Mercedes Varnado Archives

Rather than use her company moniker at the time "Sasha Banks," Moné decided to be credited as her real name, Mercedes Varnado, playing Koska Reeves, a Mandalorian aligned with Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) in season two Getting time off to film for the show was another can of worms for her former employer, as Moné[...]

A lot of musicians play different instruments, but playing the piano is different from the drums and the guitar but it's also playing music. Mercedes Varnado in "The Collective" (2023) Image courtesy of Quiver Distribution Could you break down what it was like to work with the cast since you have such an eclectic mix of talent? Don[...]

It should be no surprise that Mandalorian sisters stick up for each other as Emily Swallow and Kate Sackhoff, who play The Armorer and Bo-Katan Kryze, respectively, came out to support Mercedes Varnado (aka Mercedes Moné & FMA as WWE's Sasha Banks) at a New Japan Pro Wrestling Resurgence event in California on May 22nd[...]

From one proud warrior to another, The Mandalorian star Katee Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze, congratulated her co-star Mercedes Varnado, who played Koska Reeves, on her latest venture at New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) Varnado, formerly known as Sasha Banks, was with WWE when filming season two of the Disney+ series Sackhoff, who originally voiced Bo-Katan[...]

Thank you, Sasha Banks… and long live Mercedes Moné! Confirming what had become one of the worst-kept secrets in professional wrestling, Mercedes Varnado made her departure from the WWE official with her debut at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 17 After a successful title defense of her IWGP Women's Championship against Tam Nakano, KAIRI was confronted (and quickly dropped)[...]

In addition, there are rumblings that Banks could be Saraya's (WWE's Paige) mystery tag team partner against Jamie Hayter & Britt Baker during the January 11th edition of TBS' AEW Dynamite. Image: WWE In a series of tweets this evening, Varnado thanked the WWE, William Regal, Triple H, the WWE Universe, her "Krew," Vince McMahon, and, finally,[...]

One of the most pleasant surprises of The Mandalorian was Mercedes Varnado (aka WWE's Sasha Banks), who played the right hand woman for Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) The multiple-time women's champion spoke to Bleacher Report while promoting her appearance for WWE's Crown Jewel about how her wrestling skills in the ring translated well to her[...]

In a conversation with The Wrap, WWE Chief Brand Officer and occasional personality Stephanie McMahon talked about how Varnado's appearance as Koska Reeves on the popular Star Wars series helped her inside the ring as Sasha Banks as the current SmackDown Women's Champion. Mercedes Varnado in Lucasfilm's THE MANDALORIAN, season two, exclusively on Disney+ © 2020[...]

All Rights Reserved. The episode begins with Mando/Din (Pedro Pascal) and Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) looking for additional help where they find Bo-Katan (Katee Sackhoff) and one of her associates Koska (Mercedes Varnado aka Sasha Banks) Naturally, they hit it off right away with the latter showing Boba what a tornado DDT off a table looks[...]

If you're like us, you left the Bryce Dallas Howard-directed "Chapter 11: The Heiress" episode of Disney+'s The Mandalorian wanting to see more of Katee Sackhoff's Bo-Katan Kryze and Simon Kassianides' Axe Woves- but it's Mercedes Varnado's (aka Sasha Banks) performance as Koska Reeves that really impressed us and has us hoping that we'll see more[...]

If you're up-to-date on Disney+'s The Mandalorian, that means you've already checked out the Bryce Dallas Howard-directed "Chapter 11: The Heiress," which formerly introduced new Mandalorians into the mythology (Katee Sackhoff's Bo-Katan Kryze, Mercedes Varnado aka Sasha Banks' Koska Reeves, and Simon Kassianides' Axe Woves)- three new characters who we already wouldn't mind seeing in their[...]

By the time the dust settled on the Bryce Dallas Howard-directed "Chapter 11: The Heiress," Disney+'s The Mandalorian had formerly introduced three new Mandalorians (Katee Sackhoff's Bo-Katan Kryze, Mercedes Varnado/WWE's Sasha Banks' Koska Reeves, and Simon Kassianides' Axe Woves) and sent the Mandalorian and The Child on a journey to the city of Calodan on[...]

The two others are Koska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado aka WWE's Sasha Banks) and Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides). The Child and the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) in Lucasfilm's THE MANDALORIAN, season two, exclusively on Disney+ © 2020 Lucasfilm Ltd & ™ All Rights Reserved. They have an initial culture clash since the trio comfortably takes off their helmets, but[...]