Sasha Banks is scheduled to battle Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship at WWE Extreme Rules 2020.
Sasha Banks, one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, teased becoming a double champion by targeting Bayley but she instead challenged Raw Women’s Champion Asuka at WWE Extreme Rules 2020 to avoid taking anything away from her best friend. This decision may have some underhanded implications or foreshadow what will occur between Banks and Bayley.
Banks did convey that she was jealous of Bayley’s dos straps. If Bayley screws her in this championship match against Asuka, the rifts in their friendship could be drawn wider on the road to WWE SummerSlam 2020. Banks is very dedicated to winning two championships like Bayley and Bayley’s ‘inadvertent’ mishaps would make Banks question their friendship.
Nonetheless, after defeating The IIconics on the June 22, 2020, episode of Raw to retain the women’s tag team championships, Banks had called out Asuka for a championship match, which set up their double contract signing with WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and number one contender Dolph Ziggler as well as a mixed tag team match…
In that mixed tag team match, Banks pinned Asuka to solidify her number one contender-ship for the Raw Women’s Championship. The following will provide three reasons why Sasha Banks will defeat Asuka at WWE Extreme Rules 2020 to become a five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time, five-time Raw Women’s Champion (take that, Booker T).
3.) Sasha Banks needs HIAC 2019 redemption from loss to Becky Lynch
Remember when Sasha Banks returned to in-ring competition after a four-month hiatus with a ground-breaking heel turn to challenge Becky Lynch for the Raw Women’s Championship at WWE Hell in a Cell 2019? What if Sasha Banks defeated Asuka to win the same Raw Women’s Championship that Becky Lynch bestowed upon Asuka post-WWE MITB 2020? That would be the ideal way for Banks to obtain WWE HIAC 2019 redemption from that loss to Becky Lynch.
It was quite deflating when Banks lost in that show-stealing Raw Women’s Championship match against Becky Lynch at HIAC 2019. Many WWE fans foresaw Banks solidifying her epic return and heel turn by defeating the woman who main evented WrestleMania to become the next big thing in the WWE. After that loss, it took a while for Banks to pick up momentum again, and everything has now come full circle with this upcoming championship match against Asuka.
Now is Banks’ time to finally redeem herself from that loss to Becky Lynch. Defeating Asuka in this high stake championship match would tease a Raw Women’s Championship rematch against Becky Lynch down the road, preferably on a big stage like WrestleMania. Lynch would want to win back the title she never lost and whoever dethrones Asuka would be Lynch’s ultimate opponent. Nonetheless, there is a bigger picture as to why Banks really needs to win at Extreme Rules.
2.) Asuka needs to lose the title to retire Kairi Sane once and for all
Although it would be nice to see Kairi walk out of WWE with the Raw Women’s Championship after dethroning Asuka at SummerSlam (like CM Punk did with the WWE Title after dethroning John Cena at WWE MITB 2011), it would be more unpredictable as to who the victor would be if Kairi Sane retired in a non-title match. Henceforth, Asuka should lose the title to Sasha Banks at WWE Extreme Rules 2020 so that she can retire Kairi Sane at WWE SummerSlam 2020.
Of course, the stakes would be higher and the match would be more exciting if it were a championship match. However, many WWE fans would go into that match, knowing that Sane would lose simply because there’s no chance in hell she will win the Raw Women’s Championship and leave the company the night after. With Asuka and Sane’s farewell match being a non-title match, there’s a slight chance Sane could leave WWE as a winner.
Despite the tradition being that a superstar must make their departure on their back, anything can happen in the WWE. Nonetheless, there’s a higher probability that Asuka defeats Sane and moves on to make an attempt at winning her championship back from Banks down the line. As for Banks’ road to SummerSlam, there are aspirations that have the aforementioned underhanded implications for her long-term friendship with SmackDown Women’s Champion, Bayley.
1.) Sasha Banks needs a Unification Match against Bayley at SummerSlam
Sasha Banks needs to defeat Asuka at Extreme Rules 2020 not only to become 2 Beltz Banks but also to set up a unification main event match against Bayley at SummerSlam to become 3 Beltz Bankz. Imagine the T-shirt sales and branding for Banks’ 2 Beltz Banks catchphrase? Setting up a Champion vs. Champion Winner Takes All Match between Banks and Bayley after an entire ten months of friendly tension to tease 3 Beltz Banks would be best for business.
Banks already promised that she and Bayley are going to run the entire company. It’s fair to say that they are already doing that, based on their excellent heel work in recent months. Nonetheless, a good way to solidify that is by winning all of the women’s championships and battling each other at the biggest event of the summer to determine who is truly the best, especially since no other contender would be worthy to be in a championship match.
In their tribute video on SmackDown, Banks continually stated that Bayley is better than everyone. But is she better than Sasha Banks herself? Banks never addressed this, and there’s a good reason why. If Bayley has already defeated everyone and Banks can defeat Bayley at SummerSlam, that would mean that Banks is the best wrestler in the world. Thanks to how positive Banks’ momentum has been, 2 Beltz Banks is worth banking on at Extreme Rules.