:47,622 --> 00:20:48,792
- All the stars aligned,
456
00:20:48,832 --> 00:20:51,792
and it was
such a special match.
457
00:20:51,835 --> 00:20:54,045
- Oh!
- Oh, my God!
458
00:20:54,087 --> 00:20:56,297
Wow, what an impact!
459
00:20:56,339 --> 00:20:59,259
- Bayley was a split second
away from the championship...
460
00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:01,680
[cheers and applause]
461
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,810
When Sasha snuck in
from behind
462
00:21:03,847 --> 00:21:05,637
and stole it for herself.
463
00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:08,482
- My God,
here comes Sasha again!
464
00:21:08,518 --> 00:21:10,848
- You saw that vindictive side
of her
465
00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:12,475
that she takes from Eddie.
466
00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:14,152
I'm gonna lie, cheat, steal.
467
00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:15,530
- [screaming]
468
00:21:15,567 --> 00:21:17,857
- Oh, look at this--crossface,
crossface!
469
00:21:17,902 --> 00:21:20,322
Submission maneuver applied!
470
00:21:20,363 --> 00:21:24,373
Charlotte crawling, clawing!
471
00:21:24,409 --> 00:21:25,619
Cover!
472
00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:27,580
all: One, two, three!
473
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:30,870
- She did it!
The Boss!
474
00:21:30,915 --> 00:21:32,625
* *
475
00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:36,497
- I was just so in shock.
476
00:21:36,546 --> 00:21:39,046
I felt like everything
that I ever fought for
477
00:21:39,090 --> 00:21:42,970
since I was ten years old
was just in that moment.
478
00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:45,181
- We have
a new women's champion.
479
00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:47,971
* *
480
00:21:48,016 --> 00:21:51,016
- What a moment
for Sasha Banks.
481
00:21:51,061 --> 00:21:55,691
- I've always known I was
the best from day one.
482
00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:58,902
This right here,
it just proves it.
483
00:21:58,943 --> 00:22:02,913
It shows every single person
who's ever doubted me.
484
00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:04,947
* *
485
00:22:04,991 --> 00:22:08,161
- I think what drives the
Sasha Banks character truly
486
00:22:08,203 --> 00:22:10,793
is that she knows
she's the best.
487
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:14,790
Who's above the boss?
There is no one above the boss.
488
00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:17,754
- And the Boss proceeded
to defend her championship
489
00:22:17,796 --> 00:22:21,506
and her status
by any means necessary.
490
00:22:21,549 --> 00:22:23,679
- Oh, my goodness!
491
00:22:27,597 --> 00:22:30,057
all: NXT! NXT! NXT! NXT!
492
00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:33,400
- Ladies and gentlemen,
this Saturday,
493
00:22:33,436 --> 00:22:36,726
NXT takes over
Brooklyn, New York.
494
00:22:36,773 --> 00:22:38,573
I am now pleased to preside
495
00:22:38,608 --> 00:22:40,648
over the official
contract signing
496
00:22:40,694 --> 00:22:43,414
for the NXT
Women's Championship.
497
00:22:43,446 --> 00:22:47,866
all: NXT! NXT! NXT! NXT!
498
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:50,659
- First of all, Mr. Regal,
499
00:22:50,704 --> 00:22:53,754
I just want to thank you
and the NXT fans,
500
00:22:53,790 --> 00:22:55,580
because if it wasn't
for you guys,
501
00:22:55,625 --> 00:22:57,625
I would not even be here.
502
00:22:57,669 --> 00:23:00,919
[cheers and applause, jeering]
503
00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:02,424
- [chuckles]
504
00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:05,675
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
505
00:23:05,719 --> 00:23:09,259
There a reason why NXT's
at Brooklyn and not here...
506
00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:14,265
* *
507
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:16,650
Because, Bayley,
it's going be the biggest show
508
00:23:16,688 --> 00:23:19,228
in NXT history.
509
00:23:19,274 --> 00:23:21,234
And the best part about that
510
00:23:21,276 --> 00:23:24,566
is that you're going
to be in the ring with me.
511
00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:27,572
[tense music]
512
00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:30,035
* *
513
00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:33,286
- The Sasha-Bayley rivalry
was a ticking time bomb,
514
00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:35,369
and at NXT Takeover Brooklyn,
515
00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:38,335
they were set to blow the roof
off the Barclays Center.
516
00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:42,376
- Tonight's first main event,
517
00:23:42,422 --> 00:23:44,802
NXT Women's Champion,
518
00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:49,431
the Boss, Sasha Banks...
519
00:23:49,471 --> 00:23:54,141
- This, ladies and gentlemen,
is how you do it like a boss.
520
00:23:54,184 --> 00:23:55,694
* *
521
00:23:55,727 --> 00:23:59,687
- Versus the ultimate underdog,
522
00:23:59,731 --> 00:24:03,191
the number-one contender,
Bayley!
523
00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:07,324
* *
524
00:24:07,364 --> 00:24:10,034
[bell dinging]
525
00:24:10,075 --> 00:24:12,195
* *
526
00:24:12,243 --> 00:24:14,293
- The NXT women's title
is on the line.
527
00:24:14,329 --> 00:24:15,619
Bayley said she's not gonna
528
00:24:15,663 --> 00:24:17,213
let this opportunity
slip by her.
529
00:24:17,248 --> 00:24:18,828
And the Boss was quick
to reply with,
530
00:24:18,875 --> 00:24:20,335
"I'm sorry, Bayley.
531
00:24:20,377 --> 00:24:23,587
This isn't a fairy tale.
This isn't a feel-good story."
532
00:24:24,923 --> 00:24:28,223
- It starts with, you know,
Bayley coming back
533
00:24:28,259 --> 00:24:31,179
from a real-life wrist
or hand injury.
534
00:24:31,221 --> 00:24:32,681
What do they do?
535
00:24:32,722 --> 00:24:36,062
Immediately Sasha
is targeting that hand.
536
00:24:36,101 --> 00:24:38,771
- Bayley still
with that hand brace on.
537
00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:40,272
She broke her hand,
was out of action.
538
00:24:40,313 --> 00:24:41,693
- No, no, no!
539
00:24:41,731 --> 00:24:43,071
- Knock it off!
540
00:24:43,108 --> 00:24:44,728
- She decided to put it
in between the stairs
541
00:24:44,776 --> 00:24:46,436
and the ring.
542
00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:49,236
- She's not gonna--
- Please don't do this.
543
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,370
- Sasha's not--come on, she's
not really gonna--oh, no!
544
00:24:52,409 --> 00:24:53,949
- No!
545
00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:55,503
- And she kicked the stairs,
546
00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:59,117
which I tell her
that she rebroke my hand.
547
00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,205
* *
548
00:25:01,251 --> 00:25:03,171
- Oh!
549
00:25:03,211 --> 00:25:05,011
* *
550
00:25:05,046 --> 00:25:06,376
- What a plunge
over the top!
551
00:25:06,423 --> 00:25:08,053
- Oh, my God.
552
00:25:08,091 --> 00:25:11,891
- If she sees a weakness,
she will exploit that weakness
553
00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:14,058
in the most gruesome ways,
if necessary.
554
00:25:14,097 --> 00:25:15,597
* *
555
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:16,680
Sasha doesn't care.
556
00:25:16,725 --> 00:25:18,885
- Whoo!
557
00:25:18,935 --> 00:25:20,595
- I don't think
until that point
558
00:25:20,645 --> 00:25:23,055
anybody's ever seen
a female wrestler
559
00:25:23,106 --> 00:25:26,736
really dissect her opponent
like she did to me that night.
560
00:25:26,776 --> 00:25:28,566
- Look how much the Boss
is enjoying this.
561
00:25:28,611 --> 00:25:30,411
- Give up, Bayley!
562
00:25:30,447 --> 00:25:31,907
- I was doing everything I can
563
00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:33,868
just to give her
that extra punishment.
564
00:25:33,908 --> 00:25:35,868
- Oh, what a--
- Planted!
565
00:25:35,910 --> 00:25:37,370
- Oh, no, that's it!
566
00:25:37,412 --> 00:25:39,962
- Submission maneuver--
Bank Statement!
567
00:25:39,998 --> 00:25:43,168
- When I finally put
my Bank Statement on Bayley
568
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:45,249
and she is reaching out
for those ropes
569
00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:47,915
with that broken hand,
I stick my foot out,
570
00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:49,764
and I stomp that hand...
571
00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:52,839
- Oh, my goodness!
Her right hand!
572
00:25:52,886 --> 00:25:55,886
- Over and over
and over again.
573
00:25:55,930 --> 00:25:59,560
That was a reaction that
I have never heard in the WWE.
574
00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:01,441
* *
575
00:26:01,478 --> 00:26:04,438
I loved being that bad guy,
576
00:26:04,481 --> 00:26:06,901
taking her dreams away.
577
00:26:06,941 --> 00:26:10,361
- I hope she's proud
of herself, 'cause she's evil.
578
00:26:10,403 --> 00:26:12,453
* *
579
00:26:12,489 --> 00:26:14,739
- Emboldened
by her disgraceful behavior
580
00:26:14,783 --> 00:26:16,793
that night...
581
00:26:16,826 --> 00:26:19,826
- Oh, but here comes the Boss.
582
00:26:19,871 --> 00:26:22,001
- Banks went
on a rampage of terror.
583
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,420
- Aah!
584
00:26:24,459 --> 00:26:26,959
- Oh!
585
00:26:27,003 --> 00:26:31,303
- And no one was off-limits.
586
00:26:31,341 --> 00:26:35,011
- Izzy is one of our
number-one fans down in NXT.
587
00:26:35,053 --> 00:26:39,143
Bayley was everything to her.
And I knew that.
588
00:26:39,182 --> 00:26:43,192
- Uh-oh.
Oh, my God!
589
00:26:43,228 --> 00:26:46,728
Right in front of the family,
590
00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:49,863
and then Sasha Banks
mouthing off!
591
00:26:49,901 --> 00:26:52,491
- She was taunting me
the whole entire match,
592
00:26:52,529 --> 00:26:55,319
and I was just getting
angrier and angrier.
593
00:26:55,365 --> 00:26:58,325
She threw Bayley
into the screen.
594
00:26:58,368 --> 00:26:59,578
- Oh, my goodness!
595
00:26:59,619 --> 00:27:02,079
- Then she walked
right over to me
596
00:27:02,122 --> 00:27:03,832
and took my headband.
597
00:27:03,873 --> 00:27:05,583
* *
598
00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:08,125
- You see Sasha Banks?
- What is wrong with her?
599
00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:09,799
- Sasha Banks running around
600
00:27:09,838 --> 00:27:11,628
with Izzy's--with that
headband on.
601
00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,973
Did you see Izzy?
602
00:27:14,009 --> 00:27:17,139
- I feel like Sasha kind of
plays the everyday bully.
603
00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:19,678
And I hate that.
I really do.
604
00:27:19,723 --> 00:27:21,183
* *
605
00:27:21,224 --> 00:27:24,734
- You see the tears
rolling down Izzy's face,
606
00:27:24,769 --> 00:27:27,609
and Sasha Banks is
just in there
607
00:27:27,647 --> 00:27:31,357
continuing to murder Bayley.
608
00:27:31,401 --> 00:27:33,191
- It's Boss time.
609
00:27:33,236 --> 00:27:36,356
She's embarrassing Bayley.
She's enjoying herself.
610
00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:40,446
- She just did that
off the top of her head.
611
00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:43,753
That's one more thing that
puts her on that next level
612
00:27:43,788 --> 00:27:45,538
of being one
of the best villains ever.
613
00:27:45,582 --> 00:27:48,292
- I'm the boss!
614
00:27:48,335 --> 00:27:52,415
You don't make children cry,
period.
615
00:27:53,757 --> 00:27:55,377
Sasha Banks does, though.
616
00:27:55,425 --> 00:27:57,795
* *
617
00:27:57,844 --> 00:28:00,814
- The Boss swaggered her way
on to the main roster
618
00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:02,677
in 2015.
619
00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:04,644
* *
620
00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:07,234
- It's Boss time!
621
00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:09,610
- When she's walking out
to the ring,
622
00:28:09,647 --> 00:28:12,977
you see a bit of that Eddie...
623
00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:15,896
- Sasha Banks is here!
624
00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:17,525
* *
625
00:28:17,572 --> 00:28:19,282
- Because you can
see her swag.
626
00:28:19,324 --> 00:28:22,494
You can see her drip.
Eddie was the same way.
627
00:28:22,535 --> 00:28:24,245
- Sasha, Frog Splash!
628
00:28:24,287 --> 00:28:26,367
- My goodness!
- A la Eddie Guerrero.
629
00:28:26,414 --> 00:28:28,834
* *
630
00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:31,955
Wow, Sasha!
Sasha Banks, the Boss!
631
00:28:32,003 --> 00:28:34,593
- We want Sasha!
632
00:28:34,631 --> 00:28:37,261
* *
633
00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:40,100
- Oh, my goodness.
Look at--Charlotte!
634
00:28:40,136 --> 00:28:42,466
Charlotte taps! She taps!
[bell dinging]
635
00:28:42,514 --> 00:28:44,274
* *
636
00:28:44,307 --> 00:28:46,807
- You know, my dad used to say,
637
00:28:46,851 --> 00:28:48,771
"There's something
about that old boy
638
00:28:48,812 --> 00:28:51,112
that I don't like about me."
639
00:28:51,147 --> 00:28:56,147
And what he meant was,
"We can't see in others
640
00:28:56,194 --> 00:29:01,454
what we don't at least possess
a little bit in ourselves."
641
00:29:01,491 --> 00:29:05,621
A part of us is like, "Wow,
that's what it would look like
642
00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:07,832
if I let that beast loose."
643
00:29:07,872 --> 00:29:09,752
And that's a guilty pleasure.
644
00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:11,171
- Sasha!
645
00:29:11,209 --> 00:29:12,789
- Sasha flying
through the air!
646
00:29:12,836 --> 00:29:15,206
* *
647
00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:17,125
- Her work as a villain
648
00:29:17,173 --> 00:29:19,843
has, you know, really,
really stuck out.
649
00:29:19,884 --> 00:29:23,974
She's been one of the most
consistently talented people
650
00:29:24,014 --> 00:29:27,234
I've seen, man or woman,
in WWE.
651
00:29:27,267 --> 00:29:29,687
- Oh!
- Oh!
652
00:29:29,728 --> 00:29:33,188
- Look at this heinous act.
653
00:29:33,231 --> 00:29:37,191
- By 2019,
despite her dastardly deeds,
654
00:29:37,235 --> 00:29:38,945
Sasha had proven herself
as a worthy champion
655
00:29:38,987 --> 00:29:40,857
to the WWE universe.
656
00:29:40,905 --> 00:29:43,275
all: Sasha, Sasha, Sasha!
657
00:29:43,324 --> 00:29:45,664
- Great.
[camera shutter clicking]
658
00:29:45,702 --> 00:29:48,962
- But living like
it's Boss time all the time
659
00:29:48,997 --> 00:29:53,377
took an unforeseen toll
on Mercedes.
660
00:29:53,418 --> 00:29:58,048
- I think I exhausted myself
working 24-7.
661
00:29:58,089 --> 00:30:01,839
We travel 350 days
out of the year,
662
00:30:01,885 --> 00:30:04,175
performing 5 days
out of the week,
663
00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:06,350
not having a social life.
664
00:30:06,389 --> 00:30:08,729
I never got to see
my real hair.
665
00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:11,687
I never got to hear my real
name for such a long time.
666
00:30:11,728 --> 00:30:16,438
I was just Sasha Banks 24-7.
667
00:30:16,483 --> 00:30:19,363
When I did have that one day
off to take out my wig,
668
00:30:19,402 --> 00:30:23,822
I was just like,
"Who the heck are you
669
00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:26,275
without Sasha Banks?"
670
00:30:26,326 --> 00:30:29,866
I was like, "You know what?
I can't do it anymore."
671
00:30:29,913 --> 00:30:32,293
* *
672
00:30:37,754 --> 00:30:42,514
- By 2019, Sasha's lifelong
dreams had come true
673
00:30:42,550 --> 00:30:45,100
but it came with a price.
674
00:30:46,513 --> 00:30:48,723
- I was exhausted.
675
00:30:48,765 --> 00:30:52,725
As a kid, I had dreams
of making it to the WWE...
676
00:30:52,769 --> 00:30:55,189
everything that little girl
Mercedes
677
00:30:55,230 --> 00:30:56,730
always dreamt of having.
678
00:30:56,773 --> 00:30:59,983
But once I got here,
it was completely different
679
00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:03,356
than what I kind of had
in my mind.
680
00:31:03,405 --> 00:31:07,365
There's the travel, no sleep,
681
00:31:07,409 --> 00:31:09,909
getting into character,
682
00:31:09,953 --> 00:31:12,873
just the overall sacrifice.
683
00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:15,134
It's a huge toll
on the mental state,
684
00:31:15,166 --> 00:31:17,126
on the physical state.
685
00:31:17,168 --> 00:31:18,628
- Oh!
686
00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:21,380
Becky sends Sasha over the top
rope, and she hit hard!
687
00:31:21,423 --> 00:31:24,973
Uh-oh, Bayley to Belly
from the second rope!
688
00:31:25,010 --> 00:31:29,560
- No one who's on the outside
really understands the level
689
00:31:29,597 --> 00:31:31,727
of commitment
and hard work and effort
690
00:31:31,766 --> 00:31:34,346
that it takes
to be a WWE superstar.
691
00:31:34,394 --> 00:31:37,194
* *
692
00:31:37,230 --> 00:31:39,360
- My frustrations just grew
and grew and grew
693
00:31:39,399 --> 00:31:41,569
and grew and grew
until I was like,
694
00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:44,279
"You know what?
I can't take this anymore."
695
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,910
* *
696
00:31:46,948 --> 00:31:48,908
- The desire
that propelled Mercedes
697
00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:52,250
into being the Boss
was fading fast.
698
00:31:52,287 --> 00:31:54,077
Sasha needed a reboot.
699
00:31:54,122 --> 00:31:56,042
[soft music]
700
00:31:56,082 --> 00:31:59,342
- When I went to Vince McMahon
and asked for my release,
701
00:31:59,377 --> 00:32:01,497
he told me right away, "No."
702
00:32:01,546 --> 00:32:05,506
[chuckles] He told me to take
a little bit time for myself.
703
00:32:05,550 --> 00:32:08,390
* *
704
00:32:08,428 --> 00:32:11,428
- She made the best decision
for herself.
705
00:32:11,473 --> 00:32:14,353
It was a really tough time.
706
00:32:14,392 --> 00:32:15,692
And it was something
707
00:32:15,727 --> 00:32:18,517
that was bigger than wrestling
at the moment.
708
00:32:18,563 --> 00:32:20,273
* *
709
00:32:20,315 --> 00:32:23,185
- I was so ready to leave
710
00:32:23,234 --> 00:32:26,824
because I just didn't want this
to be my everything.
711
00:32:26,863 --> 00:32:30,533
I wanted to know
who I was without Sasha Banks.
712
00:32:30,575 --> 00:32:33,695
* *
713
00:32:33,745 --> 00:32:36,325
- Once Sasha was able
to rebalance her life,
714
00:32:36,373 --> 00:32:38,543
she sought to regain
the passion that she felt
715
00:32:38,583 --> 00:32:41,463
from her days as a youth.
716
00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:44,463
- So I took myself to Japan.
717
00:32:44,506 --> 00:32:47,466
* *
718
00:32:47,509 --> 00:32:49,179
I just wanted to find myself
719
00:32:49,219 --> 00:32:52,469
and to make sure that I was
good mentally and physically.
720
00:32:52,514 --> 00:32:54,894
* *
721
00:32:54,933 --> 00:32:56,643
- The few months
that she was gone,
722
00:32:56,685 --> 00:32:59,475
I was so prepared for her
to never come back.
723
00:32:59,521 --> 00:33:03,071
* *
724
00:33:03,108 --> 00:33:04,978
- Even though I was on a break
from the WWE,
725
00:33:05,026 --> 00:33:07,066
I always wanted to learn,
726
00:33:07,112 --> 00:33:09,322
you know, the Japanese style
of wrestling.
727
00:33:09,364 --> 00:33:11,994
* *
728
00:33:12,033 --> 00:33:16,413
So I learned
the Japanese strong style.
729
00:33:16,454 --> 00:33:20,794
They are just so fine-skilled
in their detail in Japan.
730
00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:22,254
- While in Japan,
731
00:33:22,293 --> 00:33:24,923
Sasha rediscovered her passion
for wrestling,
732
00:33:24,963 --> 00:33:27,923
and she picked up a few new
tricks along the way.
733
00:33:27,966 --> 00:33:31,216
- I learned more about
strikes and the impacts,
734
00:33:31,261 --> 00:33:33,681
and I knew if I brought that
into the WWE,
735
00:33:33,722 --> 00:33:36,102
it would be game over
for these woman.
736
00:33:36,141 --> 00:33:39,561
And just right then and there,
something clicked for me.
737
00:33:39,602 --> 00:33:42,062
Just the energy switched
just like that.
738
00:33:42,105 --> 00:33:45,855
I felt like all the fire
within myself just erupted.
739
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:47,900
I knew I was still so in love
with wrestling.
740
00:33:47,944 --> 00:33:50,164
I was born to do this.
741
00:33:50,196 --> 00:33:54,116
* *
742
00:33:58,663 --> 00:34:00,123
- All right.
743
00:34:00,165 --> 00:34:01,995
I like the environment, so
I like to turn off the lights.
744
00:34:02,042 --> 00:34:04,042
[giggles]
745
00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:07,755
[tense music]
746
00:34:07,797 --> 00:34:14,677
* *
747
00:34:14,721 --> 00:34:18,101
I took a four-month break
from the WWE,
748
00:34:18,141 --> 00:34:21,941
and I was truly, truly,
truly searching for myself.
749
00:34:21,978 --> 00:34:23,858
* *
750
00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:26,897
The answer was just
within me the whole time.
751
00:34:26,941 --> 00:34:29,441
I know who I am as Mercedes,
752
00:34:29,486 --> 00:34:31,646
and I know who I am
as Sasha Banks.
753
00:34:31,696 --> 00:34:35,026
* *
754
00:34:35,075 --> 00:34:36,945
I remember coming back
755
00:34:36,993 --> 00:34:41,043
the day after SummerSlam
in Toronto...
756
00:34:41,081 --> 00:34:43,671
and I felt I still love it.
757
00:34:43,708 --> 00:34:46,088
I still have that
ten-year-old kid inside.
758
00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:47,377
* *
759
00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:49,960
Feel it, feel it,
feel it, feel it, feel it.
760
00:34:50,006 --> 00:34:52,126
* *
761
00:34:52,175 --> 00:34:53,795
- Rested and rejuvenated,
762
00:34:53,843 --> 00:34:56,973
Sasha Banks returned
to "Raw"...
763
00:34:57,013 --> 00:35:00,933
- It's been one year today
since my dad died.
764
00:35:02,435 --> 00:35:05,395
Just in time to support
her grieving friend.
765
00:35:05,438 --> 00:35:07,648
[dramatic music]
766
00:35:07,691 --> 00:35:10,071
- What?
- Oh, my!
767
00:35:10,110 --> 00:35:12,320
Could it be?
It is!
768
00:35:12,362 --> 00:35:14,822
It's Boss time!
- Oh, my God!
769
00:35:14,864 --> 00:35:17,494
* *
770
00:35:17,534 --> 00:35:19,794
- Or so we thought.
771
00:35:21,329 --> 00:35:23,619
- What a moment!
772
00:35:26,543 --> 00:35:29,383
- Oh!
- Oh, my God!
773
00:35:29,421 --> 00:35:31,761
- What the hell?
- Surprise, surprise.
774
00:35:31,798 --> 00:35:34,508
- Sasha Banks
attacking Natalya!
775
00:35:34,551 --> 00:35:36,511
- You miss your daddy, huh?
776
00:35:36,553 --> 00:35:39,473
- New blue hair,
same true colors.
777
00:35:39,514 --> 00:35:42,604
Sasha Banks is the worst.
778
00:35:42,642 --> 00:35:46,812
- Sasha really likes being
in control and in charge
779
00:35:46,855 --> 00:35:51,645
and unapologetically bitchy,
rotten, and evil.
780
00:35:51,693 --> 00:35:55,413
- Sasha Banks has returned
with a vengeance,
781
00:35:55,447 --> 00:35:58,737
with an evil, evil vengeance!
782
00:35:58,783 --> 00:36:02,543
Oh, into the ladder
goes Becky Lynch!
783
00:36:02,579 --> 00:36:04,499
Oh, no!
No, no, no!
784
00:36:04,539 --> 00:36:06,079
The left arm!
785
00:36:06,124 --> 00:36:07,464
* *
786
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:09,960
- I feel like ever since
I came back from my break,
787
00:36:10,003 --> 00:36:13,843
my wrestling style,
my in-the-ring performance...
788
00:36:13,882 --> 00:36:18,182
is just on a whole
different level.
789
00:36:18,219 --> 00:36:19,599
- Oh!
790
00:36:19,637 --> 00:36:22,467
Banks just drove Lynch
through the table!
791
00:36:22,515 --> 00:36:27,265
- I made fans frickin' cry,
made little kids cry.
792
00:36:27,312 --> 00:36:30,612
Is this your mommy?
Is this your mommy?
793
00:36:30,648 --> 00:36:33,028
- Banks trash-talks
and now continues
794
00:36:33,068 --> 00:36:37,158
to beat down Evans
in front of her family.
795
00:36:37,197 --> 00:36:38,657
- Sasha Banks is gnarly.
796
00:36:38,698 --> 00:36:42,578
She does not care about anyone.
797
00:36:42,619 --> 00:36:45,459
- Ooh.
- No, no, no, no.
798
00:36:45,497 --> 00:36:48,667
- Sasha has studied
the art form of WWE
799
00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:52,628
to such an extent that
she's become a master of it.
800
00:36:52,671 --> 00:36:55,261
- No!
- Ring the freakin' bell!
801
00:36:55,298 --> 00:36:56,928
[bell dings]
802
00:36:56,966 --> 00:37:00,426
- I'm the blueprint.
I'm the standard.
803
00:37:00,470 --> 00:37:02,560
I'm the Boss.
I'm the greatest.
804
00:37:02,597 --> 00:37:04,767
I'm the best.
I'm everything.
805
00:37:04,808 --> 00:37:07,688
* *
806
00:37:07,727 --> 00:37:09,267
- Look at the confidence
807
00:37:09,312 --> 00:37:12,272
on the face of the SmackDown
Women's Champion.
808
00:37:12,315 --> 00:37:14,025
* *
809
00:37:14,067 --> 00:37:15,737
- At WrestleMania 37,
810
00:37:15,777 --> 00:37:17,697
Banks intended
to steal the spotlight
811
00:37:17,737 --> 00:37:20,067
from WWE's newest star.
812
00:37:20,115 --> 00:37:22,115
[cheers and applause]
813
00:37:22,158 --> 00:37:25,698
- WrestleMania's
the biggest night of the year
814
00:37:25,745 --> 00:37:27,495
for WWE.
815
00:37:27,539 --> 00:37:30,579
It's the Super Bowl
of wrestling.
816
00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:32,535
- This is an historic moment.
817
00:37:32,585 --> 00:37:33,745
For the first time ever,
818
00:37:33,795 --> 00:37:35,625
two Black women
have a title match
819
00:37:35,672 --> 00:37:39,882
in the main event
at WrestleMania.
820
00:37:39,926 --> 00:37:42,346
- Being the first
two Black females
821
00:37:42,387 --> 00:37:44,467
to ever main-event
WrestleMania--
822
00:37:44,514 --> 00:37:46,684
we knew the significance
of that.
823
00:37:46,725 --> 00:37:49,475
- Banks gonna fly
with a Suicide Dive!
824
00:37:49,519 --> 00:37:53,519
Sasha hanging on, DDT!
825
00:37:53,565 --> 00:37:56,645
- I remember being in NXT
and dreaming
826
00:37:56,693 --> 00:37:59,033
about main-eventing
a WrestleMania one day.
827
00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:02,320
But those dreams were
so far, so big
828
00:38:02,365 --> 00:38:06,615
that I honestly never thought
that would actually happen.
829
00:38:06,661 --> 00:38:08,081
- Sasha trying to lock it in!
830
00:38:08,121 --> 00:38:09,661
Put this one away!
- Oh, wow, wow!
831
00:38:09,706 --> 00:38:11,876
- Uh-oh, she's utilizing
Bianca's plait.
832
00:38:11,916 --> 00:38:15,836
- My rule is, if you don't
touch my hair, I won't use it.
833
00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:18,509
Sasha Banks grabbed my hair
I think more than anybody
834
00:38:18,548 --> 00:38:20,838
has ever grabbed
my hair ever before.
835
00:38:20,884 --> 00:38:22,894
- This is unique.
This is innovative.
836
00:38:22,927 --> 00:38:25,557
This is creative.
- Great move by Banks.
837
00:38:25,597 --> 00:38:27,717
- It is part
of being a bad guy--
838
00:38:27,766 --> 00:38:32,096
doing anything you can
to hurt your opponent.
839
00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:35,145
- It took a lot for me
to finally decide, that's it.
840
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:38,230
- Come on!
841
00:38:38,276 --> 00:38:40,526
- Oh, my God!
- Oh!
842
00:38:40,570 --> 00:38:42,360
* *
843
00:38:42,405 --> 00:38:44,695
- [laughing]
844
00:38:44,741 --> 00:38:46,741
Whew, that was probably
the loudest hair whip
845
00:38:46,785 --> 00:38:49,785
that I've ever heard.
846
00:38:49,829 --> 00:38:52,869
[hair snaps]
- Oh, my God!
847
00:38:52,916 --> 00:38:54,496
- It's just the name
of the game.
848
00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:57,302
You have to deal with the pain.
849
00:38:57,337 --> 00:38:59,547
- KOD!
- No way!
850
00:38:59,589 --> 00:39:01,379
- Kiss of Death!
- No way!
851
00:39:01,424 --> 00:39:03,094
- Grabs up Banks!
[bell dings]
852
00:39:03,134 --> 00:39:06,054
[soft music]
853
00:39:06,096 --> 00:39:08,636
- Even though I was beaten
and bloody
854
00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:10,602
from Bianca's braid,
855
00:39:10,642 --> 00:39:13,192
I really wanted
to take that moment in.
856
00:39:13,228 --> 00:39:16,018
- A WrestleMania main event,
whether you win or lose,
857
00:39:16,064 --> 00:39:19,284
it is the crowning achievement
of being in this business,
858
00:39:19,317 --> 00:39:20,817
being in WWE.
859
00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:23,700
Even though she lost,
it seems like a win to me.
860
00:39:23,738 --> 00:39:26,158
[cheers and applause]
861
00:39:26,199 --> 00:39:28,079
- Win or lose,
862
00:39:28,118 --> 00:39:29,988
when it's Boss time,
863
00:39:30,036 --> 00:39:32,656
Sasha has found a way
to embrace the villain within.
864
00:39:32,706 --> 00:39:35,416
* *
865
00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:36,958
- Being a boss,
866
00:39:37,002 --> 00:39:39,752
sometimes you got to do
what you got to do.
867
00:39:39,796 --> 00:39:42,006
And that's what makes her
who she is,
868
00:39:42,048 --> 00:39:44,628
is that she's willing to take
that chance and be different
869
00:39:44,676 --> 00:39:47,596
and be on the dark side.
870
00:39:47,637 --> 00:39:49,597
* *
871
00:39:49,639 --> 00:39:51,599
- She is the Boss.
872
00:39:51,641 --> 00:39:53,941
She is the blueprint.
873
00:39:53,977 --> 00:39:57,057
She is the pinnacle
of the division.
874
00:39:57,105 --> 00:40:00,025
* *
875
00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:02,936
- I enjoy watching Sasha
every time.
876
00:40:02,986 --> 00:40:05,906
She carries that Latino heat
within her.
877
00:40:05,947 --> 00:40:08,737
- Sasha with a Frog Splash!
- Oh!
878
00:40:08,783 --> 00:40:10,793
Oh!
- A la Eddie Guerrero!
879
00:40:10,827 --> 00:40:13,747
- I always wanted
to make everybody feel
880
00:40:13,788 --> 00:40:16,458
how Eddie Guerrero
made me feel.
881
00:40:16,499 --> 00:40:22,459
* *
882
00:40:22,505 --> 00:40:24,335
You know, that's unstoppable.
883
00:40:24,382 --> 00:40:27,472
- Sasha Banks is unstoppable.
884
00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:29,180
She'll do whatever it takes...
885
00:40:29,220 --> 00:40:31,010
- Banks...
[shouts indistinctly]
886
00:40:31,056 --> 00:40:33,636
- To whoever she wants,
whenever she wants.
887
00:40:33,683 --> 00:40:34,983
- Oh!
- Backstabber!
888
00:40:35,018 --> 00:40:38,648
- That's why she'll always be
the Boss.
889
00:40:38,688 --> 00:40:41,068
[indistinct shouting]
890
00:40:41,107 --> 00:40:44,897
* *