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Bianca Belair reflects on becoming SmackDown Women’s Champion while thanking Sasha Banks

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“Imagine this rookie being the one to end Sasha Banks’s reign as SmackDown Women’s Champion. And I did it. I did it. I did it and it’s just an amazing feeling. I just knew I had to give it my all. Sasha Banks is amazing and I can’t thank her enough.” – Bianca

In her first-ever singles match at WrestleMania. In the main event. Bianca Belair defeated The Blueprint Sasha Banks to win her first gold in WWE, the SmackDown Women’s Championship.

It was a history-making moment that people will remember for a lifetime. Tears were shed and emotions were high. As the opening bell rang it already pulled in each and every fan at Raymond James Stadium and those at home.

Belair took part in a Watch Along moment after her gigantic win to send many thanks, how it felt to be back in front of a live crowd and wanting a rematch against Banks.

“That first moment, I felt like we just felt the moment. Hearing the fans for the first time in over a year. Hearing EST and Boss, we just wanted to stay in that moment because it was an amazing opportunity to main event WrestleMania. We were creating history and we wanted that image to be in the world. Just standing there, that was honestly one of my favorite parts of the match. Just taking my time and soaking it all in. That’s what this was all about. That moment, in the beginning, that’s what I’m going to remember for the rest of my life. That feeling, making people feel something. What we do, we do to put smiles on fans faces. The fans put a smile on our faces in that moment. My heart was so full of love and joy and my mind is just so blown. I’m just so full of joy. I’m blessed.”

Belair was asked how the support from fans and the drive from her husband, family, and faith keeps her going.

“What I can say is winning this title means so much to me, but when it’s not just about me and I feel like everyone feels like they’re part of it, this is what this is about. And my purpose is to inspiring people, and touching people, and connecting with people because that’s what lasts. Your time, it can come and it can go and it can come back but the way you connect with people in the way you inspire people, you know my role models inspired me I’m here because of them.”

Belair’s time on the main roster has been short. Just a year now. However, in that year she has done a lot without a live audience and without her family being able to see her in person. Her debut was done without a live crowd, her Royal Rumble win was done without a live crowd, now finally her family and fans were able to see her in person and achieve such a beautiful moment.

Even her opponent who she has given an immense amount of praise to was trying to fight back smiles after her loss.

Other Superstars took to social media as well to praise both women in the main event and to congratulate Belair on her win. Talent from not only WWE but throughout the industry has said many positive messages surrounding what we witnessed last night.

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1381097813967134721?s=20
https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/1381089939778105347?s=20
https://twitter.com/SwoleWorld/status/1381101799592099841?s=20

Bianca has already said she is ready for a rematch against Sasha Banks to further cement that she is indeed the EST of WWE.

A huge congratulations once again from Diva Dirt to Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks for delivering such an amazing moment. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!

Bianca Belair defeats Sasha Banks in historic main event at WrestleMania 37

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At WrestleMania 37, Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair made history as the first-ever African-American women to headline the “Show of Shows”. Emotions were running high as the bell rang, and the superstars got the main event underway. The match started with both wrestlers feeling each other out. Belair using her power and strength, while Banks … Read more

WrestleMania 37 Night 1 Discussion Post: 04.10.21

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WrestleMania 37 is here, and the first night of the two-day extravaganza features a history-making main event. WWE announced that Sasha Banks vs Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship will officially headline Night One of WrestleMania. The main event match makes history for several reasons. Firstly it is the first women’s singles match to close the … Read more

Carmella & Billie Kay added to Tag Team Turmoil match and the final push for WrestleMania

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The resume and headshot must have worked as Carmella has now accepted Billie Kay as her tag team partner. They have officially been added to the Tag Team Turmoil match at WrestleMania which will take place on Night One this Saturday.

After a match between one-half the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Tamina which ended in a disqualification, The Riott Squad was about to be interviewed backstage as Billie Kay showed up. Liv Morgan asked her what she was doing here because she doesn’t have a tag team partner. Carmella entered and asked if there was a problem because Kay is with her.

Ruby Riott says she and Morgan are laser-focused on the Tag Team Turmoil match set for this weekend. Riott says that she and Morgan are more in sync than ever after they got rid of their “sidekick” (Kay). Carmella says that if she wanted a lesson on friendship then she would watch an after-school special. The tag titles she says are hers, well ours.

Then entered Mandy Rose/Dana Brooke and Naomi/Lana. The four teams start brawling in the back before Natalya and Tamina show up to deliver more pain to their opponents. Natalya and Tamina leave as the last team standing yet again as they walk away from the rest of the women laid out on the ground.

Carmella and Kay being added to this match had a bit of confusion surrounding it from earlier this week when the Tag Team Turmoil match was first announced. Originally scheduled as just four teams, the WWE WrestleMania Twitter account mistakenly added Carmella and Kay to the graphic. The post was then deleted shortly thereafter.

Who will end up winning the Tag Team Turmoil match and go on to face the champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler for the tag titles on Night Two?

Before SmackDown aired, it was announced on social media that the SmackDown Women’s Championship will be decided in the main event of Night One of Mania. Tonight’s episode of SmackDown was taped which was prior to them learning they will be the main event. Both the champion Sasha Banks and the challenger Bianca Belair had backstage interviews that were aired on tonight’s show. Both can be viewed below.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for further news, rumors, and results for this weekend’s WrestleMania.

Banks vs. Belair officially announced as the Main Event for Night One of WrestleMania

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It’s official, Sasha Banks will be defending her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Bianca Belair in the main event of Night One at WrestleMania. As of Monday’s RAW, it was believed that the women would not get the main event spot but as of yesterday speculation started to stir. First, there was Banks who started getting … Read more

Becky Lynch shares cryptic Instagram post ahead of rumored WrestleMania return

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Earlier today it was reported that Becky Lynch could be making a WWE return over WrestleMania weekend. It had been said that the former RAW Women’s Champion could be making an appearance at the event this weekend at Raymond James Stadium in a possible segment with Bayley. Lynch has added even more fuel to the … Read more

Sasha Banks gets emotional over headlining WrestleMania – “This is crazy because it’s bigger than me” *UPDATE*

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UPDATE: Stephanie McMahon confirmed earlier today on the Bill Simmons podcast that Banks vs. Belair would be headlining Night One. Furthermore, WWE has just posted that the WWE Championship match between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre will be first on Night One. SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks and her WrestleMania challenger Bianca Belair will be … Read more

WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal was reportedly planned and nixed for the current Tag Team Turmoil

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A new report from WrestleVotes has come out in regards to former plans that included having a Women’s Battle Royal at WrestleMania. Fans have been buzzing on there not being one especially since the men are getting the Andre the Giant Battle Royal on this week’s SmackDown. Last year, because of the pandemic, both were … Read more

Tag Team Turmoil match made official for Night One of WrestleMania; Winners get title match on Night Two *Updated*

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Update: WWE WrestleMania’s Twitter account has removed the tweet that included Carmella and Billie Kay in this match. It is not known at this time if they will be involved. We will keep you updated on this. The speculation for the past week is true, a multi-tag team match will be taking place on Night … Read more

Paul Heyman motivates Natalya & Tamina on Talking Smack to get a WrestleMania match

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Natalya & Tamina were guests on this weekend’s Talking Smack. During this, Natalya cut a promo stating she is tired of being a doormat and tired of being the nice one or the politically correct one.

Natalya says, “We are that directive. We are the directive. Is that good enough for you Kayla [Braxton], was that a good enough answer? Was that politically correct enough for you? Am I being sweet enough, kind enough, awesome enough? Am I pretty enough? Am I enough for you anymore? Or should I knock on Vince’s door and ask him what the hell he wants from me? Because I am tired of being a good girl. Being a good girl, being a doormat, got me nowhere, and doormats get walked on. Bitch. Did I answer your question?”

As of the time of this writing, there is no tag team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships for the big two-night event coming in less than a week. This is obviously going to change with the melee of tag teams we saw get into it on Friday Night SmackDown.

This added to the rumor that the first night of Mania will see a number one contender tag team match between multiple teams. The winner of that match will face the champions, Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler, on Night Two.

Natalya defeated Baszler in mere seconds on last Friday’s SmackDown and then after the tag teams were done battling it was Natalya & Tamina as the last one’s standing as the champions retreated up the ramp.

After Natalya’s response to Braxton, the Talking Smack host tried to calm her down by explaining she can see how passionate she is. This is where Paul Heyman stepped in.

Heyman says, “You know I love you right?” Natalya responds with, “I hope.” He continues, “If I haven’t proven to you over the years, with all the support that I’ve given you. With the 3 A.M. text messages back and forth, I love you. I love you as if you were my own sister. I’m gonna tell you something from the bottom of my heart, cut the shit, please. Come on. Stop bitching and moaning and complaining and kvetching about not being in WrestleMania and do something about it. And if knocking on Vince McMahon’s door, or kicking down Vince McMahon’s door, or stretching Vince McMahon down on the ground doesn’t get the job done then smack around every single person on the female roster until there’s no roster left and the [you will be] only females left to be on WrestleMania to represent a female empowerment movement. Just eliminate all the competition that stops you from being on WrestleMania and there shouldn’t be competition for the two of you being on WrestleMania because you have earned your spot on WrestleMania for years, and years, and years and it’s not like you just fell off a cliff. You deserve it and you’ve earned it now.”

He continues by adding in the legacy of both Natalya and Tamina as a motivator to get them to do what they need to do to get on the WrestleMania card and to the thop of the division.

“If your father [Natalya’s] saw you this way he would pull the hair off his chin and the chin off his face and if your grandfather saw what you were doing he’d beat the crap out of your father for raising you this way. And I won’t even say what your father [Tamina’s] would do if he saw you this way. Do something about it, damn it. Stop bitching, moaning, and complaining. You wanna be on WrestleMania, get your asses on WrestleMania. Impose your will as you’ve done for years. That’s what your family and her family has always been about. You’re a member of the Hart family. You’re a member of a dynasty. If they left you off WrestleMania wrongfully, get your asses on WrestleMania. Okay?”

Tamina then gets in the face of Heyman and responds with, “O-Kay.”

What did you think of this segment on Talking Smack? Check back in with Diva Dirt as we continue to provide coverage for WrestleMania which will take place on April 10 and April 11.

Carmella wants there to be more women represented at WrestleMania

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Carmella, who herself hasn’t been in a match since the Royal Rumble over two months ago, wants more women to be represented at WrestleMania. And we agree with her. Although she has not been in a match she has recently been seen firing her sommelier Reginald and has made comments in Network Exclusives pondering someone … Read more

Reported plans for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania

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In a recent report from PWInsider, the plan as of now is to have two additional matches added to WrestleMania. They have confirmed with multiple sources that both matches will surround the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. Yesterday, the material was taped for next week’s RAW to set up for these matches. First, on night … Read more

WWE’s preposterous booking of the women’s division continues leading into WrestleMania

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As we approach the end to Women’s History Month, WWE certainly has failed to put any effort into their women’s division. With the biggest event of the year WrestleMania just around the corner, that makes it even more disheartening. Other than providing random praise of their female talent on social media throughout the month, the … Read more

Charlotte Flair originally pulled from WrestleMania due to pregnancy concerns from WWE

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Charlotte Flair hasn’t been seen on WWE television since March 8 and with WrestleMania so close many speculations of her absence surfaced. Flair’s fiance and now former WWE Superstar Andrade requested his release from the company and was granted it. This combined with Flair being removed from WrestleMania promotional posters had people buzzing. Flair confirmed … Read more

WrestleMania contract signing set for the RAW Women’s Title to take place this Monday

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It was announced yesterday on SmackDown that the RAW Women’s Title will have a contract signing on this Monday’s RAW. RAW Women’s Champion Asuka and her WrestleMania challenger Rhea Ripley will make the upcoming match official after they sign the contract for the all-important match. Ripley made her official move to the RAW roster this … Read more

Why Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair need to headline WrestleMania 37 – #MainEventBanksVsBelair

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After 2021 Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair challenged Sasha Banks to a title match at WrestleMania 37, the pair were expected to make history and headline one of the two nights at the biggest pay-per-view of the year. When Belair won the Royal Rumble match it was even said by commentary that she would be … Read more

Asuka to defend the RAW Women’s Title against Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania

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Rhea Ripley is finally on RAW and we finally have a RAW Women’s Championship match for WrestleMania. On tonight’s RAW, the RAW Women’s Champion Asuka had a non-title match against Peyton Royce. Royce had called out Asuka two weeks ago on RAW Talk and said she was tired of having her time wasted. She was … Read more

Reported update on the current status of Charlotte Flair

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Charlotte Flair hasn’t been on television for two weeks and fans have been speculating what is the current deal with the second-generation star. The Queen was removed from the WrestleMania 37 poster, and the WWE release of her fiance Andrade has only added fuel to the fire when it comes to the status of Flair … Read more

Liv Morgan wants to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania

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WrestleMania 37 is rapidly approaching and is now less than a month away. As of now, there is not a tag team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on the card. Liv Morgan of The Riott Squad would love to see that change and she wants to win the titles at the biggest … Read more

Charlotte Flair eyes up the RAW Women’s Title to challenge Asuka at WrestleMania

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On last night’s RAW, Charlotte Flair threw out the idea of challenging Asuka and her RAW Women’s Title. Prior to laying out the challenge, Flair says that when she returned from her hiatus that her thought wasn’t to be in the championship picture. In fact, she said she didn’t want to be around the RAW Women’s Title picture because Asuka has worked very hard since becoming champion.

She continues by saying that all she ever wanted was to be a good tag team partner for Asuka and show her that respect. Along the way, Lacey Evans and Charlotte’s father, Ric Flair, got in her way.

What did end up happening was they became Women’s Tag Team Champions for a little over a month. Asuka was not present on this week’s RAW as she suffered a legitimate injury last week after she lost a tooth from a kick to the face by Shayna Baszler.

Flair acknowledges that the SmackDown Women’s Championship match is set for WrestleMania. Bianca Belair chose Sasha Banks. Where does this leave the RAW Women’s Championship for the biggest show of the year? When Asuka returns, Flair plans on issuing the challenge.

Before she could continue, the Women’s Tag Team Champions made their way out. Baszler let Flair know that this year’s road to WrestleMania isn’t what she is used to. Jax added the notion that Flair is no longer the power in the RAW Women’s division and the power has shifted. She says it will be either Baszler or more likely herself that will face Asuka at WrestleMania.

This encounter led to a match between Basler and Flair. Flair had to overcome the numbers game as Jax did everything she could to try and distract her. After the Natural Selection, Flair was able to get the win.

As for Jax, she was able to pick up a win for herself earlier in the night as she defeated Naomi via pinfall after delivering a powerbomb.

Naomi & Lana are still awaiting their shot at the tag team championships, but who will end up being the champions when they do? Jax & Baszler need to get through the team of Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez this week on NXT first. In a WWE Exclusive, the champions deliver a message for their challengers on Wednesday.

Due to Flair spending years on the SmackDown brand, she hasn’t held the RAW Women’s Championship since she dropped it to Bayley in February 2017. With WrestleMania still weeks away, there could be the option to include Rhea Ripley as she is coming soon to RAW.

Who do you think will end up facing Asuka at WrestleMania? Is it going to be a singles match or do you think we may get a Triple Threat? Leave your thoughts below.

Bianca Belair picks Sasha Banks to face at WrestleMania for the SmackDown Women’s Title

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Bianca Belair has made it official that she has chosen to go against Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women’s Title at WrestleMania. From winning the Royal Rumble match in January, Belair had an important decision to make. Which champion should she go after?

She stands front and center in the ring alongside authority figures Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville to give her answer. Belair starts by saying the choices that one makes defines who they are and her choice is clear. As she is about to make the announcement, Reginald interrupts her.

Reginald declares that Belair is special and says she is living her dreams. However, he stays strong in his stance that if she chooses to face Banks then her dreams will become a quick nightmare. Banks then enters the ring and pushes Reginald to the side after reminding him that he has been told to never speak for her.

Banks says that she isn’t just the champion but she is the standard. If Belair wants to make history and be the topic of conversation then she would choose her to face at WrestleMania. She continues saying that she doesn’t believe that Belair is the EST because she herself is the best. This would make her number one and would make Belair second best.

Belair said that she is going to make Banks eat her words on the grandest stage of them all. Confidently, she says she is going to take Banks’ title and will go on to prove that she is the b-E-S-T of WWE.

“So Sasha, [obligatory point to the WrestleMania sign] it’s on!!”

Also on this week’s SmackDown, Liv Morgan faced Tamina in a singles match. Tamina picked up the win by delivering a Samoan Drop following up by driving Morgan into the mat.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for further news on SmackDown and WrestleMania which will take place on April 10 & April 11.

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