{"id":89131,"date":"2021-04-10T23:45:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T03:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=89131"},"modified":"2021-04-10T23:45:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T03:45:26","slug":"bianca-belair-wins-smackdown-womens-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/10\/bianca-belair-wins-smackdown-womens-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Bianca Belair Wins SmackDown Women&#8217;s Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the historic main event of <strong><em>WrestleMania 37 Night One<\/em><\/strong>, <strong>Bianca Belair<\/strong> defeated <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/17\/must-watch-sasha-banks-matches\/\" target=\"_self\">Sasha Banks<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to claim the <strong>SmackDown<\/strong> Women&#8217;s Championship just one year on from her main roster debut. Both women can lay claim to a milestone as they became the first two Black women to main event <em>WrestleMania<\/em>, another feather in the cap of Banks&#8217; already legendary career and one of the first of many that Belair will gain throughout her career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESTofWWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ESTofWWE<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SmackDown<\/a> Women&#39;s Champion!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BiancaBelairWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BiancaBelairWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2WhLRLQHKk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2WhLRLQHKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1381089267653480452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bianca Belair won the <strong><em>Women&#8217;s Royal Rumble<\/em><\/strong> to set up this clash which many fans were excited for after\u00a0<strong>Bayley\u00a0<\/strong>selflessly put Belair over and elevated her to the top tier of the division.\u00a0 The build for the match has been marred by the presence of the women&#8217;s tag belts and <strong>Reginald<\/strong> the sommelier, but fans nevertheless stayed interested in this clash between two incredibly charismatic women.<\/p>\n<p>Now that she&#8217;s at the top of the mountain the real challenge begins for Bianca Belair as we&#8217;re headed for\u00a0<em><strong>Money In The Bank<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>which could put a huge target on her back.\u00a0 Where she goes from here remains to be seen, although Bayley will no doubt look to avenge her loss in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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