24-year-old Sasha Banks has been wrestling since 2010 and signed on to the WWE in 2012. (Instagram/Sasha Banks) Sasha Banks is one of the most well-known female wrestlers in the world, and the 24-year-old began her career in the WWE just four years ago. Born in Fairfield, California, Sasha Banks started training at Chaotic Wrestling in 2008 and debuted under the name Mercedes KV in 2010.