The ongoing will they return, won't they return saga with Sasha Banks and Naomi has continued deep into the summer, but a former WWE superstar believes the duo will return in time. Things have changed pretty dramatically since they were last seen with the company. Vince McMahon has retired, and Triple H, who is a huge proponent of women's wrestling, has taken over as head of talent relations and is in charge of booking.
That's noteworthy since Banks and Naomi originally walked out on the May 16 edition of Monday Night Raw due to issues with the creative for that show. They were Raw women's tag-team champions at that juncture but had both been scheduled to lose singles matches in the coming weeks. The duo apparently felt that this approach cut the legs out from under the women's tag-team division, so they left. WWE announced a tournament for the vacated titles on the next episode of Friday Night SmackDown—after burying Banks and Naomi on commentary—but as of this writing, that hasn't transpired.
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There's still no concrete news on Banks and Naomi's standing with the company, but former WWE superstar Saraya, FKA Paige, believes that they'll return now that Triple H has the book. Speaking during a media scrum during this past weekend's Starcast V, she had this to say: "I mean, everyone loves Sasha Banks, right? The four horsewomen in general is such a big and critical part of the women’s revolutions. So, I think she’ll be back. I think now with [Triple H] in charge, and kind of taking the reigns and everything." (h/t to SECScoops.com for the video)
Saraya and WWE parted ways in early July, but she'd been with the company since 2017. Working under the name of
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