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Mercedes Varnado

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Mercedes Varnado
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Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado is an American professional wrestler and actress who also known as her ring names Sasha Banks (in WWE) and Mercedes Monè (in other promotions). Varnado made her acting debut in season 2 of the acclaimed show The Mandalorian (2019) in the role of Koska Reeves. As a pioneer of WWE's women's Wrestling, she is regarded as one of the greatest women's wrestler of all time.

She previously wrestled on the independent circuit, most notably for Chaotic Wrestling, where she once held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. Between WWE and their developmental brand NXT, Banks has had eight championship reigns-being a former NXT Women's Champion, 5-time Raw Women's Champion and inaugural and 3-time WWE Women's tag team champions and 1 time SmackDown Women's Champion. Varnado made her NJPW debut in 2023 where she is 1 time IWGP Women's Champion.

Her match against Bayley at NXT Takeover: Respect (2015) on October 7, 2015 was the first women's match to ever headline a major WWE event, the first women's Iron Man match. In 2016, she and Charlotte Flair became the first women to headline a WWE pay-per-view event and the first to compete in a Hell in a Cell match (both at WWE Hell in a Cell (2016) in October 2016), the first women to main event WWE Monday Night RAW in a women's match since 2004. In 2021 at WrestleMania 37 Banks and her opponent Bianca Belair became first African born performers to headlining WrestleMania. Banks is also first 1990s born wrestler to headlining WrestleMania.
BornJanuary 26, 1992
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BornJanuary 26, 1992
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    • 1 win & 2 nominations

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Mercedes Varnado in The Collective (2023)
Ming-Na Wen, Katee Sackhoff, Gina Carano, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Simon Kassianides, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Tait Fletcher, Simon Kassianides, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Ming-Na Wen, Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Gina Carano, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Tait Fletcher, Simon Kassianides, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Simon Kassianides, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Katee Sackhoff and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Simon Kassianides and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Katee Sackhoff, Simon Kassianides, and Mercedes Varnado in The Mandalorian (2019)
Mercedes Varnado in Chapter 11: The Heiress (2020)

Known for:

Adam Copeland, Bobby Lashley, Drew Galloway, Joe Anoa'i, Mercedes Varnado, Bianca Blair, and Bad Bunny in WrestleMania 37 (2021)
WrestleMania 37
6.9
TV Special
  • Sasha Banks(as Sasha Banks)
  • 2021
Rey Mysterio, Kevin Steen, Pamela Martinez, Colby Lopez, Joe Anoa'i, Mercedes Varnado, and Nikola Bogojevic in WWF SmackDown! (1999)
WWF SmackDown!
7.2
TV Series
  • Sasha Banks(as Sasha Banks)
Karissa Rivera, Matty Farrelly, Jiro Kuroshio, Christian Casanova, Taylor Grado, Cal Bloom, Emily Andzulis, Omari Palmer, Elayna Black, Blake Christian, Jacob Kasper, Camron Clay, Matrick Belton, Bronson Rechsteiner, Drew Kasper, Brooks Jensen, Joe Ruby, Joe Ariola, Daniel Vidot, Briana Brandy, Andre Chase, Brendan Vink, and Priscilla Kelly in WWE NXT (2010)
WWE NXT
7.6
TV Series
  • Sasha Banks
Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, John Cena, AJ Styles, Colby Lopez, Rebecca Quin, Natalya Neidhart, Trinity Fatu, Trevor Mann, Thea Trinidad, Tom Budgen, and Macey Estrella in WWE Monday Night RAW (1993)
WWE Monday Night RAW
7.7
TV Series
  • Sasha Banks
  • Hailey Mary(as Sasha Banks)

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Actress

  • The Collective (2023)
    The Collective
    3.1
    • Nikita
    • 2023
  • Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Pedro Pascal, Shirley Henderson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Katee Sackhoff, Amy Sedaris, Omid Abtahi, Emily Swallow, and Katy M. O'Brian in The Mandalorian (2019)
    The Mandalorian
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Koska Reeves
    • 2020–2023
  • Rey Mysterio, Kevin Steen, Pamela Martinez, Colby Lopez, Joe Anoa'i, Mercedes Varnado, and Nikola Bogojevic in WWF SmackDown! (1999)
    WWF SmackDown!
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2015–2022
  • Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, John Cena, AJ Styles, Colby Lopez, Rebecca Quin, Natalya Neidhart, Trinity Fatu, Trevor Mann, Thea Trinidad, Tom Budgen, and Macey Estrella in WWE Monday Night RAW (1993)
    WWE Monday Night RAW
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Sasha Banks
    • Hailey Mary
    • 2015–2022
  • Brock Lesnar and Joe Anoa'i in WrestleMania 38 (2022)
    WrestleMania 38
    7.5
    TV Special
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2022
  • Hulk Hogan, Mark Calaway, Ric Flair, Glenn Jacobs, Stephanie McMahon, Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, Randy Orton, Joe Anoa'i, and Mercedes Varnado in WWE Evil (2022)
    WWE Evil
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2022
  • WWE 2K22 (2022)
    WWE 2K22
    7.4
    Video Game
    • Sasha Banks (voice, as Sasha Banks)
    • 2022
  • Adam Copeland, Bobby Lashley, Drew Galloway, Joe Anoa'i, Mercedes Varnado, Bianca Blair, and Bad Bunny in WrestleMania 37 (2021)
    WrestleMania 37
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2021
  • Randy Orton, Drew Galloway, Joe Anoa'i, Mercedes Varnado, and Kanako Urai in WWE: Royal Rumble (2021)
    WWE: Royal Rumble
    6.9
    TV Special
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2021
  • Mark Calaway, Paul Heyman, Drew Galloway, Joe Anoa'i, Mercedes Varnado, and Kanako Urai in WWE Survivor Series (2020)
    WWE Survivor Series
    6.5
    TV Special
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2020
  • WWE 2K Battlegrounds (2020)
    WWE 2K Battlegrounds
    4.1
    Video Game
    • Sasha Banks (voice, as Sasha Banks)
    • 2020
  • WWE Break It Down (2020)
    WWE Break It Down
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2020
  • Windham Rotunda in WWE: SummerSlam (2020)
    WWE: SummerSlam
    6.4
    TV Special
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2020
  • Karissa Rivera, Matty Farrelly, Jiro Kuroshio, Christian Casanova, Taylor Grado, Cal Bloom, Emily Andzulis, Omari Palmer, Elayna Black, Blake Christian, Jacob Kasper, Camron Clay, Matrick Belton, Bronson Rechsteiner, Drew Kasper, Brooks Jensen, Joe Ruby, Joe Ariola, Daniel Vidot, Briana Brandy, Andre Chase, Brendan Vink, and Priscilla Kelly in WWE NXT (2010)
    WWE NXT
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Sasha Banks
    • 2012–2020
  • Bill Goldberg, Mark Calaway, Adam Copeland, John Cena, Brock Lesnar, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, John Hennigan, Bryan Danielson, Rami Sebei, Kevin Steen, Pamela Martinez, Colby Lopez, Rebecca Quin, Drew Galloway, Kofi Kingston, Shayna Andrea Baszler, Windham Rotunda, Trinity Fatu, Ashley Fliehr, Adam Scherr, Kairi Hôjô, Lexi Kaufman, Mercedes Varnado, Gary Gordon, Kanako Urai, Kenneth Crawford, Macey Estrella, and Demi Bennett in WrestleMania 36 (2020)
    WrestleMania 36
    6.0
    TV Special
    • Sasha Banks (as Sasha Banks)
    • 2020

Videos24

Official Trailer
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Official Trailer
Sneak Peak
Trailer 0:27
Sneak Peak
Season 2 Trailer 1
Trailer 1:54
Season 2 Trailer 1
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 1:27
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 1:32
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 1:35
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WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 1:13
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 2:14
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 1:18
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 0:32
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE 2K19 (VG)
Trailer 0:58
WWE 2K19 (VG)
WWE: Best of NXT
Trailer 0:50
WWE: Best of NXT

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Sasha Banks
  • Height
    • 1.65 m
  • Born
    • January 26, 1992
    • Fairfield, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Sarath TonAugust 4, 2016 - present
  • Parents
      Judith Kaestner
  • Relatives
      Joshua Varnado(Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Pizza Hut.
  • Publicity listings
    • 10 Interviews
    • 10 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 7 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Favorite wrestler is Eddie Guerrero.
  • Quotes
    Bank on it!
  • Trademarks
      Finishing move: Bankrupt (Straight Jacket Neckbreaker Slam)
  • Nicknames
    • Mercedes KV
    • The Boss
    • Miss Mercedes
    • Legit Boss
    • The Blueprint
    • The Standard
    • Mercedes Mone
    • The CEO
    • Sasha Banks
    • Mercedes Monè

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