Bianca Belair talks about Triple H's impact on her life and career.
Bianca Belair never wrestled before coming to WWE. Now, she is a bonafide WrestleMania headliner and a superstar who continues to change the game and make history nearly every time she steps into the squared circle.
In some ways, Bianca Belair is the perfect example of Triple H’s initial idea for the WWE Performance Center and the blueprint for what an athlete can become in the world of WWE, even without a background in professional wrestling with the right dedication and passion.
Triple H recently announced that he will never again wrestle after suffering a cardiac event in 2021 and having a defibrillator implanted in his chest. Following this news, many in the world of wrestling came together to honor and reflect on his career and Bianca Belair shared her memories with Triple H as well. However, for Bianca, Triple H's characteristics beyond his career are what impacted her the most.
"Triple H was, in NXT, the first person to put me on the main stage and the first person to believe in me," she said on My Mom's Basement with Robbie Fox. "He's been a huge part of the development of who Bianca Belair is. He was the first person who gave me that affirmation. That, ‘This is what you are made to do and you haven't even gotten started yet.’ He's been a part of every single one of my big moments, the pictures that I've put up [on social media]. The first one’s from the Mae Young Classic. The second was when he told me, ‘You didn't get to have your “time” here in NXT because it's going to be somewhere else, it's going to be on Raw. The next picture was when I won the Royal Rumble [in 2021]. Then, the fourth picture that I posted was when I won the main event of WrestleMania."
"So he's been there from the very beginning," she continued. "I couldn't have done without what I did, and what I'm still doing, without Triple H. He’s a gem. I just really appreciate and respect all the contributions that he's given inside the ring as a performer, but also, the more impactful moments, to me, are the ones that he's done outside the ring, and that's what's really so special about him."
You can see more tributes to Triple H at this link.
Bianca will try to wrestle away the WWE Raw Women's Championship from Becky Lynch on the first night of WrestleMania 38, Saturday, April 2. Check out the full card for the event here.
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