WWE Suspends Sasha Banks and Naomi, Buries Them on Raw And SmackDown | Sasha and Naomi
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Sasha Banks and Naomi have been suspended and stripped of their fake brass rings and the machine wants you to know they've been two naughty, naughty girls, BAD Sasha and Naomi.
WWE vs. Sasha Banks and Naomi took several messy turns this past weekend as WWE announced their suspensions, and also stripped them of the women's tag team titles that they already yeeted on John Laurinaitis' desk. So, for those keeping score at home, or on some subreddit, WWE has stripped Sasha and Naomi of belts that they already gave up, and they've "suspended" Sasha and Naomi when each could have as little as two months left on their deals. Who sounds like they have the leverage in this situation? Like Donald Trump on Twitter, WWE is basically continuing an argument long after the other person has left the room.
There's no Sasha and Naomi merch, their Facebook pages are gone. In fact, WWE used a tried-and-untrue formula of publicly burying talent over an issue with their contract. Desperate to control the narrative, WWE painted Sasha Banks and Naomi as unprofessional malcontents who let their fans down. That's hilarious, where was this energy from WWE when they fired all those people during the pandemic? Some of whom were slated to make millions of dollars. So does WWE now owe them an apology for not honoring those contracts and letting them down orr? Despite my sage advice from last week, WWE is activating its legion of loyalists and bottom-of-the-barrell trolls to cyberbully Sasha Banks and Naomi for leaving the plantation. All despite Sasha Banks' very public struggles with depression. In fact, let's get a live look at Sasha Banks' reaction to WWE scolding her and Naomi for desecrating the white man's contract.
{Sasha dancing with Steve Aoki}
I have zero problem with Sasha Banks and Naomi walking out on their contracts in a situation that didn't work for them. I support this "unprofessional" behavior because I don't agree with the profession. Don't get me wrong, I love professional wrestling. I also love WWE for the moments, matches and stars they've created. But, when it comes to WWE contracts, I tend to empathize with talent in these situations because WWE contracts are bulls—t.
You're classified as an independent contractor who is told where to go and what to do, so despite being treated like an employee you get no health insurance. You can't profit from third-party social media accounts. Most of this money is not guaranteed, and WWE can back out of the contract at any moment, so if the world shuts down and you need the money, tough s—t, because WWE can take that contract and be like "YEET!" But if talent gets injured or breaches their contract by holding out, WWE can put them in timeout by freezing them. As a WWE Superstar, you're essentially signing your rights away because of a dream, and that's why WWE can get away with criminally underpaying its talent, which is replaceable by design due to a combination of economics and bad creative.
WWE has built a great business model, for them. There's no denying it. But it has done so at the expense of good creative and the freedom of its own talent.
I don't give a f—k what anybody thinks about the creative plans for Sasha Banks and Naomi. "But Naomi was going to be No. 1 Contender for the Fake Raw Women's Title. And Sasha was going to challenge Ronda Rousey for her fake brass ring. And in the long run, these long-term plans were going to be GOOD for Sasha and Naomi, so I don't know why these hoodrats can't just show a little gratitude and fix that attitude." All this minutiae about booking and what the long-term plan was, when the guy holding the script is notorious for tearing it up on the day of the show.
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