Personal Info
Known For
Wrestling
Real Name
Bianca Nicole Blair
Birthday
April 9, 1989
Place of Birth
Knoxville, Tennessee
Debut Year
2016
Status
Active
Also Known As
- Bianca Belair
- Bianca Blair
- Binky Blair
Appears In
Bianca Belair
Biography
Bianca Nicole Crawford (née Blair; born April 9, 1989), better known by her ring name Bianca Belair, is an American professional wrestler and fitness and figure competitor currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand. Trained by Sara Del Rey at the WWE Performance Center, she made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for WWE's developmental brand NXT, where she competed for the NXT Women's Championship on multiple occasions.
After being drafted to SmackDown, Crawford won the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble match, becoming the second African American after The Rock to win a Royal Rumble match. She subsequently challenged for the SmackDown Women's Championship against Sasha Banks in the main event of WrestleMania 37 – Night 1, marking the first time two African Americans main-evented WWE's flagship event. That same year, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked her No. 1 among the top 150 female wrestlers in the world. Her 420-day reign as Raw Women's Champion stands as the longest in that championship's history and 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. In May 2024, she captured the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship alongside Jade Cargill, earning her the distinction of ninth WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion.
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