“The Boss” Sasha Banks has been ruled out of the second season of Mixed Match Challenge following an injury. The WWE announced Mickie James as the replacement to team up with Bobby Lashley for the tournament.
Cathy Kelly made the announcement through a video on WWE’s official Twitter feed. You can watch the video right below:
BREAKING NEWS: Due to injury, @SashaBanksWWE must step down from @WWE Mixed Match Challenge Season 2. @MickieJames will team with @fightbobby in her place. #WWEMMC pic.twitter.com/cS2TCe2JBR
— WWE (@WWE) September 21, 2018
The extent and the cause of the injury to Banks are yet to be revealed. Banks recently wrestled on the September 3 episode of RAW, where she teamed up with Bayley, Ember Moon and Natalya against Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, Alicia Fox, and Alexa Bliss.