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| '''Bianca Nicole Blair Crawford''' (née '''Blair'''; April 9, 1989) is an American [[professional wrestler]] and [[fitness and figure competitor]]. {{As of|2016|4|post=,}} she is signed to [[WWE]], where she performs on the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brand]] under the [[ring name]] '''Bianca Belair'''. She is currently one half of the [[WWE Women's Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]], along with [[Jade Cargill]] in their first reign. Blair is one of two women to win at a [[WrestleMania]] main event, Belair's 420-day reign as [[Raw Women's Champion]]{{efn|Now known as the Women's Championship}} stands as the longest in the championship's history. | '''Bianca Nicole Blair Crawford''' (née '''Blair'''; April 9, 1989) is an American [[professional wrestler]] and [[fitness and figure competitor]]. {{As of|2016|4|post=,}} she is signed to [[WWE]], where she performs on the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brand]] under the [[ring name]] '''Bianca Belair'''. She is currently one half of the [[WWE Women's Tag Team Championship|WWE Tag Team Champions]], along with [[Jade Cargill]] in their first reign. Belair is one of two women to win at a [[WrestleMania]] main event, Belair's 420-day reign as [[Raw Women's Champion]]{{efn|Now known as the Women's Championship}} stands as the longest in the championship's history. |
| Belair made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for WWE's [[developmental brand]] [[NXT (WWE 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 [[Dwayne Johnson|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/...ir-making-history-wrestlemania-37|title=Becky Lynch Congratulates Sasha Banks And Bianca Belair For Making History At WrestleMania 37|last=Guzzo|first=Gisberto|date=April 11, 2021|website=Fightful|access-date=April 11, 2021|quote=...they are the first Black women to headline [WrestleMania].|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...aking-history-wrestlemania-37|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, she was ranked No. 1 of the top 150 female wrestlers by ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' (''PWI'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://syndication.bleacherreport....-pwi-womens-150-rankings.amp.html|title=WWE's Bianca Belair No. 1, AEW's Britt Baker No. 4 in 2021 PWI Women's 150 Rankings|publisher=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=October 21, 2021|access-date=December 6, 2021|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021120...-womens-150-rankings.amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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. | Belair made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for WWE's [[developmental brand]] [[NXT (WWE 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 [[Dwayne Johnson|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/...ir-making-history-wrestlemania-37|title=Becky Lynch Congratulates Sasha Banks And Bianca Belair For Making History At WrestleMania 37|last=Guzzo|first=Gisberto|date=April 11, 2021|website=Fightful|access-date=April 11, 2021|quote=...they are the first Black women to headline [WrestleMania].|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...aking-history-wrestlemania-37|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, she was ranked No. 1 of the top 150 female wrestlers by ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' (''PWI'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://syndication.bleacherreport....-pwi-womens-150-rankings.amp.html|title=WWE's Bianca Belair No. 1, AEW's Britt Baker No. 4 in 2021 PWI Women's 150 Rankings|publisher=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=October 21, 2021|access-date=December 6, 2021|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021120...-womens-150-rankings.amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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. |
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