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LAS VEGAS – Bianca Belair has put together an iconic in-ring career with WWE, but misfortune struck during her WrestleMania 41 match last year when she suffered broken fingers.
Belair returned to be the special guest referee for a match at Evolution in July for a match between Jade Cargill and Naomi. Since then, Belair had not been seen on WWE programming – until Saturday.
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Bianca Belair announces her pregnancy during WrestleMania 42: Night 1 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 18, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE)
She made a surprise appearance at WrestleMania 42 after John Cena announced that more than 50,800 were in attendance for the event. She walked down the ramp to cheers from fans who had been waiting a while for her to return to the ring.
Belair had another kind of announcement to make. She revealed to the WWE Universe that she was pregnant with her first child.
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Bianca Belair makes her entrance during WrestleMania 42: Night 1 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., on April 18, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE)
“It’s not WrestleMania without a few surprises, right? So John, I think we need to add one more to the list of contestants,” she said as she revealed her baby bump.
It will be the first child for the three-time women’s champion. She is married to fellow WWE wrestler Montez Ford. The two have been married since 2018. She is stepmother to Ford’s two children.
Belair and Ford’s child is their first together.
“This means the world to me,” she wrote in a post on Instagram.
Bianca Belair smiles during NXT at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla., on Sept. 16, 2025. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE)
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Several professional wrestlers congratulated her, including Raquel Rodriguez, Nattie Niedhart, Zelina Vega, Torrie Wilson and Blake Monroe.
