Bianca Belair: The EST of WWE

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🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Bianca Belair joins Kelley O'Hara to discuss her journey from track All-American to WWE Superstar. From a life-changing DM to headlining WrestleMania, Bianca’s story is as dramatic as it is inspiring. She talks with Kelley about her meteoric rise, her current championship reign, and what it means to have an impact in and out of the ring.

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0:00.0	The EST of WWE, that means that I'm the strongest, the bestest, the roughest, the toughest, the quickest, the greatest, the best, the EST of WWE.
0:10.6	It's anything good that ends in EST, and it's all about being the best version of yourself.
0:18.6	Bianca Belair is one of the biggest WWE superstars in sports entertainment today.
0:24.0	A former All-American hurtler in college, Bianca turned an unexpected DM into life-changing
0:29.2	opportunity when she jumped into the ring in 2016. In 2021, she became just the second African
0:35.4	American superstar after the rock to win a Royal Rumble match. Later that year, she and Sasha
0:41.3	Banks made history as the first black women to wrestle in the main event at WrestleMania.
0:46.1	And just as April, Bianca won her first Braw Women's Championship. Outside the ring, Bianca was
0:51.7	one of the top five most tweeted about female athletes of 2021. She's one of the biggest names
0:57.0	in all sports, and she's still just getting started. Bianca, welcome to the show.
1:02.8	Thank you for having me, I'm so excited.
1:05.1	I love when we do people's intros, and they get a big smile on their face, because it's just like
1:11.1	running through people's accomplishments is so cool, and you have many, and you have just,
1:16.8	kind of not just started, but it's really cool what you've accomplished so far
1:21.4	within WWE and outside of it in your track career. So I'm really excited to talk to you today.
1:26.8	Thank you for taking the time. I know you have a big match coming up this weekend. At Hell in
1:33.4	the Cell, you'll be defending your Royal Women's Championship title. This podcast will drop after
1:39.4	the match, but I want to ask you how you feeling? I'm always nervous, but I say that I've
1:48.5	been an athlete in my whole life, so I've learned to embrace the feeling of nervousness. I felt this
1:53.8	since I was five years old, that's when I started running track and doing gymnastics.
2:00.0	My daddy has been the person who's always instilled in me. He's always like, it's okay to be nervous,
2:03.6	just don't be scared. So when I feel that nervousness, I embrace it. I know that means that I care,
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