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Sunday’s NXT TakeOver: Portland show features a six-match card, including women’s champ Rhea Ripley defending the title against Bianca Belair. Adding to the significance of that match is the possibility that, with a compelling enough encounter at TakeOver, Belair is added to the Charlotte Flair-Rhea Ripley program at WrestleMania.
Belair is a four-year NXT veteran. The 30-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee, whose real name is Bianca Blair, is one of WWE’s emerging stars. Her athleticism and charisma have long been on display in NXT, but the chance to present her work to a national audience every week on the USA Network has helped raise her profile.