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Bianca Belair Signs With WME Talent Agency

By John Canton • Published 28th August 2022
Bianca Belair with WWE Raw Women's Title

The WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair is a superstar that is continuing to grow outside the ring as well.

It was reported by Variety that Belair has signed with the Hollywood-based talent agency WME (William Morris Agency) which is owned by Endeavor.

The report notes that “the powerhouse Hollywood agency will work to build her business across podcasting, acting, marketing, and more.” This will be in addition to Belair continuing to work for WWE.

The 33-year-old Belair signed with WWE in 2016 after being a great track & field competitor at the University of Tennessee. Recently, Belair spoke about how she had an eating disorder in college while also attending a psychiatric hospital as well. She has overcome a lot to be where she is, which is what makes the “E.S.T.” so inspiring to others.

During her WWE career that started on NXT television in April 2017, she went on to even greater success on the WWE main roster. Belair made her debut on Raw on the April 6, 2020 episode while the pandemic was going on, so it was the Performance Center with no fans in attendance. Belair made her debut in support of The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) She has been married to fellow WWE superstar Montez Ford since 2018.

Since her debut on Raw, Belair has gone on to have a lot of success as the 2021 Women’s Royal Rumble winner which led to her main eventing WrestleMania 37 night one when she defeated Sasha Banks to win the Smackdown Women’s Champion. Earlier this year at WrestleMania 38, Belair defeated Becky Lynch to become the Raw Women’s Champion for the first time her career.

Belair tweeted about signing wth WME as well.

WWE fans can watch Belair in action this coming Saturday, September 4 at Clash at the Castle when the Raw Women’s Champion teams with Asuka & Alexa Bliss to take on Bayley, IYO SKY and Dakota Kai. It will air on Peacock and WWE Network.