Bianca Belair

Bianca Blair Crawford (born Bianca Nicole Blair; April 9, 1989) is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bianca Belair. She is a three-time women's singles champion, winning the SmackDown Women's Championship once and the (Raw) Women's Championship^[a] twice. Her 420-day reign as Raw Women's Champion is the longest in the championship's history,^[b] while her second reign is the shortest at 1 minute and 35 seconds. She also won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship twice and the women's Royal Rumble match in 2021. Belair and Sasha Banks then became the first black women to be in the last match of WWE's biggest yearly event, WrestleMania. On the first night of WrestleMania 37, Belair defeated Banks to win the SmackDown Women's Championship.^[6]

Bianca Belair
Belair in 2023
Birth name	Bianca Nicole Blair[1][2]
Born	(1989-04-09) April 9, 1989 (age 36)[1] Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)	Montez Ford ​ (m. 2018)​
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Bianca Belair[3] Bianca Blair[4] Binky Blair[5]
Billed height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[3]
Billed from	Knoxville, Tennessee[3]
Trained by	Sara Del Rey[4] WWE Performance Center[2]
Debut	September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)[4]

Blair also is a Fitness and figure competitor.^[7] She is married to Kenneth Crawford, another WWE wrestler, better known by his ring name Montez Ford.^[8]

Championships and accomplishments

Fitness and figure competition

• World Beauty Fitness & Fashion
  • 1st place (Wellness Class; 2022)
  • 2nd place (Fitness Class; 2022)

Professional wrestling

• ESPN
  • Female wrestler of the year (2022)^[9]
• ESPY Awards
  • Best WWE Moment (2021) – Belair and Sasha Banks make history as the first Black women to main event WrestleMania^[10]
• New York Post
  • Female Wrestler of the Year (2022)^[11]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Woman of the Year (2022)
  • Ranked No. 1 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2021^[12]
• Slam Wrestling Awards
  • Best WWE Female (2022)^[13]
• Sports Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 9 in the top 10 women's wrestlers in 2018^[14]
  • Ranked No. 3 in the top 10 wrestlers in 2021 and 2022^[15][16]
• WWE
  • WWE Women's Championship (2 times)^[a][17]
  • WWE SmackDown Women's Championship (1 time)^[18]
  • WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jade Cargill and Naomi^[c][20]
  • Women's Royal Rumble (2021)^[21]
  • Bumpy Award (1 time)
    • Best Match of the Half-Year (2021) – vs. Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 37^[22]

Foototes

1. Belair's first reign happened when the title was exclusive to Raw and was called "WWE Raw Women's Championship". Her second reign happened after it became exclusive to SmackDown and was renamed to "WWE Women's Championship" in June 2023.
2. She also has the longest reign of any female WWE championship since 2006, with WWE calling her the longest-reigning women's champion of the modern era. This reign would break a couple of other records , including the longest-reigning black world champion (male or female) and the longest-reigning African American for any singles championship.
3. After Cargill got injured during their second reign, Belair chose Naomi as Cargill's replacement on the December 20, 2024, episode of SmackDown.^[19]