WWE: 5 awesome opponents for Sasha Banks upon return

Shayna Baszler

Despite all of the predictions against her, Shayna Baszler has still managed to remain the NXT Women’s Champion in her second reign.

She is the only wrestler to hold the title twice, surviving multiple attempts from Bianca Belair, who, admittedly, should be the champion.

But in any case, Baszler is also deserving of being the champion by the sheer fact that she is amazing. Just look at how high her match quality is, courtesy of Chris Novak’s ratings. Baslzer always delivers, especially in the big matches at TakeOver.

She entered WWE with experience on the indies, and was a standout as a Mae Young Classic finalists, but she’s still improved by leaps and bounds.

Few in WWE are as good at cutting heel promos and few in WWE are as devastating in the ring. The battle of wits and submission holds between Banks and Baszler would be insane, only surpassed by the selling.

See, Baszler would put on a clinic in the subdued selling typical of former MMA fighters, while Banks would play the Kairi Sane or Ember Moon role as the pulling-out-your-hair-for-the-babyface seller.

There’s no doubt that Banks vs. Rousey was a stellar match, but Baszler vs. Banks could be an instant classic.

Though Baszler remains NXT Women’s Champion and in NXT, there’s a real possibility she could be called up at any given moment, meaning she could be on the main roster whenever Banks is ready to return to WWE. And that could be awesome for wrestling fans.