In an interview with Inside the Ropes, Bianca Belair spoke about her move from NXT to the main roster earlier this year, which went through several changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are highlights:
On plans for her main roster debut changing: “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