Sasha Banks will face Ronda Rousey at the Royal Rumble on January 27th in her first one-on-one title match in nearly 18 months

Sasha Banks is one of the most decorated superstars in WWE today, whatever the gender.

The Boss is a four-time Raw champion, the first woman alongside Charlotte Flair to headline a WWE pay-per-view or compete in a Hell in a Cell match.

4 Rousey Vs Banks

However, she hasn’t had a one-on-one title match since dropping the title to Alexa Bliss in late August 2017.

At the Royal Rumble on January 27th, Banks will finally get the shot at Ronda Rousey she has been craving.

TalkSPORT spoke to Banks on Monday evening and the cousin of Snoop Dogg had plenty to say about her year in the title wilderness.

4 Sasha Banks as the Raw Champion

“For me, frustration is what you need to strive you to get better. You have to fail to succeed and you can’t just stay at the top because there’s nowhere else to go. If you’re just at the top, you’re gonna go stale, you’re gonna stagnate, you’re never going to learn and grow and for me, the last year has been a rollercoaster of a career, but I felt the most accomplished when Vince McMahon said the Women’s Tag Team titles were coming. I wasn’t getting used in the title picture, so I found a different focus and a different goal.

“I worked so hard on my craft, I worked hard to be the best singles wrestler and now I’m working hard to be the best tag team wrestler that I can. For me, yes I was frustrated, but I got everything I wanted at the same time. It’s just cool at the start of 2019 going into the title picture and hearing the tag titles are coming. So for me, my goal is to be a double champion.”

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The Women’s Tag Team titles represents a great chance for Banks to claim another title and many fancy her and Bayley – The Boss and Hug Connection – to be the inaugural champions.

We asked Banks why they chose to pay homage to The Rock and Mick Foley instead of a litany of other tags teams, and she said it was just “cool”.

“One of our favourites was The Hardy Boyz… but we didn’t want to be The Hardy Girlz! We both love The Rock & Mick Foley so I just think it’s a name that clicks for us and suits our characters,” Banks said. “I think it’s a cool name. It’s keeping the legacy alive in wrestling and letting everyone know we were such superfans and this is the real deal Tag Team Championships right now and we’re a real deal tag team, so we’re looking forward to the future.”

Banks and Bayley were also lucky enough to team with the legendary duos of Trish Stratus and Lita the night after the first-ever all-women’s pay-per-view, Evolution. We asked Banks what that was like and she revealed it was Stratus and Lita’s idea.

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“I was so excited. I felt like a kid all over again. Trish and Lita didn’t have to stay until the next day, they stayed just because they wanted to work and team with me and Bayley and I cannot even fathom how amazing that is. It’s so insane growing up and watching these people on TV but to have the opportunity to talk with them and work with them and for them to share there stories and for us to share our stories with them – it’s so beautiful,” Banks beamed.

“It’s almost felt like passing the torch down in a kind of way? But I had the absolute biggest smile when I heard Trish and Lita’s music and when I found out I was working with them and it was just a dream come true. It’s going to be one of my top memories of last year. It was such an honour.”

Banks will face off with Rousey for the RAW Women’s Championship at the Royal Rumble and will look to hijack Rousey’s road to the WrestleMania 35 main event.