In 2023, she became the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion with her reign of 420 days. This would also be the longest reign of any WWE women's championship since 2006, with WWE promoting her as the longest-reigning women's champion of the modern era. This reign also broke a couple of other records within WWE, including the longest-reigning African-American world champion (male or female) and the longest-reigning African-American for any singles championship. After winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Jade Cargill in May 2024, she became the ninth WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion.
Early life
Bianca Nicole Blair was born on April 9, 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Blair attended Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she succeeded in many sports such as track.[8] She was a track and field athlete who competed in the hurdles and had what ESPN writer Sean Hurd called "a volatile six-year track career" that saw her attend three universities.[9] She first attended the University of South Carolina and then Texas A&M University, and later did not compete for a year, before going back home to Knoxville to complete her college career at the University of Tennessee, where she became All-SEC and All-American as well as being named to the SEC's academic honor roll in 2011 and 2012.[10][11][9] Blair was also a CrossFit competitor and powerlifter, having appeared in RX magazine, Femme Rouge magazine, and CrossFit.com. Blair was forced to abandon her CrossFit career due to intercostal chondritis, also known as shifting rib syndrome, which she attributed to overtraining.[9][11][12]
Professional wrestling career
WWE
NXT (2016–2020)
Blair entered her information into the WWE prospects database shortly after the premature end of her CrossFit career "more on a whim than with an actual plan", according to Hurd. Less than two weeks later, while working phone sales at a flavoring company in Atlanta,[12] she received a social media message from 20-year WWE veteran Mark Henry, who had come across Blair's profile on the CrossFit circuit,[13] saying he could get her a tryout, but emphasized she had to do the work.[9]
After two official tryouts,[8][9] Blair signed a contract with WWE on April 12, 2016, and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[2] Blair made her first appearance during an in–ring segment at an NXTlive event on June 25 as "Binky Blair", where she proclaimed to be the "EST of NXT... prettiest, baddest, strongest."[14] She made her in–ring debut on September 29, losing to Aliyah.[15] On the May 3, 2017, episode of NXT, Blair made her television debut under the ring name Bianca Belair, taking part in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, but was eliminated by Billie Kay and Peyton Royce.[16] Belair participated in the Mae Young Classic, defeating Sage Beckett in the first round,[17] but was eliminated in the second round by the eventual tournament winner Kairi Sane.[18]
On the October 23 episode of NXT, Belair lost to Rhea Ripley despite outside interference from Shirai and LeRae.[31] At WarGames, Belair and Team Baszler (NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler, Io Shirai, and NXT UK Women's ChampionKay Lee Ray) lost to Team Ripley (Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, and Tegan Nox) in the first ever women's WarGames match.[32] The following night, she participated at Survivor Series, where the three brands (Raw, SmackDown and NXT) faced each other in several matches; she was part of Team NXT, who defeated Team Raw and Team SmackDown in a 5-on-5-on-5 women's elimination match.[33] In January 2020, at Royal Rumble, Belair entered her first women's Royal Rumble match at #2, eliminating a record 8 other superstars (tied with Baszler), before she was eliminated by eventual winner Charlotte Flair after lasting 33 minutes and 20 seconds.[34] At TakeOver: Portland, Belair faced Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship in a losing effort.[35] On the February 19 episode of NXT, she competed in her final match in NXT, losing to Flair.[36]
At SummerSlam, Belair was scheduled to defend her title against Sasha Banks,[50] but during the event, it was announced that Banks could not compete.[51] She was seemingly replaced by Carmella, who was attacked by a returning Becky Lynch, who challenged Belair for the title. Belair accepted and lost the title in 26 seconds after two moves by Lynch, ending her reign at 133 days.[52] She described the loss as one of the lowest points of her career, "losing the title [in] 26 seconds in front of all of your fans."[53] At Extreme Rules, Belair defeated Lynch by disqualification due to interference by a returning Sasha Banks, thus not earning the title.[54] As part of the 2021 Draft, Belair was drafted to the Raw brand.[55] At Crown Jewel, Belair failed to regain the title in a triple threat match against Lynch and Banks.[56] On the November 1 episode of Raw, she was unable to capture the Raw Women's Championship from Lynch.[57] At Survivor Series, Belair made history by becoming the first person to overcome a four-on-one handicap to win the event's traditional five-on-five elimination match.[58]
Raw Women's Champion (2022–2023)
In January 2022, at Royal Rumble, Belair entered at #8, lasting 47 minutes before she was eliminated by Charlotte Flair.[59] At Elimination Chamber, Belair won the Elimination Chamber match to become the #1 contender for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 38, thus reigniting her feud with Lynch.[60] The rivalry between the two heightened and on the March 28 episode of Raw, Lynch appeared and attempted to cut Belair's hair with a pair of scissors in revenge for being scarred from a ponytail whip from Belair, however, she attacked Lynch with a Kiss of Death and chopped off her hair instead.[61] At night one of WrestleMania 38, Belair defeated Lynch to win the Raw Women's Championship.[62]
Belair retained her title against WWE official Sonya Deville on the April 25 episode of Raw, despite interference from Carmella and Queen Zelina.[63] Belair then retained the title against Asuka and Lynch in a triple threat match at Hell in a Cell,[64] and against Carmella at Money in the Bank.[65] On the July 11 episode of Raw, Belair lost a rematch by countout due to interference from Lynch but retained the title,[66] until defeating Carmella in another rematch the following week.[67] At SummerSlam, Belair retained the title against Lynch, and after the match, they would embrace each other, ending their feud. However, they were confronted by the returning Bayley and her new allies Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky, reigniting their feud.[68] On the August 8 episode of Raw, they challenged Belair, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka to a six-woman tag team match at Clash at the Castle, which they accepted.[69][70] At the event, they lost to Damage CTRL when Bayley pinned her.[71] At Extreme Rules, Belair retained the Raw Women's Championship against Bayley in a ladder match.[72] On October 19, Belair reached 200 days as champion, making her the longest-reigning African-American world champion in WWE history, male or female.[73] At Crown Jewel, Belair retained the title against Bayley in a Last Woman Standing match.[74] Three weeks later at Survivor Series: WarGames, Belair, Asuka, Bliss, Lynch, and Mia Yim defeated Damage CTRL (Bayley, Kai, Sky), Nikki Cross, and Rhea Ripley in a WarGames match after Lynch pinned Kai.[75] On the January 2 episode of Raw, Belair retained the title against Bliss by disqualification after Bliss attacked Belair and the referee.[76] A rematch between the two was later scheduled for the Royal Rumble,[77] where Belair retained the title against Bliss.[78] At Night 2 of WrestleMania 39, Belair retained the title against Asuka.[79]
As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Belair was drafted to the SmackDown brand along with the Raw Women's Championship.[80] At Backlash, Belair retained the title against Iyo Sky.[81] This win made Belair the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion, surpassing Becky Lynch's reign of 398 days, subsequently being the longest reign of any WWE women's championship since Trish Stratus' reign with the original WWE Women's Championship in 2006, with WWE promoting Belair as the longest-reigning women's champion of the modern era.[82] At Night of Champions, Belair lost the championship to Asuka, ending her first reign at a record-setting 420 days.[83]
At SummerSlam, Belair regained the title by defeating Asuka and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match to win her second WWE Women's Championship.[b] However, she lost the title to Iyo Sky after Sky cashed-in her Money in the Bank contract, ending Belair's second reign in 1 minute and 35 seconds. This marks the title's shortest reign in history.[84] After a two-month hiatus, Belair challenged Sky for the title at Crown Jewel[85] but was unsuccessful due to interference by a returning Kairi Sane.[86] Three weeks later at Survivor Series WarGames, Belair, Flair, Lynch and Shotzi defeated Damage CTRL (Bayley, Sky, Sane, and Asuka) in a WarGames match after Lynch pinned Bayley.[87]
Belair wrestles in a powerhouse style and is noted for her strength.[100] She uses the nickname The EST of WWE (or NXT during her time there),[8] which she describes as being "the fastest, the strongest, the quickest, the roughest and the toughest – emphasis on the "est".[9] She uses a torture rack into an argentine facebuster as her finisher, which she calls the K.O.D (Kiss of Death).[101] Belair is known for her signature ponytail, which she often uses against her opponents as a weapon.[8][12][102] She has also been known for making her own ring gear with a sewing machine.[100][103]
In late January 2020, WWE.com revealed Belair's first action figure debuting in Mattel's Basic Series 107.[112]
On August 25, 2022, Blair signed with Hollywood agency WME.[113] On December 4, Blair revealed that she would make her fitness and figure competition debut for World Beauty Fitness & Fashion (WBFF) at the Atlantic City ProAm.[114] Two days later, Blair confirmed that she won the first place at Wellness, second place at Fitness, while also receiving a WBFF pro card.[115]
Blair's father was in a band called the Blair Brothers and her brother played football.[12] Her grandfather Edward G. High was a professor and chairman of biochemistry at Meharry Medical College, her great-grandfather Edward N. Toole was the first licensed African American electrician in Durham, North Carolina, and her aunt Miranda Hunt was one of the first African Americans to integrate St. Cecilia High School in Nashville, Tennessee.[13]
On June 9, 2017, Blair announced that she was engaged to fellow professional wrestler Kenneth Crawford, better known as Montez Ford.[118] The couple married on June 23, 2018. Blair is the stepmother to Crawford's two children from a previous relationship.[119] Blair has been open about her struggles with an eating disorder, crediting a past track coach at Texas A&M University with helping her to prioritize her mental health and move onto recovery from the disorder.[12]
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