{"id":132223,"date":"2022-01-28T21:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T03:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=132223"},"modified":"2022-01-28T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T03:40:03","slug":"sasha-banks-makes-return-to-wwe-ahead-of-royal-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/01\/28\/sasha-banks-makes-return-to-wwe-ahead-of-royal-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasha Banks makes return to WWE ahead of Royal Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-777288159\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Sasha Banks is back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/01\/28\/1-28-wwe-smackdown-results-kellers-report-on-final-royal-rumble-hype-ricochet-cesaro-vs-holland-sheamus-charlotte-vs-naomi-seth-message-for-reigns\/\">WWE Smackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Banks appeared near the top of this week&#8217;s show in a segment that involved Charlotte Flair. Banks interrupted a Charlotte promo and said that she was &#8220;ready to rumble.&#8221; From there, a brawl ensued between Shotzi, Natalya, Shayna Baszler, Aliyah, and Flair. Flair cleared the ring and then Banks took her out before throwing her over the top rope.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE BOSS IS BACK!!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> @SashaBanksWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kCY08BH8mZ\">pic.twitter.com\/kCY08BH8mZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1487232442608103425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Banks has been away from WWE nursing a foot injury. 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Banks appeared near the top of this week&#8217;s show in a segment that involved Charlotte Flair. 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