Bianca Belair

CTL-E-5989 · Person · other · 1989–present

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Combined Graph record U-02692 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0870 + build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5989. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Bianca Belair, born Bianca Blair Crawford on 9 April 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE. A former All-SEC track athlete, she signed with WWE in 2016 and rose through NXT before winning the 2021 women's Royal Rumble, entering at number three and lasting a match-record fifty-six minutes. She then defeated Sasha Banks in the main event of WrestleMania 37 to win the SmackDown Women's Championship, a landmark first WrestleMania headline meeting between two African American women. Her later 420-day reign as Raw Women's Champion is the longest in that championship's history, and tag team title wins with Jade Cargill made her a WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion. Belair has not wrestled since injuring her finger at WrestleMania 41 in 2025. She underwent surgery in February 2026, announced her pregnancy at WrestleMania 42, and remained on maternity leave in October 2026 with no return date set.

The record

• Also known as: Bianca Blair, Bianca Crawford, Bianca Blair Crawford, Bianca Nicole Blair, The EST of WWE
• Role(s): professional wrestler
• Known for: Former track athlete; headlined WrestleMania 37 with Sasha Banks; 'EST of WWE'

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Bianca Belair entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5989 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1153 (Wrestlers list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African American identity documented in the record of her 2021 Royal Rumble win (second African American winner, after The Rock) and the first WrestleMania headline between two African American women (WWE.com; Wikipedia). Vital status: LIVING — listed on maternity leave in Fightful's October 2026 injury report, with no planned return date reported in October 2026 after finger surgery and her WrestleMania 42 pregnancy announcement. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Women's singles championships 3 reigns in total (SmackDown Women's 1; Raw/WWE Women's 2); longest Raw Women's Championship reign at 420 days; 2021 women's Royal Rumble winner; WWE Women's Tag Team Championship 2 reigns with Jade Cargill; WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion (WWE.com; Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-16). MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate on record; no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5989-bianca-belair.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• WWE — affiliated with
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Sources

• WWE.com, "Bianca Belair" official superstar bio — Knoxville hometown; career highlights listed as WWE Women's Champion, Raw Women's Champion, SmackDown Women's Champion, 2021 Royal Rumble winner and WWE Women's Tag Team Champion; former All-SEC and All-American track athlete; defeated Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 37 — https://www.wwe.com/superstars/bianca-belair?page=1 (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Bianca Belair" — born Bianca Nicole Crawford (née Blair), 9 April 1989, Knoxville; signed 2016; 2021 Royal Rumble winner, second African American to win a Royal Rumble; 420-day Raw Women's Championship reign, the longest in that title's history; Women's Tag Team titles with Jade Cargill and Triple Crown status — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianca_Belair (build store)
• Fightful, "WWE, AEW, TNA, NJPW Injury Updates & Return Dates" (updated October 2026) — Belair listed on SmackDown under Maternity Leave — https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wwe-impact-njpw-roh-injury-report-expected-returns-more/ (build store)
• Cultaholic, "No Planned Return Date For Bianca Belair Amid Injury Absence" (October 2026) — no return date after broken fingers at WrestleMania 41; guest referee appearance at Evolution in July 2025 during absence — https://cultaholic.com/posts/no-planned-return-date-for-bianca-belair-amid-injury-absence (build store)
• https://www.wwe.com/superstars/bianca-belair (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Former All-SEC and All-American track athlete; 'The EST of WWE'; won the 2021 Royal Rumble and main-evented WrestleMania 37, defeating Sasha Banks to capture the SmackDown Women's Championship — per WWE.com's official biography (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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