Bianca Belair joined the WWE main roster at WrestleMania 36 when she saved The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) from Zelina Vega, Angel Garza, and Austin Theory.
One year later, she was main eventing WrestleMania 37 and winning the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship from Mercedes Mone (Sasha Banks in WWE).
Speaking to CBS Sports' Shakiel Mahjouri was asked about being trusted with so much early.
"When I first came onto the main roster, I was thrown into things very quickly. I was winning the Royal Rumble and main eventing WrestleMania my first year I was here. I was used to being led. My first WrestleMania, I’m in the ring with a vet like Sasha, then I’m in the ring with someone like Becky Lynch, and then Bayley and Asuka. I wanted to soak up and absorb as much as I could from them. I put myself in a position to do that. I remember when I became Raw Women’s Champion, and I was like, ‘Oh, okay. I’m not in the ring with them anymore. I have to kind of lead.’ I got a little bit uncomfortable because I was so used to being safe. I felt safe with them in the ring. Not in a sense of physical, but I knew we were going to have a great match. I have great chemistry with them, they’re leading me, I’m good. The only part I was uncomfortable with was that I’m now in this new role where I’m now looked at as the vet a little bit, but I felt like I was still learning. It was a different role for me," she said.
Belair won the WWE Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 38 by defeating Lynch.
Elsewhere during the interview, Belair discussed her tag team role in 2024. You can find her full comments by clicking here.
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