(1989-04-09) April 9, 1989 (age 35)[1] Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Montez Ford
(m. 2018)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Bianca Belair[3] Bianca Blair[4] Binky Blair[5]
Billed height
5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[3]
Billed from
Knoxville, Tennessee[3]
Trained by
Sara Del Rey[4] WWE Performance Center[2]
Debut
September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)[4]
Signature
Bianca Blair Crawford (born Bianca Nicole Blair; April 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler and fitness and figure competitor. As of April 2016,[update] she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bianca Belair. One of two women to win at a WrestleMania main event, Belair's 420-day reign as Raw Women's Champion[a] stands as the longest in the championship's history.
Belair made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for WWE's developmental brand NXT, competing for the NXT Women's Championship on multiple occasions. After being drafted to SmackDown, she won the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble match, becoming the second African American after The Rock to win a Royal Rumble match. She successfully challenged for the SmackDown Women's Championship against Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 37, which marked the second time women main-evented WrestleMania, as well as the first time two African Americans main-evented WWE's flagship event.[6] In 2021, she was ranked No. 1 of the top 150 female wrestlers by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI).[7] In 2023, she became the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion with her reign of 420 days. She also has 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 would break a couple of other records within WWE, including the longest-reigning black world champion (male or female) and the longest-reigning African American for any singles championship.
^ abc"Bianca Blair – 2012–13 Track & Field / XC Roster – University of Tennessee Athletics". www.utsports.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^ ab"WWE Performance Center welcomes new class of recruits". WWE. April 12, 2016. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
^ abc"Bianca Belair". WWE. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
^ abc"Bianca Belair profile". Cagematch.net. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
^"NXT Cocoa, FL, live results: Bobby Roode makes his Florida NXT debut". June 25, 2016. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^Guzzo, Gisberto (April 11, 2021). "Becky Lynch Congratulates Sasha Banks And Bianca Belair For Making History At WrestleMania 37". Fightful. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021. ...they are the first Black women to headline [WrestleMania].
^"WWE's Bianca Belair No. 1, AEW's Britt Baker No. 4 in 2021 PWI Women's 150 Rankings". Bleacher Report. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
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winner and first entrant Rhea Ripley; Ripley and Morgan hence eclipsed BiancaBelair's record of 56:52 set at the 2021 Royal Rumble, with official times of...
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