Bianca Belair says John Cena helped her put 26-second WWE loss in perspective

Bianca Belair says John Cena helped her put what happened at SummerSlam 2021 into perspective. 

The Raw Women’s Champion was a guest on Out of Character and commented on her loss to Becky Lynch in just 26-seconds on the show and how it made her wonder if WWE still had faith in her. 

Belair said:

I’m like ‘okay, they have this faith in me and let’s run with it, let me prove, let me show that this was the right decision to make,’ and then SummerSlam happened. That just kind of like messed with me a little bit, like was I doing something wrong? I thought I was doing everything right and then we had to rebound from that.

She would continue to say that John Cena offered her some advice after the loss to Lynch. 

Sometimes when you think it can be the worst thing that’s happening and then it flourishes into this beautiful year-long storyline and it all comes full circle, and that’s what it did for me. But in the moment, it can be tough. That 26-second moment was tough for me and I remember going to my husband, and we always allow each other to vent and then we’re like ‘Okay, I’m validating your feelings but how do we get out of this? Like, we can’t stay here in this mindset, let’s look at the bigger picture.’

Then John Cena was there and he pulled me aside and he talked to me. He really helped me with my perspective of that and it’s going to carry with me for the rest of my career. 

It definitely helped and I always looked up to John Cena. John Cena is someone who is a student of the game no matter what. Even when he comes back, he’s in front of the TV backstage watching all the matches, even like at live events, he’ll go and he’ll be on the Main Event matches. He’s always watching and being a student and he’s sharing his knowledge with us. He’s a gem in this business and he gave me some gems that night. 

Nearly six months after her loss to Lynch at SummerSlam 2021, Belair won the women’s Elimination Chamber match last year in Saudi Arabia. She then went on to defeat Lynch for the Raw women’s title at WrestleMania 38. Finally, her storyline with Lynch came to a close with Belair winning their rubber match at SummerSlam 2022. 

Belair continued to talk about how her storyline with Lynch came full circle. 

I feel like it all worked out. A lot of that had to do with Becky Lynch too. She is someone who fights for women’s wrestling but she also fights for others in the locker room and she had a lot to do with bringing that full circle and making it work out the way that it did and I’ve learned so much from her. In hindsight, looking back, that was probably the best thing that could have happened to me. You can’t be Superwoman all the time, and you’ve got to overcome some odds and I was able to do that and then it turned into this beautiful storyline. 

It definitely worked out in a perfect way. 

Belair will attempt to reach the one-year mark as champion at WrestleMania 39. She will face the winner of Saturday’s women’s Elimination Chamber match on the show.