Is Sasha Banks related to Brandy

Sasha Banks is a professional wrestler whose real name is Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado. She was born on January 26, 1992, in Fairfield, California. Although she previously wrestled on the independent circuit, including for Chaotic Wrestling, she is now signed to WWE on the Raw brand. Her in the ring performances have hit the headlines on many occasions and she has made a name for herself as one of the top female wrestlers of the current day. Here are five more things you might not know about Sasha Banks.

1. She Has Achieved Many Firsts

During her career as a professional wrestler, Sasha Banks has achieved many firsts. She participated in the first female match to headline a WWE event. This match was voted the Match of the Year in 2015 and was also the first women’s Iron Man match and the longest women’s match in history. Along with Charlotte Flair in 2016, Sasha Banks took part in a match that was the first women’s match to headline a pay-per-view event. Flair and Banks were also the first women to main event Raw, the first to compete in a Hell in a Cell match, and the first women to win ‘Feud of the Year’ in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards.

2. She Has Several Famous Relatives

The desire to perform must run in the family as Sasha Banks has several famous relatives. Her first cousin is rapper Snoop Dogg and she has credited him with helping her to develop her in-ring persona. Singers Ray J and Brandy Norwood are also cousins of Banks. Ray J has released four singles and has also had small acting parts in films. He appeared in the UK reality show ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ in 2017. His sister, Brandy Norwood, works in both the music and television industries. Banks is also related to the music producer Daz Dillinger.

3. She is Married to Sarath Ton

Sasha Banks has been married to Sarath Ton since August 4, 2016. Ton is also a professional wrestler and is better-known by the name Kid Mikaze. In addition to working as a wrestler, Ton is a costume designer for WWE.

4. She Has Appeared in Video Games

In terms of her career in other media, Sasha Banks has appeared in two WWE video games. She made her video game debut in 2017 in WWE 2K17. In the game, she is the first entrant along with John Cena. She next appeared in WWE 2K18. Other than video games, she has also appeared in Smosh games, UpUpDownDown, and videos posted on YouTube.

5. She Has a Wide Repertoire of Finishing and Signature Moves

Sasha Banks is famous for the wide repertoire of moves she uses in the ring. Some of her finishing moves are particularly notable. When she performed as Mercedes KV, her most famous finishing moves was the roundhouse kick and the wheelbarrow bulldog. As Sasha Banks, her best finishing moves are bankrupt and bank statement. Banks also has an interesting range of signature moves. Some of these include diving crossbody, Japanese arm drag, frog splash, monkey flip, suicide dive, Superflex, and the crucifix pinning variation.

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Personal life. Kaestner-Varnado is a first cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg, who helped develop her in-ring persona. She is also a first cousin of music producer Daz Dillinger and singers Brandy Norwood and Ray J. She is a fan of K-pop music and Japanese anime Sailor Moon.

Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sasha Banks.

Birth name

Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado

Born

January 26, 1992 (age 28)

Fairfield, California, U.S.

Spouse(s)

Sarath Ton ​(m. 2016)​

Relatives

Snoop Dogg (cousin)

Brandy Norwood (cousin)

Ray J (cousin)

Daz Dillinger (cousin)

Professional wrestling career

Ring name(s)

Mercedes KV

Miss Mercedes

Sasha Banks

Billed height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Billed weight

114 lb (52 kg)

Billed from

Boston, Massachusetts[1]

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Trained by

Brian Fury

Brian Milonas

Hanson

Sara Del Rey

Debut

August 8, 2010

She previously wrestled on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling (CW), where she once held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. She signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to the NXT brand. Her match against Bayley at NXT TakeOver: Respect on October 7, 2015, was the first women's match to ever headline a NXT TakeOver, the first Iron Woman match in WWE history, and the longest women's match in WWE history at the time with a length of 30 minutes. Their match was voted by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) as the Match of the Year, with Banks also being voted as the Woman of the Year, while their match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn in August 2015 won the NXT Year-End Award for Match of the Year. In 2020, she was named the top black wrestler in the world in a newly-published list entitled "BW 500", further recognized by Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

She was promoted to WWE's main roster in July 2015, going on to hold the Raw Women's Championship five times. In 2016, she and Charlotte Flair became the first women to headline a WWE pay-per-view event and the first to compete in a Hell in a Cell match (both at Hell in a Cell in October 2016), the first women to main event Raw in a women's match since 2004 and the first women to win the Pro Wrestling Illustrated award for Feud of the Year. In February 2019, she won the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with her former tag team partner, Bayley (then known as The Boss 'n' Hug Connection), at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.

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