Pwinsider.com reports Mercedes Varnado, aka Sasha Banks, is now in Japan in advance of the New Japan Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome event on January 4.
Banks has multiple dates lined up with NJPW as company chairman Takaaki Kidani made the move to bring in Banks because he wanted a big WWE star to come in and was willing to pay the money to make it happen.
Banks negotiated her WWE release months ago but had to wait until 2023 for the non-compete clause to expire.
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