Sasha Banks

The tag team “walked out” of Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

“They claimed they weren’t respected enough as tag team champions. According to reports, during the broadcast, Banks and Naomi walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis office, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk and walked out. The issue, as it is being reported, they claimed they weren’t respected enough as tag team champions.

The women's tag team champions left WWE' show mid-air, with WWE saying they felt they weren't respected enough.

"Monday Night Raw is a scripted live TV show, whose characters are expected to perform the requirements of their contract," WWE said. Both superstars had issues with the direction their storylines were going and were uncomfortable with who their opponents would be. Banks and Naomi were reportedly set to be in the match, until they left the arena.

Two of WWE's most valuable stars deserve pats on the back for walking out over bad creative.

Naomi is one of the longest tenured women in WWE, having signed a developmental deal in 2009, and this is the first known walk-off event from her. Banks, whose real name is Mercedes Varnado, is credited as such for her role as Koska Reeves in Disney+ series The Mandalorian. Banks and Naomi leaving WWE from this incident isn’t impossible, but still heavily unlikely. What won’t change out of this incident is the bubble’s been burst on walking out of McMahon’s domain. Having a high-profile public dispute in the modern era of social media is uncharted waters for WWE. Punk’s situation was different. Punk is stubborn and had no problem burning that WWE bridge, and has consistently found new kerosene in the years since. Let’s state an obvious and hopefully not-overlooked part of this saga: Banks and Naomi are two of the three Black women on WWE’s main roster. Naomi and Banks have been silent on social media since the walkout but one theory has been shared on social media. What’s unique about Naomi and Banks’ no-show is WWE acknowledging the incident live on-air the same evening and putting out a statement on the walkout. McMahon’s endgame has to be bringing both into the fold and preventing another incident like this. WWE’s statement opens the door for their best-case scenario: turning a real-world problem into a storyline. Those numbers skew horribly without Banks and Naomi. Of WWE’s 24 women on the main roster, only nine are of color. Sasha Banks and Naomi took their ball and went home.

The wrestling world has responded strongly to the breaking news that Sasha Banks and Naomi both stepped out of RAW. Due to creative-related disagreements, ...

WWE issued a statement announcing Banks and Naomi's exit from the show. Now, people are waiting to hear both of their responses to the issue. The wrestling community reacted positively to Banks and Naomi's choice, as they both have played vital roles in the sport. WWE issued a statement announcing Banks and Naomi's exit from the show. Now, people are waiting to hear both of their responses to the issue. The wrestling community reacted positively to Banks and Naomi's choice, as they both have played vital roles in the sport.

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Everyone is talking, and capitalizing on the publicity would drive attention to Raw and WWE as a whole. Perhaps Banks and Naomi will be left home for a while. If Mustafa Ali could not talk his way out of his contract earlier this year, Banks and Naomi will struggle even more as their value is undeniable. Inside the ring, she has won more gold than most of the women's roster combined. Banks and Naomi won the WWE women's tag team champions at WrestleMania 38. However, the situation with the Women's Tag Team Championships is far less clear. The Boss and Naomi have put their careers behind these titles. Arguably, WWE has stumbled onto its biggest angle in the women's division. and the main event was changed to Asuka vs. "Monday Night Raw is a scripted live TV show, whose characters are expected to perform the requirements of their contract. Seth Rollins, and Bianca Belair was supposed to find her challenger in the winner of a Six-Pack Challenge featuring Sasha Banks, Naomi, Becky Lynch, Asuka, Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop. Naomi is a money match WWE has never done.

Sasha Banks has taken some drastic action on social media following her decision to walkout of WWE Raw on Monday night.

Currently, “The Boss” only follows six people. The Women’s Tag Team champions were scheduled to be in a six-pack challenge match to determine the number one contender for the Raw Women’s Championship. It has been reported that Banks walked out of Monday Night Raw, a long with her teammate Naomi, after they expressed their displeasure with the creative for the proposed main event.