Ex-WWE star on Sasha Banks' future WrestleMania opponent

Joey Mercury believes WWE ought to ebook a prolonged one-on-one rivalry between Rhea Ripley and Sasha Banks.

Banks teamed up with Naomi to win the Ladies’s Tag Workforce Championship from Carmella and Queen Zelina in a Deadly 4-Manner match at WrestleMania 38. Ripley additionally competed within the 11-minute contest alongside her tag staff associate Liv Morgan.

Mercury, a three-time WWE Tag Workforce Champion and former producer, spoke to WSI’s James Romero about WrestleMania 38. Discussing the Ladies’s Tag Workforce Championship match, he mentioned the Ripley vs. Banks face-off ought to result in a future WrestleMania match:

“There got here a time earlier than any contact was made the place Sasha Banks was tagged in and Rhea Ripley was authorized and the 2 had a face-off and the gang was rumbling a bit,” mentioned Mercury. “I used to be simply picturing everyone else on the apron drop off and go away, and I’m taking a look at a possible WrestleMania draw proper right here.” [49:19-49:43]

Mercury added that WWE’s reserving of the Deadly 4-Manner encounter was “f***ing atrocious.” He had no drawback with the superstars concerned within the match, however felt that Ripley ought to have been introduced in a extra intimidating means.

Rhea Ripley and Sasha Banks’ WWE historical past

Sasha Banks has gone one-on-one with virtually each main feminine famous person in WWE in recent times, excluding Rhea Ripley. The 2 ladies have solely ever confronted one another in multi-person matches since they first shared the ring collectively in 2019.

One among their most notable matches got here on the November 22, 2019 episode of SmackDown. Representing NXT, Ripley picked up a statement-making win over Banks and Charlotte Aptitude two days earlier than Survivor Sequence.

Shifting ahead, Ripley and Liv Morgan will problem Banks and Naomi for the Ladies’s Tag Workforce Championship on RAW this week.