Every single woman is amazing. Every time I get in the ring with any of them, they bring the best out of me, and they just keep making me better as champion.
I want to defend my title as much as possible and make magic with as many people as possible.
I'm a fighting champion.
Fighting Bayley after winning the title at WrestleMania was perfect. I've been very fortunate to work with her. She has contributed to so much of my success. She's made me better, and I'm going to carry that forward and carry that through.
In college I had a coach who did that for me. I was struggling so much mentally with depression, anxiety, eating disorders... and he told me: 'You have to go and talk to a doctor, you are back on track until they clear you' and he put my mental health first.
It meant everything for me to work with Bayley.
When you're in the ring with Bayley, it's different. You have this full confidence that things are always going to go well.
I was the first woman in a Hell in a Cell match that wasn't part of the Four Horsewomen, so there was a lot of pressure involved.
Getting to show up and show out in front of the fans, that means the world to me.
Every time I step out to the ring, regardless if there's something on the line, I always feel like I'm out there trying to prove something, you know.
I always focus on the stuff that I can control, and what's for me, is for me, and no one can take that away.
My actual real name is Bianca Blair.
Growing up, people always told me my name had a ring to it. People always remembered my name and so I wanted to think of something that was very similar to it. I just stuck an 'E' between the 'B' and the 'L,' made it from Bianca Blair to Bianca Belair. That's where that name came from.
I like to go out there and perform my best. I like to be the best, I like to shine, I like to be in the spotlight, so I like anything that sparkles. Anything that glitters, that's why I'm into rhinestones. Superstars wear sequins, so I wear sequins and rhinestones.
I pride myself on being an athlete and I have muscles, but at the same time I am a woman and my muscles make me empowered as a woman.
Anytime I get into the ring with Rhea Ripley, I am excited.
Rhea is special and anytime we are in the ring, I am excited.
If you know me from my NXT days, you know that I always walk around saying that I'm the strongest and I'm the toughest; that's in me.
I feel like I always have to prove myself every single time I step out.
The older that I've gotten, I now understand the power of representation.
For me, I always gravitated towards Jacqueline. I thought she was amazing in the ring, she was beautiful, she was strong, she was powerful and it really empowering to watch Jacqueline.
I'm in love with Nicki Minaj.
I would love to work with Megan Thee Stallion, City Girls, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj.
Sometimes I'm out in public and people are like 'you're a wrestler?' and they kind of ask me with a little question in their voice, like 'oh I didn't know that WWE had wrestlers like you. I'm going to start watching.'
One of my main goals, even when I first arrived in NXT/WWE, was to bring as many eyes to the product as possible and bring more eyes in the urban market, the hip-hop market.
I've been getting in the ring with the best, and I've been beating the best.
I've gotten in the ring with Sasha Banks on the highest level at WrestleMania in the main event.
When I came to NXT I didn't know anything. It's an amazing place to be and no matter how long you are there there's always gonna instill something in you that can ignite you the fire in you and help you to succeed no matter where you're at.
Physically, I'm strong, I'm fast, I'm tough, I'm rough.
I always say that one of my main goals - I look up to the Four Horsewomen. When I was in NXT, I remember just looking at the Four Horsewomen and standing in in the locker room thinking like, Wow, they used to be here in the same spot that I'm at, and now they're on Raw, and they're on SmackDown. They're doing these amazing things.
Becky Lynch, what she's accomplished inside and outside the ring. She's 'The Man' and a legend in the making.
Sasha Banks is amazing.
I feel like anytime I can get into the ring with someone like Sasha Banks, I can learn so much.
If I can get in the ring with the best, it brings the best out of me.
I'm someone who had a unique journey to get to WWE.
Your happiness is the most important thing and I say all the time that I just want to be happy.
I want to enjoy what I'm doing and don't want to be frustrated, and angry and bitter with what I'm doing.
I always try and find a purpose in what I am doing - even when it comes to wrestling... when I go into a wrestling match I'm trying to find a purpose for why I want to win. Through that, it brings happiness.
I'm very picky and very particular.
I'm not a professional sewer, so I just go to YouTube and figure it out and I experiment but that's the fun part of it. I love watching. Seeing fabric transform into my gear is just a feeling of satisfaction.
I've played almost every sport in the book and basketball was one of the sports that I played. We were state runner-up champions and state champions in basketball in high school.
I've been an athlete my whole life.
I'm always talking about how representation is such an important thing - it's not just a request, it's a requirement - it needs to happen. So, to be a part of representation and to go down in the history books as the first African-American woman to win, and the second African-American to win the Royal Rumble is an honor.
You create history within yourself. You create history within your own family. You create your own legacy. Because I create history without even trying to and that's when the best parts of history are created.
I've been listening to Nicki Minaj since high school. Like, mix tape Nicki Minaj. Like, the mix tape, you know, 2006/2007. Huge fan of her.
When I ran track, I couldn't see myself doing anything other than running track. Now I'm in wrestling, and I can't see myself doing anything other than wrestling, because I've completely fallen in love with what I do in this business.
Halloween is my husband's favorite holiday. That is his absolute favorite holiday. He loves Halloween. I'm not gonna say I don't like it, I just don't like being scared.
I wanted to be an Olympian.
I've been running track since I was five. I could name down every single Olympian that ran hurdles.