WrestleMania is getting hosted this year after a lot of consideration in a situation where every other sporting events have been canceled. WWE needed to change up their plans for the show of shows, in a big way this year as the Coronavirus pandemic continues. One match from SmackDown featuring Sasha Banks and Bayley were almost booked with little build-ups. But then the creative team decided to go in a different direction.
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As seen on this past edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Paige appeared live via satellite to announce a Six-Pack Elimination Challenge for Bayley’s WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship at WrestleMania. The challengers in this match will be Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke, Tamina Snuka, Naomi, and Lacey Evans. With this match getting confirmed, the WWE Universe was robbed of a classic contest between two of the best athletes of the female division.
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During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that WWE canceled the match between Sasha Banks and Bayley at WrestleMania 36. Vince McMahon wanted this match to happen but the creative team was able to push it off for later. Thus, the six-pack challenge came about and now this match could work as the start of the feud.
The source noted that the injury of Sasha Banks is the main reason why this match was called off in the first place. The officials did not receive much time to build up the feud but a future clash is being reserved between these two. Here’s more from the source, (courtesy ringsidenews.com)
“The company wanted to do Sasha vs Bayley at WrestleMania and to their credit, given there was no time to build it up literally this came up a week or two ago. They just thought ‘are we going to do a match with 4 weeks and no build? Is that insane?’ So they kinda got it pushed where we’ll get the 6-way and that’ll be the start and then we get the singles match when it’s not so rushed. So that’s kinda where that is.”
Vince McMahon is the decision-maker in the company but others can sometimes change his mind considering the circumstances. So it appeared to be one of those rarest moments where he suppressed his desire.
Meanwhile, planting seeds for a future Sasha Banks vs Bayley contest has already been started. They have just started to show cracks in their bond following the six-pack elimination challenge announcement. Questions are running rampant over their bond as they recently pronounced that the two are “tighter than ever.” Undoubtedly, this storyline is moving to a direction where a collision seems evident.
