Risking It All: A Sasha Banks Story

#WhenAllHellBreaksLoose❗

Mercedes.

I raise my shiny new championship belt over my head, as I am overwhelmed with You Deserve It chants.

It hasn't even been a full two minutes yet, and I still haven't grasped the fact that I'm the new Knockouts Champ, or the fact that I had to legitimately knock Taryn out to win.

I walked up the entrance ramp, smiling from ear to ear, continuing to soak up the moment.

I made my way to the back, and I am greeted by hugs from my best friends Gail and Brooke.

"Congratulations girl! You did it, you're our brand new Knockouts Champ.", Brooke proudly spoke."

"That belt looks good on you, and it is a very well deserved win.", Gail now giving her congrats for me becoming champ.

"Thank you guys , I worked really hard to make it to this point, and hopefully I only go up from here."

"There's no doubt that you will, but the real question upon us, is how were you able to pin Taryn's delusional ass, without her trying to mess it up, or make you look bad?", Gail curiously asked, Brooke also interested in that question.

I deeply sighed." Don't get mad at me guys, but I had to do the unprofessional thing.... and purposely knock her out."

Gail and Brooke's eyes nearly flew out of their eye sockets once they heard what I just said.

"Mercedes, please tell me you're joking! There's no way you actually did that right?... right?", Gail asked.

"...I did though."

"Mercedes!", Gail and Brooke simultaneously yelled.

"You guys, once she found out she was losing the title tonight, she was making all of her striking moves fully connect to hurt me, and she tried to break my neck when she DDT'd me on the outside of the ring! She was giving me a fight out there."

"Honestly, how that match looked, it seemed like all that was supposed to happen. You guys fought like you actually had beef.", Brooke stated.

"Yeah, well we did one she started hitting me like we were in a first fight, so I had to get unprofessional."

"Damn. That's just sad. The girl world try to kill someone just to keep that title."

I was about to reply to Gail's comment, when suddenly I felt myself being lifted off the ground.

"What the!? Who is lifting me off the ground? Put me down!"

As I was having a my small temper tantrum, I realized that it was Ethan who had me hoisted up on his shoulders.

"Dude, what the heck are you doing! I am up way to high for my liking."

" I just wanted to see how it felt having the champ on my shoulders.", Ethan said, as he slowly kneeled down to put me back on my feet.

Once I was down, he then wrapped his arms around me.

"Congratulations babe, your the new Knockouts Champion, how does it feel?", he curiously asked.

"Unreal. Not to mention the fact that I had to  legitimately knock the girl out to get her to stay down for the count."

"The hell?! Mercedes please tell me you didn't actually do that!?, Ethan semi-yelled.

"Yeah, I did. She threw real punches and kicks at me the whole match, and she tried to break my damn neck when she did that DDT on the outside."

The expression on his face got worse, and I have a feeling that he's about to do something he'll regret.

" That crazy bitch tried to intentionally hurt you?!"

I gulped hard." Yeah. But it's not that big of a d-"

"No screw that! She deserved to get her ass knocked out. As a matter of fact, where the hell she at?"

I looked around the backstage area to see if I could spot the devil herself, and long and behold she was being helped to the back by two officials.

She came closer to all four of us, and before Ethan could go off, one of the referees began to speak."Mercedes, do you have a moment, we need to talk about what happened in the match earlier.

I heavily sighed." Sure. I'll talk to you guys later, and Ethan please keep this between us until this is solved, don't make a big scene."

He had his fist balled up, and was looking down at the ground, obviously trying to keep his composure." Alright. I'll be waiting for you after my match."

Ethan took a deep breath and walked into gorilla.

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"So, ladies I'm just gonna cut to the chase. Mercedes, first and foremost I want to congratulate you on your title win tonight. However, I was informed by officials that Taryn stated that you intentionally meant to knock her out. Is that true?"

After the whole fiasco from our match, Taryn and I are in Dixie's office to get to the bottom of things.

I took a deep breath before I opened my mouth to respond." Yes ma'am, but Taryn was highly unprofessional at the beginning once she found out she was losing the match. She struck hard with all her punches and kicks, and even told me to get ready to fight, because she wasn't loosing. She also tried to intentionally hurt me when she DDT'd me on the outside, and provided little protection for my neck, so I had to stoop to her level and legitimately knock her out. It was unprofessional and out of line, and for that I apologize."

The expression on Dixie's face showed that she was shocked by what I was telling her, probably contemplating on if I was really telling her the truth.

She cleared her throat." Taryn, is this true?"

I looked over at Taryn, waiting for her to respond. She noticed the look I was giving her, and knew it wouldn't end well if she lied.

"OK, so I did give her real punches and kicks, and I also told her to get ready for a fight. I am the Knockouts division, and this company is nothing without me as champ, so there was no way I was gonna let her beat me. I was planning on walking out of the company with that belt."

Dixie's face suddenly began to look disgusted by Taryn's statement.

"Are you serious right now?! Taryn, this business does not work that way. You can't change the plans of a match just because you feel like you deserve it more, that is absolutely ludicrous! You put your colleague's health in danger, and that is totally unacceptable. The appropriate thing for me to do is to suspend you indefinitely without pay."

Taryn explodes in anger, and raises up from her seat." What! I get suspended without pay, and this bitch doesn't! She purposely knocked me out!"

"Watch your mouth Taryn. Mercedes has explained her actions and apologized for them, and to be completely honest, you put her in the position to do what she did in the first place."

"You know what, fuck this shit! Forget a suspension, I'll do you one better, I QUIT! Mercedes you can have that shitty ass title from this shitty company, because I'm done. I'll be expecting my last check in the mail, and it better be on time, unlike last time!"

With those words, Taryn stormed out of Dixie's office, leaving both of us speechless.

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K.S.