Sasha Banks holds up her Raw Women’s Championship on an episode of ‘Monday Night Raw.’ (WWE.com)
WWE superstar Sasha Banks is married to fellow professional wrestler Sarath Ton, also known as Kid Mikaze.
Banks, whose real name is Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado, is quite private about her marriage. In fact, although her wedding took place in August 2016, she did not technically publicly announce her marriage until March 2017.
Here’s what you need to know about Sasha Banks and her relationship with her husband, Sarath Ton.
1. He is a Wrestler Who Has Performed on the Independent Circuit
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As is the case with many WWE employees, Sasha Banks’ husband is a fellow professional wrestler.
Sarath Ton has performed on the independent circuit under the name Mikaze and/or Kid Mikaze. With Chaotic Wrestling, an independent promotion based in Massachusetts, he has held the Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship, the Chaotic Wrestling New England Championship, and the Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship.
In addition, Ton has performed with Premier Wrestling Federation. With them, he has held the PWF Mayhem Junior Heavyweight Championship and the PWF Northeast Tag Team Championship.
Ton has wrestled on the WWE’s NXT brand under the name Rutherford Hayes.
2. He Works for the WWE as a Costume Designer
These days, Sarath Ton is employed with the WWE as a costume designer.
He has designed the iconic costumes of many female WWE superstars including Paige and Summer Rae. In addition, he has designed Sasha Banks’ gear throughout her entire WWE career.
“Probably the most lasting relationship I made because of my work is Sasha Banks,” Ton said in a documentary, according to Uproxx. “I’ve been making her gear since she first started [wrestling]. Literally, just when I first met her, I knew she needed gear. I let her know like, ‘Hey, I got you.’ It’s been working out ever since, obviously.”
In an interview with The Miami Herald, Sasha Banks said that she always wanted her in-ring look to be different and to be very loud, but it was Ton who really worked out the details.
“Most recently I haven’t been able to pick out what colors I wanted or scheme,” Banks said. “I just had him do it, because now he knows what I want. He envisions it. I just tell him, ‘I want to look the best, the greatest. Just do your thing,’ and he always makes me look amazing.”
Mikaze had a brief cameo on a January episode of Monday Night Raw, interacting with The New Day backstage. He has also appeared in a number of episodes of Up Up Down Down, a video game show on YouTube hosted by Xavier Woods.
3. They Love to Engage in Rap Battles
One of the very few details that is known about the relationship between Sasha Banks and Sarath Ton was revealed when Banks was interviewed on the WWE Network’s Unfiltered With Renee Young.
In the episode, Sasha Banks says that she loves to engage in rap battles with her boyfriend, although she did not specifically mention Sarath by name in that interview.
4. They Were Married in August 2016
Sasha Banks and Sarath Ton were married in August 2016.
The two were very private about the event at the time. In fact, fans only found out about it because a photo of the wedding was posted online, but it wasn’t posted by Banks or Ton, who were completely silent about the wedding on their social media pages.
The wedding took place the same week that Lana and Rusev were married, but dozens upon dozens of photos from that wedding were shared by WWE employees on social media and on Snapchat, whereas only one single photo from Sasha Banks’ wedding has ever been seen.
5. Sasha Says That Mikaze Receives Constant Hate on Social Media
In a recent interview with Afterbuzz TV, Sasha Banks revealed the reason why she is so private about her relationship with Sarath Ton.
This interview was the technically the first time Banks has ever publicly confirmed that she and Mikaze are married, and she said that this is because fans can be so crazy sometimes and that they constantly send her husband hate on social media.
“I just hide it because our fans are so crazy sometimes, you know?” she said. “…I see what they write to him on Twitter, and I don’t like that stuff. If you’re saying he’s ugly, or he shouldn’t be with me because of this or that, that hurts me.”
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Sarath Ton, Sasha Banks’ Husband: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know