Bianca Belair recovers “whirlwind of emotions” after winning WWE WrestleMania 37 title in main event

To close the 1st night of WrestleMania 37 last weekend, Bianca Belair made her WrestleMania debut and immediately found herself in the middle of an all-time event at the legendary event. Belair managed to overtake Sasha Banks in the main event, and won the SmackDown women’s championship in an exciting match that rocked the entire WWE Universe.

Speaking to CBS Sport on Sunday evening, the moment had not yet fully reached the new champion.

“It’s still hitting me. I’m still trying to get around myself,” Belair said. “It’s been a whirlwind of emotions since we found out. It was announced that I was going to be the main event on my birthday and it seemed like I was trying to surround myself with it. But before we could, we stood up. That’s why I felt so excited. That’s when I was the main event, Sasha Banks Then I raised my hand to be the SmackDown women’s champion, it hit me when I heard the fans and I were celebrating with my family and my husband, but I’m still trying to get it in my head.I feel like it’s a dream.I still feel very unreal, but I know it’s very real. “

The night after the incident, Belair said she spent time with her family, her husband and her friend Montez Ford, a WWE superstar. At the end of the small celebration, however, Belair wasn’t sure what to do as the new champion and the main protagonist of WrestleMania – the feeling behind the event was known only to a few performers in WWE history.

“My family came back to the hotel and I just wanted to spend time with them,” Belair said. “After I left, I didn’t really sleep last night. I was like, ‘I dominated WrestleMania. I created history when I debuted at WrestleMania. I won the title. Do I have to go to sleep? Do I eat food? I don’t know what to do right now. ‘ I didn’t know what to do with myself, I was lying in bed and I tried to understand what had happened. “

The match between Belair and Banks received a lot of critical praise for the skin product. But as important as that was, the representations that were visible before the bell rang had higher volumes. For the first time in history, two women of color performed primarily at a paid event for the WWE show, and had the main title on the line. The meaning of this, of course, was not lost on Belair.

“I was very happy with the performance,” Belair said. “I haven’t seen it yet, because I’m very critical of myself. I want to live in the moment and be happy, because I know when I look back, because I’m going to criticize and say to myself.,” You should do this. You should do that. “Although I won, I will criticize myself. I loved the match and my thing was to understand how great the moment was and what a great opportunity it was. I understood that this moment was something more than just us. … We represented women, women of color. we were representatives.I just wanted to deliver the moment and live it.

“WrestleMania itself is already a huge offering. When you’re in the WWE and anyone asks what your goals are, you say you want to go to WrestleMania. The biggest goal is the main event at WrestleMania. WrestleMania is already the only event. To be able to create history at WrestleMania – to be able to create history and the main event at WrestleMania? I don’t think there’s anything bigger than that. I think WWE is an amazing example of how women and women in the world of sports and the world of sports should be celebrated. … They always put us on a platform to show and show. “