Bianca Belair insists working with Ronda Rousey 'never came up' and reveals the two WWE stars she's been asking to face... as the EST details how the company decided she should team with Jade Cargill

Bianca Belair is perhaps the biggest star WWE has ever created out of the performance center and certainly since the rise of the Four Horsewomen.

This weekend at Clash at the Castle, Belair stand alongside perhaps the next WWE megastar, Jade Cargill, as the pair defend their tag team titles in a triple-threat match.

Although, Belair might not have much sleep the night before thanks to Cargill's travel woes. 

'Lost her luggage! Hopefully her gear wasn't in that... Listen, I might still be trying to make my gear so we might be running into some issues [laughs].'

 Even before Cargill arrived in WWE, while she was bursting onto the scene in AEW fans were talking about the parallels between two, strong, assertive, physically impressive women and dreaming of them colliding.

Once Cargill arrived at the Royal Rumble this year, those ideas became reality. But instead of immediately pitting them against each other, instead they joined forces and have been dominating ever since.

Now the pair enter Clash at the Castle as the Women's Tag Team champions and have seemingly only just scratched the surface of what they're capable of. 

Belair told Mail Sport in Scotland that great thought went into how these would get off to the races in WWE. 

'There was definitely a lot of conversation about how do we start this? It was a lot of rumblings of a dream match between Jade and I, but on the other hand, it was a thought of, why don't we start that together? 

'Everyone wants us to go at it, but we'll get there one day. Maybe not? At this point we're the tag team champions and I'm like who is going to take it off of us? I really thought that collectively it was more powerful and impactful for us to start together,' Belair insisted.

'Starting with the Royal Rumble and us being in the ring doing military presses, not touching each other or saying anything and it was over six million views in a couple of hours. 

'So we just saw how it was automatically magic us both being in the ring and obviously representation is so important and what's better than one? It's two! It's so much more impactful and I really think we're going to take this tag division to a whole new level and we're going to highlight division. 

'WWE has the best women's division in the world and this women's tag division showcases that,' Belair enthused.

 Normally when two powerful personalities collide or rivals for a similar spot cross paths, it can lead to tension backstage and strained relationships. Certainly decades ago, anyway.

Was there any worry about that for Belair when Cargill entered the company? Quite the opposite. 

'I think that we both have the same goal and we are both headstrong. Very bold and empowering women, we're all about that. 

'I think we have the same goal and we represent the same thing; being strong, being bold and embracing our femininity at the same time as our strength so the chemistry was there.'

One match that passed Belair by in her WWE run was working with Ronda Rousey, a now former employee with less than stellar things to say about WWE.

However, Belair insists the idea of working with Rousey never came up, but she has been pushing to work with two other women. 

'[Laughs]. It never really came up! I'm not saying it wasn't something that shouldn't have happened... but it never really came up. 

'The conversation for me was more centred around Bianca Belair v Rhea Ripley match which still hasn't happened. The Bianca Belair v Charlotte Flair match where she's the last Four Horsewoman that I haven't been able to conquer yet and is somewhat known as Ms. WrestleMania, so I would love to battle it out with her. 

'That conversation [about Rousey] never really came up - it was either Ripley or Flair and I still haven't gotten those.'

Belair's husband, Montez Ford, has been excelling alongside Angelo Dawkins in the Street Profits for years, but lately they've been working in a stable alongside Bobby Lashley and B-Fab in a stable called The Pride.

Naturally, fans have wondered if the spot B-Fab has taken in that group could have been Belair's. 

'I think that was something people automatically thought,' Belair started. 'Am I going to join them, am I not? It was a possibility, but I love what they're doing now. 

'I think that B-Fab is a great asset to them. I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with it. I think they're only scratching the tip of the iceberg and I think it's going to be a fun, interesting year for them.'

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