During Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown, viewers may have noticed a pretty clear sign in the crowd that read "Sasha Krew 4 Life."However, in a rather surprising turn of events, it has been spotted by @Fightful on Twitter that the WWE digitally edited the image to turn the sign blank on their image gallery of highlights from the night's show.The sign, initially seen in the background of Raquel Gonzalez celebrating her victory over Shayna Baszler, is most likely a reference to the ongoing dispute between Sasha Banks, her tag partner Naomi, and the WWE.Prior to an episode of Raw on May 16, Banks and Naomi dramatically walked out on the franchise, reportedly leaving their Women’s Tag Team Titles on John Laurinaitis’ desk. The tag team champions’ discontent arose following unhappiness with the creative plans prospected for themselves and feeling not respected enough as a tag team and even feeling unsafe when entering the ring against other opponents.Following the controversial walkout, the WWE has taken an extremely uncompromising and antagonistic approach to fan out popular Banks and Naomi, swiftly removing all their merchandise from the WWE shop and Facebook pages. The franchise also confirmed that the pair had been suspended without pay and have been stripped of their Women’s Tag Team Championship Titles.

The sign showing loyalty to the former Grand Slam Champion Banks was held aloft on the same day that it was reported in the media that the WWE have released her. The groundbreaking news incited passionate reactions from fans criticising Vince McMahon, claiming Banks and Naomi as the future of the sport, and even calling for McMahon’s release instead.

Despite no confirmation by the wrestling franchise of Banks’ release, or whether it was a requested release by Banks herself, fans can read into signs such as Naomi removing all references to WWE from her Twitter bio as to the seriousness of the dispute between the former tag team champions and the franchise.

The WWE is seen to be making a major mistake in letting Banks and Naomi go, and the manner in which the franchise are handling the controversy has been further damaging to its reputation.