Bianca Belair had arguably the toughest moment of her professional career at SummerSlam 2021 when she lost the SmackDown Women's Championship to a returning Becky Lynch in 26 seconds.
WWE SummerSlam was headlined by John Cena challenging Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Title. Cena is no stranger to having to overcome adversity on-screen, living by the phrase, 'never give up.'
Speaking to Alex McCarthy of TalkSPORT, Belair revealed advice she got from Cena following her loss to Lynch.
“I really got to talk with John Cena a lot after the 26 seconds moment at SummerSlam. He really just gave me a lot of great advice and keep the right perspective of everything. Basically the gist of what he said was ‘moments like this you can really use to propel you. You see how much the fans really get behind you.’ For me, out of that, I was able to look at the longer picture, the bigger picture and hopefully one day it’ll come back full circle, who knows," she said. “But for me, I took it as you can use this as an opportunity to show who you are without that title. I’m still the EST of WWE and I’m still going to go out there and show out every single time I step in the ring and you really get to see who’s behind you. Ironically, I think that moment really propelled me and made me a bigger star.”
Though Belair had opportunities to regain the title in the coming months, but she could never best Becky.
Belair could earn an opportunity at the Raw Women's Championship on Saturday at WWE Elimination Chamber when she faces Doudrop, Liv Morgan, Alex Bliss, Rhea Ripley, and Nikki ASH in an elimination chamber match.
The winner will be the top contender for the Raw Women's Championship. You can view the full lineup for WWE Elimination Chamber by clicking here.
