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Ranked Bayley No. 1 of the top 100 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2020 [74] Ranked Sasha Banks No. 5 of the top 100 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 100 in 2020 [74] Tag Team of the Year (2020) [75] Sports Illustrated. Ranked together as No. 8 of the top 10 women's wrestlers of 2019 [76] WWE
On the September 2 episode of Raw, Bayley helped Sasha Banks attack Becky Lynch with a steel chair, turning heel for the first time in her career. [132] The following night on SmackDown Live, Bayley justified her attacking on Lynch, explaining that she was only helping Banks because of their friendship. [133]
In the end, Bayley struck Asuka with a chair, thus Asuka won by disqualification, however, Bayley retained the title. Following the match, Bayley's former tag team partner Sasha Banks (who Bayley had turned on [23] and attacked over the past few weeks [23] [25]) appeared and attacked Bayley with a steel chair. [32]
In October 2014, Bayley's friend Becky Lynch turned on her to join Sasha Banks, so Bayley again allied with Charlotte to feud against Banks and Lynch. [33] An attack by Banks and Lynch caused a storyline knee injury for Bayley in November, [34] while Charlotte beat Banks at TakeOver: R Evolution to retain her title in December 2014. [35]
In the main event, Bayley defeated Sasha Banks in a 30-minute Iron Man match to retain the NXT Women's Championship, in what was the first women's match to headline a major WWE event, the first time in WWE history that a women's match had this stipulation, and the longest women's match in WWE history at the time until Banks' match against ...
Sasha Banks faced Charlotte Flair, only for the match to end in a disqualification win for Flair after interference from SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley. Bayley and Banks proceeded to beat down Flair until Carmella made the save. [44] A tag team match took place the following week where Bayley and Banks defeated Flair and Carmella.
Bayley and Sasha Banks faced Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in a rematch for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. During the match, Banks attempted to attack Baszler, who was teetering on the ring post, with a double knee maneuver, however, Baszler avoided Banks, who injured her left knee on the post.
Though Banks is a SmackDown wrestler, she and partner Bayley could appear on any show as the Women's Tag Team Championship is shared between Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. [27] On the June 19 episode of SmackDown, Nikki Cross attacked WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Bayley and Sasha Banks, leading to a match between Cross and Banks that Cross lost. [21]