Bianca Belair made her main roster debut in the WWE in a fashion that was confusing, albeit exciting. Evening the odds for The Street Profits at WrestleMania 36 as Austin Theory, Angel Garza, and Zelina Vega attacked them. After mixed results on Raw, Belair has emerged as a top force on SmackDown.
While Belair eventually made it to the main roster, it seems the COVID-19 pandemic switched around how things were supposed to go down for The EST of the WWE. Belair was a guest on Inside the Ropes and Belair revealed that her main roster debut was originally scheduled for the Raw after WrestleMania. She found this out when she was told her NXT TakeOver: Portland match would be her final one with the brand. However, plans eventually changed.
“Yeah, so when I was in NXT, I had my title match at TakeOver in Portland with Rhea, and that’s when I found out that was going to be my last TakeOver in NXT, I found out that I was going to actually be debuting the RAW after WrestleMania – which I was very, very excited about, because, you know, if you want to debut, you want to debut on the RAW after WrestleMania. It’s the biggest RAW of all time. So I was super, super-excited about that. And then it kind of switched to, ‘Well, you might be debuting at WrestleMania.’”
“So I was really on a high like ‘OK, this is all coming together and I’m going to finally get my moment.’ And then the strange year happened and I found out, ‘OK, you’re still going to debut at WrestleMania…but inside the Performance Center and it’ll be alongside The Street Profits.’”
“So much has happened. It’s been a very strange year, but I’ve had a very good year when you think about this whole entire year. It started with Royal Rumble to all the different Takeovers, to TakeOver Portland, debuted at WrestleMania alongside my husband – and being able to share that moment with him, to being drafted to RAW, to being drafted to SmackDown, to being a part of a Survivor Series team with Team SmackDown… I’ve had had a very great year. Even though it’s been kind of crazy and it’s just everything has just been thrown at last minute, you just kind of have to learn how to adapt to everything.”
Belair talking about her debuting at WrestleMania and creative plans changing also leans into the report that at one point Belair was being talked about to be inserted into the NXT Women’s Title match at WrestleMania 36. While Belair eventually made it to WrestleMania 36, her talk about her debut shows just how much has had to change in the age of COVID-19. You can watch more of the interview below.
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