Bianca Belair recently appeared as a guest on the Gorilla Position podcast for an in-depth interview to promote the new WWE 2K24 video game and the upcoming WrestleMania XL two-night premium live event from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA.
During the discussion, "The EST of WWE" spoke about a potential WrestleMania match with Jade Cargill, the differences she has noticed since the start of the TKO Group Holdings era of WWE, as well as her thoughts on being on the cover of the new deluxe edition of the WWE 2K24 video game alongside WWE Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where she touches on these topics with her thoughts.
On Jade Cargill: “You saw the reaction with Jade right? You know, it was the Royal Rumble. We didn’t say anything. We didn’t do anything. We didn’t wrestle. We didn’t touch each other and the crowd was going crazy. I think the Instagram post on WWE had like 9 million views within two days. That alone just shows the type of magic that we can create by just getting in the ring, so imagine the magic that we can create whether it’s a singles or a tag. Who knows what can happen? I think just the two of us being in the ring, people are just buzzing for it and it’s magic to be made. I don’t know if that’s this year’s WrestleMania. I don’t know if it’s next year’s WrestleMania. She was in the Rumble. Now, when she gonna come back? So I’m ready for either or.”
On the differences she’s seen since the start of the new TKO Group Holdings era: “I’m super excited for the TKO. I actually got to go to New York to be a part of the whole thing. It’s exciting times. I’m seeing a lot of the girls that I was in NXT with, they’re now on the main roster in the same locker rooms together. It feels like I’m back in NXT. It’s a whole new generation of women that are coming through from NXT like the Tiffany’s and you’re starting to see more women on TV and being able to showcase themselves. It’s exciting. We’re doing more things outside of wrestling as well going into the mainstream. My husband and I have our Hulu show, WWE: Bianca & Montez. I feel like we’re kind of going outside of the wrestling bubble and we’re getting to really get more eyes on the product and show them how much wrestling has evolved. I think that we’re all just excited for the possibilities of the future right now and I’m just glad that I get to be a part of it and to see what is going to happen with it.”
On being on the cover of the WWE 2K24 video game: “I was very shocked and super excited. It’s hard to put it into words. The fact that you’re on the cover of a video game, you look at everybody else that has ever been on the cover, and to have your name in that conversation with them and be on it with Rhea Ripley as well, and for us to get to share this cover, it’s really cool. It’s representation for women. It’s representation for people of color. It’s unprecedented to have an all-female cover and to be the woman that’s doing that along with Rhea, it’s cool.”
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
