On the latest episode of Broken Skull Sessions with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sasha Banks opens up about battling severe depression in her past.
When Stone Cold asked Banks about her four month hiatus from WWE in 2019, then, Banks said that depression was taking over her at point of time. She said that she really lost herself and she was only known as “Sasha Banks”.
“Depression. Depression was taking over. My mind was taking over. My thoughts were taking over. This place was being bigger than me, and I really really lost myself because, for a good seven years, I didn’t even hear my real name. I didn’t hear Mercedes anymore. All I heard was Sasha Banks. And travelling on the road, we only get one to two days off. So I’m home. Not even seeing what my real hair looks like. All I see is purple hair every single day. There were so many things that I let it control me . . . I was looking in the mirror, and I was looking in my eyes, and I lost all the light in it. I couldn’t even look at myself, I didn’t even know who the hell I was. How I was going into work, how angry I was, how sad I was. It was not the person that I dreamt to be . . . It hit the fan and I wanted to make sure that I didn’t lose myself.”
The current Smackdown Women’s Champion also revealed that she wants to leave the company due to depression but Vince McMahon said no. Then, he said to take off for 30 days but she took four months.
“One of the hardest things that I had to do was to ask to leave the WWE….Vince was like no. He said no. He said I’m gonna give you thirty days to think about it,, and I took more than thirty days . . . This place can definitely get to you. It’s hard”
Now playing on @WWENetwork. The Legit Boss @SashaBanksWWE and I shooting the breeze. @WWE #BrokenSkullSessions pic.twitter.com/NjQFaNhPYk
— Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) February 21, 2021
After the four months hiatus in 2019, Sasha Banks returned to the company and became the top wrestler in the company. She won the Women’s Tag Team Titles with Bayley and later won the Smackdown Women’s Title from Bayley. She also named as 2020 Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated.
