Today, we’ll be taking another look at Alexa
Bliss and Sasha Banks’ relationship with
one another
Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss’ story reportedly
dates back to their early days in NXT
There’s no official story on what exactly
happened between the two of them, but the
fan theory is that the conflict between the
two of them first started after Alexa Bliss
suffered a nose injury during her match NXT
match with Sasha Banks back when they were
both starting out in WWE
Now this actually happened and we know that
for sure because this match did air on NXT.
It was Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks on the November
13th, 2014 edition of NXT
Alexa’s nose was clearly injured by the
end of that match, the only thing we don’t
know for sure is if that nose injury really
was the start to all their backstage tension.
That part is still up for speculation
Maybe they just didn’t like each other for
a completely unrelated reason, it’s hard
to really tell, but everyone’s first guess
seems to be that 2014 NXT match between them
Not only did this backstage feud between the
superstars take off, but you kind of get that
same feeling between Sasha’s fanbase and
Alexa’s fanbase.
It always feels like their fanbases are at
battle with each other about who’s the better
wrestler, who’s the better champion, and
all that
So the feud has even carried over between
their fans as well.
Some fans will take one side and go against
the other side, but you can definitely be
a fan of both.
I’m a fan of both Sasha and Alexa, I wanna
see the both of them succeed, but there’s
some fans out there that take it serious and
stick to one side
I think that whole aura of them not liking
each other and all that other stuff, really
adds something to their matches.
I know I’m always excited for a Sasha Banks
vs Alexa Bliss singles match because of their
rich history with each other, because of all
the rumored tension, because of the two passionate
fanbases that are always at each other’s
neck, all that really makes the matchup feel
even more special and add a lot of depth to
it.
So I love that part about the Sasha Banks
and Alexa Bliss feud, it really does make
a basic singles match between them seem like
the biggest deal
Then whoever pins who will be talk of the
week and the winning fanbase will brag about
it on social media, that’s all part of the
fun
But it got a little more intense when fans
started to look deeper into everything.
For example, Alexa and Sasha had each other
legitimately blocked on all social medias
for multiple years.
They would sometimes subtweet at each other,
but rarely legitimately tagged each other...more
on that later because something has started
to change there
But now let’s take a look at them actually
addressing the rumors themselves.
Alexa Bliss and Sasha Banks had a big title
match set for Summerslam a few years ago
As part of the promotion for the match, Alexa
was a guest on Peter Rosenberg’s podcast.
Rosenberg directly asked Alexa about the rumored
tension with Sasha Banks and Alexa was extremely
honest with her answer
Alexa had this to say about the Sasha Banks
rumors:
“I’ve always been the person to say ‘business
is business, personal is personal.
I will never let my personal feelings about
somebody get in the way of business."
“I want to have a productive match, I want
to have a safe match, I want to have a great
match; I want to take this company to the
next level with our women with this WWE women’s
revolution.
I’ve seen the things (Sasha) said about
me.
If that’s how she feels, that’s fine.
But we know that we put it to the side and
have a productive, professional match because
that’s what it’s all about."
“I’m trusting her with my body, she’s
trusting me with hers, and I will never ever…
I never want to have somebody’s injury or
somebody’s misstep or something happen on
my watch.
So I know that no matter what I’m always
going to be in professional mode.
It doesn’t matter how we feel about each
other, the point is we have a job to do and
we have to go and we have to do it well.”
So that was quite the open and honest response
by Alexa Bliss that really gave us a good
insight on what their relationship was at
the time
Alexa basically confirmed that they obviously
weren’t close friends, but they had a huge
match together, so they basically had to have
a working / professional relationship with
each other to safely work through the match
Sasha and Alexa even had a huge back and forth
interaction on twitter back in 2016 that started
off as being WWE related, but then quickly
elevated to some personal jabs
It all started when Alexa mentioned on air
that she didn’t know who the masked wrestler
was.
Alexa said that it could’ve been Sasha Banks
or Nia Jax
Which lead to Sasha responding to the WWE
tweet with a gif that read “I don’t know
her”
Alexa did responded with, “oh yeah, it’s
probably best you don’t”
So far so good, it was looking like basic
trash talk between superstars but then the
indirect tweets starting coming right after
and things got more personal
Sasha had this to say without tagging Alexa
at all:
“I ain't scared of no little girl who plays
wrestler.
This ain’t Hollywood”
Sasha then posted a picture that said “it’s
easy to look sharp when you haven’t done
any work”, which a lot fans understood as
another jab towards Alexa Bliss
Alexa then posted her own indirect tweet,
responding to Sasha Banks but not tagging
her, Alexa had this to say:
“I'm 95% sure you don't like me ... I'm
100 % sure I don't care.
Jealously isn’t cute”
Then during a Raw Talk interview a few years
later, Sasha was cutting a promo on Alexa
Bliss, but things once again sounded like
it was getting personal
Sasha had this to say during that Raw Talk
episode:
"You know, she came in so cute, so humbled.
She came in so fake, with her fake little
stories, her fake little “I love wrestling
growing up, I love Matt Hardy”.
You know what?
You can’t even tell the difference between
Jeff and Matt.
You idiot.
Yeah, we call you on all your lies, sweetheart.
You’re just here to be another girl.
Another heel.
You just want to be here for a Hollywood act.
You’re on Total Divas now, you’re getting
what you want and you can talk your way into
everything, but you know what?
You can’t run away from me."
“Look, you don’t have to come from the
indies to be here, but you do have to respect
it.
You don’t need to lie your way saying “Oh
my god, I love - I love this company”.
Girl, you don’t need to lie, just be yourself.
And if she was herself, maybe I would like
her.
There are girls who don’t like this business,
but they learn to respect it.
And she doesn’t show any respect.
And that’s what I’m gonna teach her - respect."
So once again some strong words from Sasha
Banks towards Alexa.
Sasha is of course referring to the fact that
Alexa had no Indy experience, Alexa was a
product of the WWE performance center, she
didn’t have any wrestling experience before
WWE
Sasha also claims that she doesn’t like
her because her “fake love” for the company.
So sure that might’ve been the character
talking, but that’s a bit personal.
You’re saying that someone is faking their
passion about their career.
That’s a pretty serious accusation there
She’s saying that Alexa Bliss was never
a fan of wrestling or passionate about about
it, she was accusing Alexa of only using WWE
as a stepping stool for Hollywood.
Now don’t get me wrong, there’s been a
handful of superstars who did in fact used
WWE as a stepping stool for Hollywood, but
I don’t really get that feeling from Alexa
Bliss.
It just feels like she loves wrestling and
that’s all she wants to do, so Sasha may
be a bit off with those old comments, but
who knows
Then from there on the two of them would both
score multiple wins over each other and fans
are always looking at every small detail of
their matches,
but for the first time in a while it looks
like we got something interesting going on
here between the two of them
Fans have noticed that Alexa Bliss and Sasha
Banks are now following each other.
They even had a interaction on twitter where
they were tagging each bother and it never
got personal the way it always used to
Sasha flat out tweeted “I’m better than
Alexa Bliss” and tagged her
Alexa quoted the tweet and tagged Sasha in
a gif of herself laughing
So yeah, you look at the context of the tweet
and you see that it’s still the typical
“I’m better than you” talk, but the
fact that they’re tagging each other, following
each other, not indirectly tweeting personal
jabs at each other anymore, is really giving
the fans a feeling that maybe their relationship
could be on between terms now than it was
a few years back
That’s sort of the same feeling I got from
this interaction too because if you really
don’t like someone, you’re gonna keep
them block and never really tag them in a
post.
But the fact that they’re tagging each other
and following each other, I just interpret
that as them being on decent terms because
if something was still there, they wouldn’t
even be tagging each other to start with
And I hope that’s true, the drama is good
for WWE, it brings eyes and attention, but
at the end of the day, we don’t really wanna
see another legitimate conflict between WWE
superstars, we would love to see them all
get along, so that’s what we’re hoping
is going on here with Sasha and Alexa
I don’t think it’s time to start celebrating
and booking them as a tag team quite yet,
but it’s still a start for them and a big
improvement to everything we’ve seen over
the last few years
How did you interpret this interaction between
Alexa Bliss and Sasha Banks?
Do you think everything could possibly be
squashed or do you think everything is still
the same as it was before?
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