Sasha Banks set to make return to WWE TV from injury in time for WrestleMania season
Sasha Banks looks set to make her return to WWE TV tonight on SmackDown.
The Legit Boss has been out of action since before the Royal Rumble with an ankle injury, but she's also been filming scenes for the second season of Disney+'s The Mandalorian.
The 28-year-old made a stunning return to WWE after a five month hiatus the night after SummerSlam 2019 and entered into an electric feud with Becky Lynch.
However, after moving to SmackDown in the October draft, things have stagnated for the four-time Women's champion.
She's been playing a supporting role to best friend Bayley's title run on SmackDown and while many fans hope the pair my end up working together at WrestleMania, we've seen nothing thus far to suggest that will happen.
Banks returning to the fold with the Elimination Chamber on March 8 and WrestleMania just a month later is great timing, but is it long enough to insert her into a top programme?
It seems like Naomi is destined for a top spot heading into WrestleMania after returning at the Royal Rumble and Carmella has also found herself in the title picture lately.
When Banks stepped away from wrestling after WrestleMania 35, she essentially admitted she had lost her way in the business and needed time to re-evaluate.
"[Wrestling] really broke me," Banks said. "It broke my spirit and made me question my mind. It made me question who I was as a person, and the path that I was going scared me so I'm very proud in myself that I took that step to walk away from something that I love very much.
"Coming back now after having that time off means I am coming back better than I've ever been before because I know who I am and I know what I want.
"For me, it's really weird how everything in life works. I didn't have a game plan when I decided to take my leave and I didn't know it was going to happen, so to come back with a whole new outlook on life and being a different person, it's been quite incredible how these last few weeks have felt so freeing and completely different than the past five years have been."