Sasha Banks and Naomi are now not the WWE Girls’s Tag Staff Champions. Veteran announcer Michael Cole revealed on Friday Night time SmackDown that the pair has been suspended indefinitely after strolling out on a reside taping of Monday Night time Uncooked earlier this week.
“We could have a future match to crown the brand new WWE Girls’s Tag Staff Champions,” Cole stated throughout Friday’s broadcast.
PWI first reported that Sasha had a difficulty with the end result of a deliberate foremost occasion, which might have featured each in a Six Pack Problem alongside Asuka, Becky Lynch, Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. to find out who would face Bianca Belair at “Hell in a Cell.” Sasha reportedly met with CEO Vince McMahon to precise her issues, and McMahon is alleged to have refused to vary his plans for the crew. That’s when she left the constructing with Naomi.
Becky Lynch filmed segments on the fly with Adam Pearce to arrange the brand new foremost occasion that includes Lynch vs. Asuka.
WWE confirmed that Naomi and Sasha met with WWE Head of Expertise Relations John Laurinaitis “with their suitcases in hand, positioned their tag crew championship belts on his desk, and walked out.”
In WWE’s official assertion, the corporate stated that Sasha and Naomi felt they “weren’t revered sufficient as tag crew champions” and “have been uncomfortable within the ring with two of their opponents,” including: “Monday Night time Uncooked is a scripted reside TV present, whose characters are anticipated to carry out the necessities of their contract.”
Sasha and Naomi have but to launch statements of their very own.