During a video on her YouTube channel, AEW TBS Women’s Champion & NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone (fka Sasha Banks) confirmed her divorce with WWE costume designer Sarath Ton aka Mikaze.
Mercedes revealed that she separated from Sarath in December 2020, but kept it a secret, especially from Vince McMahon, and explained why.
Here’s what she said:
“After a long, long time, I’ll be finally signing my divorce papers. And I’m excited, happy. For me I’m just ready to be free. I’m ready to be free of not being afraid.
For so long, I’ve kept this secret because of how fast life has been going and so much that has been happening in wrestling and everything. I just didn’t want the outside world to judge or say anything, especially during the time when all this was happening.
I’m getting a divorce and Sarath, my ex-husband now, we have such a great relationship and he’s such an amazing incredible guy that I’m so thankful for. He’s another person that changed and saved my life. But I’m excited to be free and to say that I’m finally getting a divorce.
We’ve been separated for a long time. We got separated at the end of December of 2020. He finally moved out in January of 2021. I was shooting The Mandalorian, plus trying everything in my power to be the main event of WrestleMania.
So of course I don’t want all of this stuff to get out because you don’t know what Vince (McMahon) is gonna do, you don’t know what he’s gonna change because Vince was very — um, I was in a storyline with Bianca (Belair), Carmella… the Sommelier (Reggie). Vince was so obsessed with me and this Sommelier that I’m like, oh my God, he wanted us to be together and all this stuff.
So me and Sarath just decided we’re gonna keep this a secret. A year goes by and I still don’t want to say anything and then here comes the walk out (from WWE). All this stuff happens and then we were trying to get to divorce and then our divorce lawyer took so long and now we’re finally here.”
Sasha did go on to main event WrestleMania in 2021. In the main event of WrestleMania 37 – Night 1, Sasha Banks lost the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Bianca Belair.
This was the second women’s WrestleMania main event in WWE history.
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