On the July 13 episode of Raw, after weeks of being outnumbered by The Bella Twins and their ally Alicia Fox, Stephanie McMahon called for a "revolution" in the WWE Divas Division and introduced the debuting NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks as an ally to Naomi and Tamina after bringing in Charlotte and Becky Lynch to ally with Paige, leading to a brawl between the three teams. At Battleground, a triple-threat match took place with Sasha Banks representing Team B.A.D., against Charlotte of Team Paige, and Brie Bella for Team Bella in a losing effort while Charlotte picked up victory. The following night, on the July 20 episode of Raw, Naomi and Sasha Banks were victorious in a tag team match against Paige and Becky Lynch. The three teams would ultimately face off at SummerSlam in a three team elimination match, where Team B.A.D. were the first team to be eliminated courtesy of Team Bella when Tamina was pinned by Brie, and PCB would win the match.
After defeating the WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella by submission in a non–title match on the August 17 episode of Raw, Banks participated in the first ever Divas number one contender's beat the clock challenge, in which she fought Paige to a time limit draw and Charlotte was named the number one contender. Following this, Banks began a short rivalry with Paige and defeated her twice on the September 7 and 14 episodes of Raw, and fought to a no–contest on the September 10 episode of SmackDown.
Although she lost in a fatal four–way number one contender's match for Charlotte's Divas Championship in November, Banks started a winning streak, defeating the likes of Brie Bella Alicia Fox, and Becky Lynch, whom she again defeated on the TLC kickoff show on December 13.
On the February 1 episode of Raw, Banks announced that she would pursuing singles competition, leaving the group. Naomi and Tamina declared that there were no hard feelings. During her match with Becky Lynch, however, the duo attacked Banks until she was saved by Lynch. On the February 8 episode of Raw, Tamina defeated Lynch, while Naomi was beating Banks outside the ring. A Fastlane match between the two teams was later announced.