Ariane Andrew (formerly Cameron in WWE) gives her thoughts on Naomi & Sasha Banks walking out of Monday's WWE Raw.
Andrew & Naomi were famously united as The Funkadactyls when they first entered WWE. Andrew left WWE in 2016, but did return for the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble.
Speaking to Steve Fall of SEScoops, Andrew weighed in on her former tag team partner walking out alongside Banks.
"What happened I think — I’m just gonna remove Sasha because Sasha’s done this before. Sasha’s a great athlete, let me not get this twisted cause I don’t want fans coming for me. She’s definitely deserved — like she’s a great wrestler, she’s a great character, she does what she has to do. My girl Naomi, she wouldn’t do this and I feel like she wouldn’t do this unless she had someone manipulating and telling her how to do this. Let’s best believe if I was here, coming as a Funkadactyl we wouldn’t have this happening at all," she said.
When asked if Sasha is a manipulator, Andrew replied, "Again, Sasha is Sasha. You have Snoop Dogg as your cousin. You’re a top athlete, you can do whatever the f*ck you wanna do. You can literally say what you wanna say, do what you wanna do with no repercussion. And if you’re a star athlete, I feel like she can back it up. The one thing that she can do is she can back it up. It’s not like, ‘oh she can have all these people who can back her up without having the talent to do so or the beauty.’ She’s a f*cking top f*cking b*tch, she can f*cking back it up in the ring but if you have the top agent, you have a top celebrity backing you up, a thousand percent you’re gonna have the extra boost. But someone like Naomi, where’s your extra boost?”
Regarding Banks & Naomi walking out, WWE put out a statement saying, "During the broadcast, they walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis’ office with their suitcases in hand, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk and walked out."
Banks & Naomi are still the reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, but Andrew is ready to reunite with Naomi if she needs her.
“This is where we’re at, so it’s unfortunate what happened but I’m gonna say it right here: Naomi, I’ve always been your girl, I’ve always been by your side. Do you need a tag team partner to come help you out? Cause I’m here because I got you and we ain’t gonna do this foolishness. We can still make a dream team happen, we can make history happen, and we ain’t gotta do all this stuff. Just play the game, girl. I’ll play it with you," she said.
Banks & Naomi have not publicly commented on the incident.
Fightful Select has more details on what happened regarding Banks & Naomi walking out.
