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Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she competes in their developmental territory NXT Wrestling as Sasha Banks. She is also known for her time on the Northeastern United States independent circuit.

Independent circuit (2010–2012)
On August 8, 2010, Mercedes made her debut in New England Championship Wrestling (NWCW), teaming with Ivy in a winning effort defeating the team of Ariel and Sammi Lane in a tag team match. She returned to the promotion on September 4, 2011, again teaming with Ivy defeating Mistress Belmont and Veda Scott. On September 23, KV defeated Mistress Belmont in a singles match. KV once again returned to the promotion on July 14, 2012 at the Red White and Bruised event, where she was defeated by Adrianna via count-out.

KV under the ring name Miss Mercedes, debuted for National Wrestling Alliance on November 19, 2010, where she faced Julian Starr in an losing effort. On the following two nights, Miss Mercedes defeated Sheik Ali and Nick Fahrenheit in singles matches. Miss Mercedes began to feud with The Great Cheyenne, losing to her on several occasions. On August 9, Mercedes faced Arlene in a singles match, where Mercedes emerged victorious.

Chaotic Wrestling (2010–2012)
Mercedes KV started her wrestling career in Chaotic Wrestling, where she was trained. She made her in ring debut on October 1, 2010 in an intergender tag team match, where she teamed with Nikki Roxx in a lossing effort to Alexxis and Danny E. Mercedes and Roxx quickly formed an alliance, teaming together regularly and accompanying each other to ringside. On October 22, Mercedes lost her debut singles match to Danny E., and lost a rematch to him on November 13.

On January 7, 2011, Mercedes got her first victory when she and Roxx defeated Alexxis and Mistress Belmont in a tag team match. On February 11, Mercedes took part in a five-women gauntlet match to determinate the inaugural Chaotic Wrestling Women's Champion, but was unsuccessful. She continued competing in singles matches throughout the remainder of 2011, and on December 2, Mercedes defeated Alexxis in an "I Quit" match to win the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship for the first time.

KV made her first successfully title defense against Barbie on January 6. KV faced off against Luscious Latasha with Women's Championship on the line on January 27, where KV successfully defended the title. KV successfully defended Women's Championship against Alexxis in a rematch. She successfully defended the Women's Championship twice against Nikki Roxx. On June 1, Mercedes defeated Alexxis, Barbie and Mistress Belmont in a fatal four–way match to retain the championship. Following her win, Mercedes became the longest reigning Chaotic Wrestling Women's Champion in history by breaking Alexxis's previous record of 182 days. On June 24, KV successfully defended the Women's Championship against Barbie. On July 20, Mercedes KV defeated Aida Marie to successfully retain the Women's Championship. KV faced off against Kasey Ray with Women's Championship on the line on August 17, where KV successfully defended the title. KV made her final appearance for Chaotic Wrestling on August 18, where she lost to Ivy Fit in a non-title match. On August 18, the Women's Championship was declared vacant after Mercedes signed a contract with WWE, ending her reign at 260 days.

NXT Wrestling (2012–present)
In June 2012, Kaestner-Varnado participated in a WWE tryout camp and on August 18, it was announced that she had been signed to a contract. She was sent to NXT Wrestling, WWE's developmental territory, where she used the ring name Sasha Banks. She made her television debut on WWE NXT on December 12, 2012, losing to Paige. Banks' first televised win on NXT was on the January 23, 2013 episode over defeating Alicia Fox.

Banks then entered a storyline where she would receive letters from a secret admirer, who was eventually revealed to be the villainous Audrey Marie, who returned and attacked Banks on the February 20 episode of NXT due to Marie's jealousy of Banks' success; Marie went on to defeat Banks in a match later that episode. On the March 7 episode of NXT, Banks teamed up with The Funkadactyls (Cameron and Naomi) to defeat Marie, Alicia Fox and Aksana in six-diva tag-team match. Banks' feud with Marie ended on the April 3 episode of NXT, when Banks teamed with Paige to defeat Marie and Summer Rae. On the June 19 episode of NXT, Banks competed in the NXT Women's Championship Tournament to determine the inaugural champion but lost to Summer Rae in the first round.

After weeks of influence by Summer Rae to make herself relevant, on the September 11 edition of NXT, Banks was defeated by NXT Women's Champion Paige when Paige reversed Banks' crossbody attempt. Following the match, Paige would attempt to console Banks leading to Banks attacking Paige and turning heel in the process. She wrestled her first match as a villain two weeks later on NXT, defeating Bayley with Rae in Banks' corner. Following the match, she would cut a promo with Rae, now being know as "The Boss of NXT" gimmick. Banks and Rae now know as “BFFs: Beautiful Fierce Females” faced Paige and Emma on the October 16 episode of NXT, where the BFFs emerged victorious when Rae pinned Paige. The following week on NXT, Banks defeated Emma via small package after poking Emma in the eye to capitalize on a distraction provided by Summer Rae. On the November 13 episode of NXT, The BBFs defeated Bayley and Charlotte via pin fall after Charlotte attacked Bayley allowing Banks to pin Bayley, turning Charlotte heel in the process.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * As Mercedes KV
 * Roundhouse kick
 * Wheelbarrow bulldog
 * As Sasha Banks
 * Double handcuff neckbreaker
 * Signature moves
 * Camel clutch
 * Dropkick, sometimes to an kneeling opponent
 * Forehand chop
 * Japanese arm drag
 * Headscissors takedown
 * Monkey flip
 * Multiple pinning variations
 * Roll-up
 * Small package
 * Wheelbarrow victory roll
 * Reverse chin lock with bodyscissors
 * Running high knees, to an opponent in the corner
 * Snap suplex
 * Springboard arm drag
 * Managers
 * Summer Rae
 * Nicknames
 * "The Boss of NXT"


 * Entrance themes
 * "Feelin' Me" by Kynady Lee & Jim Johnston. (November 15, 2012)
 * "Club Rave" by Jingle Punks. (December 6, 2012–January 1, 2013)
 * "Kookie Dough" (January 23, 2013–September 25, 2013)

Championships and accomplishments

 * Chaotic Wrestling
 * Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship (1 time)


 * Ring Wars Carolina
 * RWC No Limitz Championship (1 time)