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Bianca Belair Making Rehab Progress After Recent Surgery

By Sridhar Krishnan • Published Feb 21, 2026 15:29 EST
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Bianca Belair recently underwent surgery on her finger that has plagued her for nearly a year.

Belair competed in a 3-way title match at WrestleMania 41 against Rhea Ripley and then-Women’s World Champion Iyo Sky.

The match was hailed as one of the best ones that the 36-year-old has fought in, but the accolades came at a price.

During one of the spots, while coming off the top rope, Ripley landed directly on Belair’s hand, crushing the knuckle and the joint.

The EST went on to finish the match, as she was pinned by Sky after she hit her Over The Moonsault finisher.

After her surgery, Bianca Belair revealed that she had seen as many as five specialists as she thanked her current doctor for ‘fixing her.’

10 months post injury, 8 months of rehab, 5 Dr’s Later…And we are FINALLY here. Now I can finally start to put this behind me. Thank you so much Dr. Desai for hearing me and fixing me!

Fingers and JOINTS are complicated, frustrating, confusing, essential… if you don’t get it… consider yourself lucky and I hope you never have to find out. Maybe one day I’ll go into detail but it’s a lot. Thank you to those who have sent so much love my way and continue to.

*Graphic photo from surgery… I was going to post the video but it was a little more graphic than the photo and I didn’t want to freak out some people too badly lol*

Bianca Belair Achieves Progress During Rehabilitation

A new video has surfaced online that shows Bianca Belair attending a rehab session with a physical therapist.

The video shows her in a session attempting to bend her surgically repaired finger. As instructed, she bends her finger and keeps it bent while gutting through pain.

The caption in the video reads, “Rough Day but we are curling and bending that finger already! This makes me happy.”

As WWE continues to monitor the former Women’s Champion’s progress, there is currently no timeline provided for her in-ring return.