Sasha Banks has reportedly been released by WWE.
The news comes from WrestlingInc Owner, Raj Giri, who took to twitter to share the news. However, it is still yet to be 100% confirmed by other sources who have asked about the situation.
I'm hearing Sasha Banks has been released. I don't know if it's he requested it or if it was on WWE's end
— Raj Giri (@TheRajGiri) June 16, 2022
Since the tweet, Sean Ross Sapp has followed up with a report on Fightful Select, in which he states that he was unable to confirm the news, but also was not able to dismiss the story.
Fightful reached out to numerous WWE reps, one of which got back to us and stated “Not that I’ve heard” in regards to the release. They confirmed later that they saw Giri’s tweet, but didn’t comment beyond that. Thus far, nobody in WWE has explicitly shot it down, they’ve just said they haven’t heard about it.
– Fightful Select
Even though the report was not able to confirm the news, it did add an interesting piece of information regarding Sasha Banks & live events
There was an “urgent” email sent earlier this week to a live event venue to remove her from advertising as she was no longer a part of the event.
– Fightful Select
So, as things stand… it was reported by WrestlingInc’s Raj Giri that Sasha Banks has been released. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful since then has started to dig around in an attempt to confirm the story and is still working on it.
We've been unable to confirm the Sasha Banks news as of yet.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 16, 2022
She's on the roster page, WWE reps haven't confirmed, talent relations hasn't issued anything to talent, and no internal memos have gone out yet.
We'll keep digging to get an answer. If it happened, it's been quietly
UPDATES:
According Andrew Zarian & Dave Meltzer, Sasha Banks has had her lawyers involved in gaining a release from WWE
Ahead of Friday Night Smackdown, WrestleVotes took to twitter to report that the word backstage is that Sasha Banks has indeed been released:
The word backstage from SmackDown tonight is that the report from @TheRajGiri is indeed accurate according to multiple sources.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) June 17, 2022
Sasha Banks has been released from her WWE contract.
Sean Ross Sapp took to twitter whilst Smackdown was on air and stated he has also heard from well connected people that Sasha Banks has been released but wasn’t able to confirm with WWE yet
In short: I can't confirm that she is, but some pretty important people are of the belief she is.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 18, 2022
Sorry I can't provide more clarity yet, but I'm asking every day, multiple times a day
Sean Ross Sapp also tweeted that numerous WWE talent backstage believe Sasha Banks has been released
Numerous talent at WWE Smackdown believe Sasha Banks has been released, and both sides are just holding off on a statement.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 18, 2022
WWE has not confirmed the report as of yet, originally reported by @TheRajGiri.
I'll keep working for more details or a more solid confirmation!
