Sasha Banks & Naomi's Contracts With WWE Might Not Be Frozen
Another day and another interesting tidbit on the WWE contract status of Sasha Banks and Naomi, as their current deals may not actually be frozen. The pair were stripped of the titles they won at WrestleMania 38 after walking out on the May 16th edition of Monday Night Raw, buried on a Friday Night SmackDown broadcast, and subsequently suspended. While the tournament to crown new WWE women's tag-team champions might be canceled, The Boss and Glow's situations continue to be fluid based on recent reports, and neither woman has spoken publically about their issues since they walked out on Raw in mid-May.
There are a lot of moving parts here, but WWE fans can be certain of a few things. None of this has been a work, and WWE creative has nothing for Banks and Naomi at this time, even if they wanted to come back. The women's tag team division was not set up to absorb this blow either, as WWE couldn't even scrape together enough teams to have their planned tourney. Word also began to circulate after the walkout that both of their contracts were due to expire soon. Banks' could be up as early as July, while Naomi's deal is also believed to be up soon.
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WWE has the option to freeze contracts when talent isn't holding up their end of the bargain in a legal sense. It's been widely assumed that the company would use that leverage with Banks and Naomi, but the duo was suspended without pay. Fightful Select, in a recent update on the situation, reported that "...one higher up told Fightful they don't believe Naomi and Sasha Banks' contracts would be frozen if they're not being paid." It was also noted that the site was working on verifying that information, but
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