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#3 WWE still protecting Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks couldn't get far with the excuses

Last week, Sasha Banks didn't show up for her match against Lacey Evans - choosing to stay in another city altogether while recording her music. Instead, Bayley came out and then had a backstage brawl with her.

This week, Sasha Banks was injured from a Lacey Evans attack. She refused to compete in the match and a backstage official pressured her to compete since the match was advertised. Instead, Bayley was forced to take her spot and ended up losing to Evans in a non-title match.

Weirdly WWE has done more to protect Sasha Banks and keep her away from Evans than they have with Bayley. It's understandable since they needed her to pin Bayley to set up the shot, but there could be a reason why WWE is going out of their way to protect Banks.

Banks hasn't lost all too much since Hell in a Cell and perhaps the reason why is because of big plans for WrestleMania. Usually, this is the time when WWE carefully protects the superstars they intend to push heading into WrestleMania season and as a result - they keep protecting her.