FS: So I want to start by going back to the start of your long relationship with Charlotte, as you both made it to NXT in 2012. What was your first impression of Charlotte, and can you recall your first match against her?





Sasha Banks: I can’t really recall our first match but I remember one of my first days at NXT, Sara Del Rey had me and Charlotte lock up with each other, and it was that moment where we kinda knew there was something between us. Everyone just kinda stopped in the room when they saw us lock up like ‘whoa,’ and we were kinda like ‘whoa.’ And from there we had this chemistry.





We didn’t really wrestle each other for the first couple years, we were actually a tag team. We tag-teamed all over Florida, we were in the BFFs. When we first started we were these very, very generic babyfaces, really not given the opportunity - we were just there to try to get the other girls over. And it wasn’t until… I think after Charlotte won her NXT Women’s Championship she kinda got a big head like she always does, and I wasn’t really feeling that, because I’m like ‘listen, who helped you from the beginning? That’s right, me. Because I’m the one with the wrestling skills, I’m the one who loves this the most.’ So I kinda just had to put her on her face, and ever since then it’s been this ongoing rivalry to try and prove who’s better.