[tense music]
- [crowd chanting] Sasha's ratchet!
- Sasha Banks!
* *
- I've always liked when the bad guys won in the movies.
* *
- The Bank Statement locked in.
- Look at the smile on her face.
- Look at the sick smile on the face of Sasha Banks!
* *
- I think there's something just more intriguing
about being a bad guy.
Maybe that's just me.
Maybe I just like the bad guys.
Maybe it's my personality. I don't know.
- It's boss time.
Sasha Banks is here.
Her ego knows no bounds.
- She has that look in her eyes where you're just like,
"All right, this chick is dangerous."
- Sasha on a reckless attack.
- Anytime you see Sasha,
you're just waiting to see what's gonna happen.
What's she gonna say this time?
- You're the daughter of Ric Flair.
If it wasn't for a one-night stand,
you probably wouldn't be standing here.
Whoo!
- What makes Sasha such an evil character?
That she goes to any extreme and all extremes to win.
- And it's celebration time for Belair and Sasha Banks.
Wait a minute!
Backstabber by Banks to the champion!
* *
- There is a little villain within all of us,
but some choose to cultivate their villainous side
to get what they want.
In WWE, that's Sasha Banks.
* *
[dramatic music]
* *
[tense music]
* *
- I grew up on a farm in Iowa.
* *
[sighs] It was so rough. I didn't have a dad.
My mom didn't have a steady job.
I was the only colored person in that town.
I used to have a huge chip on my shoulder.
I went to online school at the age of 12,
had no friends, no social life.
* *
For a very long time, I felt like I had no hope.
* *
I was just sitting in my room one day in Iowa,
scrolling through the channels.
- You'll be stepping out in comfort in--
[upbeat music plays]
- The more you live, the--
[cheers and applause]
- Listen to the Edgeheads!
- Well--oh, no!
Look who's here, Sheriff Austin!
- And WWE just popped up on the screen.
I was like, "What is this?"
* *
- Look at the power!
- Here he comes!
The FU!
Wait, wait, wait, wait-- - Oh, look out!
- It's like being a superhero, being a bad guy.
- Oh, never touch a rattlesnake!
- I was obsessed with wrestling.
It was my escape.
[crowd roaring]
[static buzzing]
[upbeat music]
- Place is going crazy for Eddie Guerrero.
* *
- When I first saw Eddie Guerrero,
there was just this instant connection.
He was one of the few Latinos.
You know, he was one of the few of colored people in the WWE.
- What a counter!
The Superplex from the top rope!
- Eddie Guerrero used to come out in a lowrider.
- A classic lowrider for the WWE champion!
Eddie Guerrero, riding in style!
- Like, come on, you don't get flashier than that.
* *
- He was great being the villain.
- When I said I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you...
- Yeah?
- I lied!
I cheat, I steal!
- Cheat to win!
- And I loved the Frog Splash.
- Oh, my God. Eddie, don't do this.
Eddie, that's 15 feet high, that cage!
- No way, Eddie, don't! - Don't do it, Eddie!
Oh, my God! Frog Splash, Frog Splash!
- He's feeling froggy! - Frog Splash connects!
* *
- Eddie knew how to get you to like him or to hate him.
- Can you believe this?
Now cool it with the smoking gun!
Eddie Guerrero pulled one over there on Matt Hardy.
all: Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!
- He knew how to tap into that inner soul
of each fan sitting in the arena.
- Orale, mi raza! [cheers and applause]
- When I watched Eddie Guerrero,
I felt so alive.
* *
I saw myself in him.
* *
I knew that was my only dream.
[soft music]
* *
I always pictured myself walking down that WWE ramp,
in the ring on the top turnbuckle,
having a pose, and just all eyes on me.
* *
Wrestling was my addiction and my escape.
- Eddie Guerrero...
- I had journals upon journals upon journals, writing ideas.
* *
I would watch "Raw" and "SmackDown!"
Every single week and write down
and take notes and just study nonstop.
* *
I used to sit and write all the results
of every wrestling show.
* *
- I believe Mercedes was maybe nine or ten when I discovered
that she was truly into WWE and wrestling.
- I begged for Snoop Dogg to take me to WrestleMania--
I believe it was 24.
* *
Ric Flair's retirement match.
- Tonight we celebrate Nature Boy Ric Flair.
* *
- She was real young, but I was taking her around,
meeting all of her favorite wrestlers,
and just watching how she reacted to 'em
and how she was infatuated,
and how she was professional at the same time.
It was, like, fascinating to me.
- There was no plan B, C, D, E, or F.
It was only, only one.
And that was become a WWE superstar.
* *
- At 18, Mercedes and her family moved to Boston.
That's where she got her first opportunity
to pursue her dream.
- Chaotic Wrestling is the place
that I started training when I was 18 years old.
They had their own professional wrestling school.
- Hey, Alexis. Remember me, Mercedes?
The one that broke up your correlat--what is it?
- Coronation. - Ugh. Hey, Alexis...
My first character, I wouldn't even say
was a character.
It was just Mercedes K.V....
* *
Which was Kaestner-Varnado was my last name.
* *
- Fury, the largest competitor in this contest,
Mercedes, the smallest,
but she's gonna be looking to use her speed
and her agility to take advantage.
- My upbringing was very, very, very hard.
The chip on my shoulder came from a very young age,
and it gave me a whole different drive
than a lot of people.
- I remember when Sasha was wrestling
in this independent league,
and she was trying her hardest to get to the WWE,
just doing good and having great fights.
- Oh, look at her pulling back!
She quit! We've got a new champion!
- I was not shy when I went out and performed
because I couldn't be.
I had to make fans like me.
I had to give them energy so they can give it right back.
Come on!
- Mercedes proved that she had the skills
to move beyond the independent circuit.
crowd: Thank you, KV! Thank you, KV!
[cheers and applause]
- In 2012, she was invited to join
WWE's developmental system.
- I was so happy.
It's the only thing that I ever wanted to chase.
It's the only thing that I ever dreamt of.
I wanted to make it to the WWE
and prove that I was better than everybody.
[tense music]
* *
- I learned right away when I first walked in the doors
of the WWE Performance Center,
I knew absolutely nothing.
It takes so much
to be a character on national television.
- This is so unique!
* *
- They broke me down so fast.
- When Sasha debuted in NXT,
she was kind of just a generic character,
really had no persona.
People just said she kind of seemed
like a "girl next door" character,
if you want to call it a character at all.
* *
- Did you see "Raw" on Monday? - Of course.
- What'd you think? - I mean, it was okay.
I had no character whatsoever. [chuckles]
* *
I felt like I was not going to last long in NXT.
I was so shy as Mercedes
and so scared to even put myself out there.
I had to build myself up to prove
that I could belong here
and transform myself into someone else.
[static buzzing]
I started out watching hours of different types
of movies and interviews.
- Tell me one athlete right now
has been dominating the game
for 16 years straight without a loss.
- I saw Floyd Mayweather.
I was like, "Man, I like how this guy speaks."
- I'm the best. I'm the best.
All work is easy work.
- Kanye West was really arrogant,
going up onstage interrupting people.
- Thank you so much for giving me a chance to win a VMA award.
- Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you.
I'ma let you finish.
But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.
[crowd booing]
- So I stole some of that.
I really love Nicki Minaj--
the hair, the nails, the outfits.
And I really like the Bratz dolls.
- * Bratz *
- Let me take a little bit of that.
And then I was like, Mercedes, hello,
Snoop Dogg is your cousin.
People used to call him the boss.
I want people to treat me like that.
Let me take that. I'll call myself "the Boss."
* *
I was going to be the bad guy.
- She took advantage of that moment,
and she honed it in, and she created her character,
and she became Sasha Banks.
- In three, two...
- Are you tired of looking like a chick?
Are you sick of being basic?
Did you think that you can boss me around?
Oh, no. No!
- I was like, "How long did
"she have to work on this to find this character
and this personality that I don't even recognize?"
And you just wanted to, like, slap her.
- I am Sasha Banks, the Boss of NXT.
- Characters have to learn how to feel, not think,
'cause if you're thinking, it's not real.
But you have to put it in front of an audience.
all: NXT, NXT, NXT!
- Sasha's first big opportunity at NXT
came against Paige.
* *
- We're seeing a metamorphosis here of Sasha Banks.
* *
- Paige got her! [bell dings]
- In a moment of rage,
we got our first glimpse of the Boss,
and there was no turning back.
* *
- Oh, no!
* *
- The matchup's over,
but Sasha Banks is not done competing.
- The young lady snapped.
* *
- We've never seen this from Sasha Banks.
* *
- It was one of the greatest feelings
when I found something that clicked for me.
- Here comes the Boss.
- I was just like, "I think this is working.
The fans are booing."
all: Sasha's ratchet! Sasha's ratchet!
- Upon taking the Boss persona,
things clicked into place.
You had this unrepentant,
unapologetically Black female character
who wasn't afraid to tell everyone
that she knew she was the best,
wasn't afraid to be vicious.
- There we go. - Oh, man!
- And she backed it up.
all: Sasha's ratchet! - What?
all: Sasha's ratchet!
- Mercedes was so shy, not outgoing,
didn't want adventure.
Sasha Banks is everything
I want Mercedes to be--
larger than life,
a know-it-all, have all the eyes on her.
* *
- When you see somebody that is really insecure
and when they step onto the stage
and they morph so dramatically,
it's that pendulum swinging.
They go so far the other way because it's escapism.
* *
This is their vengeance.
- Sasha--she likes to lie. She likes to steal.
She likes to cheat, like her hero, Eddie Guerrero.
- You lie, you cheat, you steal.
It's a family tradition.
- She just likes to do things a little bit dirtier
than most of the women.
- Sasha Banks--submission maneuver from behind.
- Wow! [bell dinging]
- The Bank Statement,
Sasha Banks' submission, is very painful.
It puts pressure on your back,
puts pressure on your neck.
[screaming]
She's super vicious.
- I really love keeping ahold of the crossface
a little bit longer after they tap out,
just to let the fans know that I'm the bad guy.
- Sasha doesn't want to let the hold go!
Come on!
- She's sending a message.
- This is too much. Let it go already!
* *
- You honestly think that you're gonna be
the next NXT women's champion before me?
Before me?
- By 2014, Sasha earned her reputation
as the most vicious female on a star-studded roster.
But then came Charlotte Flair,
the daughter of wrestling nobility...
- Whoo!
- Blessed with the genes
of the greatest champion of all time
and the confidence and athleticism
that comes with it.
- You think you're special
because your last name is Flair.
Well, guess what.
After I beat you, Charlotte, you're gonna end up a loser,
just like your pathetic old man.
Whoo!
* *
- Charlotte, take one. Mark.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- By 2014, Sasha Banks was the Boss at NXT.
[dramatic music]
But a new rival with a legendary pedigree
posed a threat to Sasha's status.
- Ladies and gentlemen, my daughter, Charlotte.
[cheers and applause]
- Being Ric Flair's daughter,
I'm a chip off the old block.
- Nature Boy, Ric Flair!
- Whoo!
- When I walk in the arena, they don't boo.
They whoo.
Whoo!
all: Whoo!
- Oh, wow!
Look at that move!
A victorious debut, Charlotte did it!
[bell dings, cheers and applause]
- Charlotte--she was an incredible athlete...
so frickin' good, and she got it so easily.
- I'm 5'10", I'm blonde, and I'm super athletic.
What is there not to like?
Oh, yeah, but my last name's Flair.
Everything's handed to me.
- Yeah, you heard me.
- You can call your little daddy
to put you on the main roster.
- Mm, how about you call Snoop
to buy you a win?
- Oh. - Oh, so that's gonna be, huh?
- Yeah, that's how it's gonna be.
- Because Charlotte was the number-one girl so fast
that it would me so jealous,
so I wanted to outdo her.
[cheers and applause]
- The two titans came from different worlds--
Flair from the top, Sasha from the bottom.
And their battles spoke to the fight
between the privileged and the underprivileged.
- And Sasha--oh!
- Charlotte and Sasha really gives you a feeling
that you are watching an absolute classic in the making.
- Oh! - Neck Breaker!
Look at that!
- It's like two bulls just going head-to-head.
She wants to be the best.
- Sasha Banks diving through the ropes, my God!
- I want to be the best.
- No way! Natural Selection!
- [crowd chanting] This is awesome!
- So impressed with these two women.
- When you have two alpha females
colliding with one another,
there is going to be magic that unfolds.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- I think the Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair rivalry
made Sasha Banks a lot meaner and a lot harder.
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
* *
- In defeat, Sasha was even more motivated,
but now it wasn't
just Charlotte Flair making a name in NXT.
Becky Lynch and Bayley were also making noise.
- Sky's the limit for Becky Lynch.
Belly to Bayley-- oh, there it is!
- All four were destined for greatness,
but only one could be the real boss of NXT.
- These four women were having, you know,
classic matches in NXT.
They'd be stealing the show,
but they wouldn't be the main event.
- We were so competitive.
We wanted to show everybody
that the women can do it just like the men.
* *
- In 2015,
a championship Fatal 4-Way
would settle which of these rising superstars
was the baddest of all.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Fatal 4-Way matchup for the NXT Women's Championship.
* *
- That Fatal-4 Way,
I wanted that to be like my WrestleMania match.
- Oh, Sasha Banks lining up Charlotte
and Becky--look at that!
- All the stars aligned,
and it was such a special match.
- Oh! - Oh, my God!
Wow, what an impact!
- Bayley was a split second away from the championship...
[cheers and applause]
When Sasha snuck in from behind
and stole it for herself.
- My God, here comes Sasha again!
- You saw that vindictive side of her
that she takes from Eddie.
I'm gonna lie, cheat, steal.
- [screaming]
- Oh, look at this--crossface, crossface!
Submission maneuver applied!
Charlotte crawling, clawing!
Cover!
all: One, two, three!
- She did it! The Boss!
* *
- I was just so in shock.
I felt like everything that I ever fought for
since I was ten years old was just in that moment.
- We have a new women's champion.
* *
- What a moment for Sasha Banks.
- I've always known I was the best from day one.
This right here, it just proves it.
It shows every single person who's ever doubted me.
* *
- I think what drives the Sasha Banks character truly
is that she knows she's the best.
Who's above the boss? There is no one above the boss.
- And the Boss proceeded to defend her championship
and her status by any means necessary.
- Oh, my goodness!
all: NXT! NXT! NXT! NXT!
- Ladies and gentlemen, this Saturday,
NXT takes over Brooklyn, New York.
I am now pleased to preside
over the official contract signing
for the NXT Women's Championship.
all: NXT! NXT! NXT! NXT!
- First of all, Mr. Regal,
I just want to thank you and the NXT fans,
because if it wasn't for you guys,
I would not even be here.
[cheers and applause, jeering]
- [chuckles]
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
There a reason why NXT's at Brooklyn and not here...
* *
Because, Bayley, it's going be the biggest show
in NXT history.
And the best part about that
is that you're going to be in the ring with me.
[tense music]
* *
- The Sasha-Bayley rivalry was a ticking time bomb,
and at NXT Takeover Brooklyn,
they were set to blow the roof off the Barclays Center.
- Tonight's first main event,
NXT Women's Champion,
the Boss, Sasha Banks...
- This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do it like a boss.
* *
- Versus the ultimate underdog,
the number-one contender, Bayley!
* *
[bell dinging]
* *
- The NXT women's title is on the line.
Bayley said she's not gonna
let this opportunity slip by her.
And the Boss was quick to reply with,
"I'm sorry, Bayley.
This isn't a fairy tale. This isn't a feel-good story."
- It starts with, you know, Bayley coming back
from a real-life wrist or hand injury.
What do they do?
Immediately Sasha is targeting that hand.
- Bayley still with that hand brace on.
She broke her hand, was out of action.
- No, no, no!
- Knock it off!
- She decided to put it in between the stairs
and the ring.
- She's not gonna-- - Please don't do this.
- Sasha's not--come on, she's not really gonna--oh, no!
- No!
- And she kicked the stairs,
which I tell her that she rebroke my hand.
* *
- Oh!
* *
- What a plunge over the top!
- Oh, my God.
- If she sees a weakness, she will exploit that weakness
in the most gruesome ways, if necessary.
* *
Sasha doesn't care.
- Whoo!
- I don't think until that point
anybody's ever seen a female wrestler
really dissect her opponent like she did to me that night.
- Look how much the Boss is enjoying this.
- Give up, Bayley!
- I was doing everything I can
just to give her that extra punishment.
- Oh, what a-- - Planted!
- Oh, no, that's it!
- Submission maneuver-- Bank Statement!
- When I finally put my Bank Statement on Bayley
and she is reaching out for those ropes
with that broken hand, I stick my foot out,
and I stomp that hand...
- Oh, my goodness! Her right hand!
- Over and over and over again.
That was a reaction that I have never heard in the WWE.
* *
I loved being that bad guy,
taking her dreams away.
- I hope she's proud of herself, 'cause she's evil.
* *
- Emboldened by her disgraceful behavior
that night...
- Oh, but here comes the Boss.
- Banks went on a rampage of terror.
- Aah!
- Oh!
- And no one was off-limits.
- Izzy is one of our number-one fans down in NXT.
Bayley was everything to her. And I knew that.
- Uh-oh. Oh, my God!
Right in front of the family,
and then Sasha Banks mouthing off!
- She was taunting me the whole entire match,
and I was just getting angrier and angrier.
She threw Bayley into the screen.
- Oh, my goodness!
- Then she walked right over to me
and took my headband.
* *
- You see Sasha Banks? - What is wrong with her?
- Sasha Banks running around
with Izzy's--with that headband on.
Did you see Izzy?
- I feel like Sasha kind of plays the everyday bully.
And I hate that. I really do.
* *
- You see the tears rolling down Izzy's face,
and Sasha Banks is just in there
continuing to murder Bayley.
- It's Boss time.
She's embarrassing Bayley. She's enjoying herself.
- She just did that off the top of her head.
That's one more thing that puts her on that next level
of being one of the best villains ever.
- I'm the boss!
You don't make children cry, period.
Sasha Banks does, though.
* *
- The Boss swaggered her way on to the main roster
in 2015.
* *
- It's Boss time!
- When she's walking out to the ring,
you see a bit of that Eddie...
- Sasha Banks is here!
* *
- Because you can see her swag.
You can see her drip. Eddie was the same way.
- Sasha, Frog Splash!
- My goodness! - A la Eddie Guerrero.
* *
Wow, Sasha! Sasha Banks, the Boss!
- We want Sasha!
* *
- Oh, my goodness. Look at--Charlotte!
Charlotte taps! She taps! [bell dinging]
* *
- You know, my dad used to say,
"There's something about that old boy
that I don't like about me."
And what he meant was, "We can't see in others
what we don't at least possess a little bit in ourselves."
A part of us is like, "Wow, that's what it would look like
if I let that beast loose."
And that's a guilty pleasure.
- Sasha!
- Sasha flying through the air!
* *
- Her work as a villain
has, you know, really, really stuck out.
She's been one of the most consistently talented people
I've seen, man or woman, in WWE.
- Oh! - Oh!
- Look at this heinous act.
- By 2019, despite her dastardly deeds,
Sasha had proven herself as a worthy champion
to the WWE universe.
all: Sasha, Sasha, Sasha!
- Great. [camera shutter clicking]
- But living like it's Boss time all the time
took an unforeseen toll on Mercedes.
- I think I exhausted myself working 24-7.
We travel 350 days out of the year,
performing 5 days out of the week,
not having a social life.
I never got to see my real hair.
I never got to hear my real name for such a long time.
I was just Sasha Banks 24-7.
When I did have that one day off to take out my wig,
I was just like, "Who the heck are you
without Sasha Banks?"
I was like, "You know what? I can't do it anymore."
* *
- By 2019, Sasha's lifelong dreams had come true
but it came with a price.
- I was exhausted.
As a kid, I had dreams of making it to the WWE...
everything that little girl Mercedes
always dreamt of having.
But once I got here, it was completely different
than what I kind of had in my mind.
There's the travel, no sleep,
getting into character,
just the overall sacrifice.
It's a huge toll on the mental state,
on the physical state.
- Oh!
Becky sends Sasha over the top rope, and she hit hard!
Uh-oh, Bayley to Belly from the second rope!
- No one who's on the outside really understands the level
of commitment and hard work and effort
that it takes to be a WWE superstar.
* *
- My frustrations just grew and grew and grew
until I was like,
"You know what? I can't take this anymore."
* *
- The desire that propelled Mercedes
into being the Boss was fading fast.
Sasha needed a reboot.
[soft music]
- When I went to Vince McMahon and asked for my release,
he told me right away, "No."
[chuckles] He told me to take a little bit time for myself.
* *
- She made the best decision for herself.
It was a really tough time.
And it was something
that was bigger than wrestling at the moment.
* *
- I was so ready to leave
because I just didn't want this to be my everything.
I wanted to know who I was without Sasha Banks.
* *
- Once Sasha was able to rebalance her life,
she sought to regain the passion that she felt
from her days as a youth.
- So I took myself to Japan.
* *
I just wanted to find myself
and to make sure that I was good mentally and physically.
* *
- The few months that she was gone,
I was so prepared for her to never come back.
* *
- Even though I was on a break from the WWE,
I always wanted to learn,
you know, the Japanese style of wrestling.
* *
So I learned the Japanese strong style.
They are just so fine-skilled in their detail in Japan.
- While in Japan,
Sasha rediscovered her passion for wrestling,
and she picked up a few new tricks along the way.
- I learned more about strikes and the impacts,
and I knew if I brought that into the WWE,
it would be game over for these woman.
And just right then and there, something clicked for me.
Just the energy switched just like that.
I felt like all the fire within myself just erupted.
I knew I was still so in love with wrestling.
I was born to do this.
* *
- All right.
I like the environment, so I like to turn off the lights.
[giggles]
[tense music]
* *
I took a four-month break from the WWE,
and I was truly, truly, truly searching for myself.
* *
The answer was just within me the whole time.
I know who I am as Mercedes,
and I know who I am as Sasha Banks.
* *
I remember coming back
the day after SummerSlam in Toronto...
and I felt I still love it.
I still have that ten-year-old kid inside.
* *
Feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it.
* *
- Rested and rejuvenated,
Sasha Banks returned to "Raw"...
- It's been one year today since my dad died.
Just in time to support her grieving friend.
[dramatic music]
- What? - Oh, my!
Could it be? It is!
It's Boss time! - Oh, my God!
* *
- Or so we thought.
- What a moment!
- Oh! - Oh, my God!
- What the hell? - Surprise, surprise.
- Sasha Banks attacking Natalya!
- You miss your daddy, huh?
- New blue hair, same true colors.
Sasha Banks is the worst.
- Sasha really likes being in control and in charge
and unapologetically bitchy, rotten, and evil.
- Sasha Banks has returned with a vengeance,
with an evil, evil vengeance!
Oh, into the ladder goes Becky Lynch!
Oh, no! No, no, no!
The left arm!
* *
- I feel like ever since I came back from my break,
my wrestling style, my in-the-ring performance...
is just on a whole different level.
- Oh!
Banks just drove Lynch through the table!
- I made fans frickin' cry, made little kids cry.
Is this your mommy? Is this your mommy?
- Banks trash-talks and now continues
to beat down Evans in front of her family.
- Sasha Banks is gnarly.
She does not care about anyone.
- Ooh. - No, no, no, no.
- Sasha has studied the art form of WWE
to such an extent that she's become a master of it.
- No! - Ring the freakin' bell!
[bell dings]
- I'm the blueprint. I'm the standard.
I'm the Boss. I'm the greatest.
I'm the best. I'm everything.
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- Look at the confidence
on the face of the SmackDown Women's Champion.
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- At WrestleMania 37,
Banks intended to steal the spotlight
from WWE's newest star.
[cheers and applause]
- WrestleMania's the biggest night of the year
for WWE.
It's the Super Bowl of wrestling.
- This is an historic moment.
For the first time ever,
two Black women have a title match
in the main event at WrestleMania.
- Being the first two Black females
to ever main-event WrestleMania--
we knew the significance of that.
- Banks gonna fly with a Suicide Dive!
Sasha hanging on, DDT!
- I remember being in NXT and dreaming
about main-eventing a WrestleMania one day.
But those dreams were so far, so big
that I honestly never thought that would actually happen.
- Sasha trying to lock it in!
Put this one away! - Oh, wow, wow!
- Uh-oh, she's utilizing Bianca's plait.
- My rule is, if you don't touch my hair, I won't use it.
Sasha Banks grabbed my hair I think more than anybody
has ever grabbed my hair ever before.
- This is unique. This is innovative.
This is creative. - Great move by Banks.
- It is part of being a bad guy--
doing anything you can to hurt your opponent.
- It took a lot for me to finally decide, that's it.
- Come on!
- Oh, my God! - Oh!
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- [laughing]
Whew, that was probably the loudest hair whip
that I've ever heard.
[hair snaps] - Oh, my God!
- It's just the name of the game.
You have to deal with the pain.
- KOD! - No way!
- Kiss of Death! - No way!
- Grabs up Banks! [bell dings]
[soft music]
- Even though I was beaten and bloody
from Bianca's braid,
I really wanted to take that moment in.
- A WrestleMania main event, whether you win or lose,
it is the crowning achievement of being in this business,
being in WWE.
Even though she lost, it seems like a win to me.
[cheers and applause]
- Win or lose,
when it's Boss time,
Sasha has found a way to embrace the villain within.
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- Being a boss,
sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
And that's what makes her who she is,
is that she's willing to take that chance and be different
and be on the dark side.
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- She is the Boss.
She is the blueprint.
She is the pinnacle of the division.
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- I enjoy watching Sasha every time.
She carries that Latino heat within her.
- Sasha with a Frog Splash! - Oh!
Oh! - A la Eddie Guerrero!
- I always wanted to make everybody feel
how Eddie Guerrero made me feel.
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You know, that's unstoppable.
- Sasha Banks is unstoppable.
She'll do whatever it takes...
- Banks... [shouts indistinctly]
- To whoever she wants, whenever she wants.
- Oh! - Backstabber!
- That's why she'll always be the Boss.
[indistinct shouting]
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