WWE Superstars Rally Around Bianca Belair Following Racist Abuse

May 2024 ยท 3 minute read

Bianca Belair makes history today as she officially becomes the first black woman to grace the cover of a WWE video game. WWE 2K24 releases on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC today, Belair and Rhea Ripley sharing the cover of its Deluxe Edition which has technically been available since Tuesday thanks to early access. Unfortunately, a vocal minority of people who claim to be fans have marred the milestone for Belair by sullying the replies to a WWE 2K Instagram post with racist comments.

Support For Bianca Belair

Unclear why racist fans have picked this post in particular to target Belair, although unfortunately, this almost certainly won't have been the only time Belair and other black wrestlers have been subjected to this sort of abuse. Thankfully, not only have the offending comments either been deleted or been pushed down the thread by more positive messages, but wrestlers from WWE and elsewhere have been sharing their support for The EST.

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Big E appears to have been among the first to share his support for Belair. Not mentioning Belair by name, E highlighted the barrage of racism and misogyny black women in wrestling have to endure from so-called fans on a daily basis. Zelina Vega shared two tweets demonstrating her support for Belair, also questioning whether the people who posted the racist comments are fans at all and quite rightly letting them know they should be ashamed and embarrassed by their actions.

Beyond WWE

The support for Belair extends beyond WWE. AEW's Keith Lee reposted Big E's message, adding that the New Day man's comments are true across multiple industries, not just wrestling. Lee's wife and current WWE Superstar Mia Yim also shared her support for Belair, posting the former Women's Champion's name between two blue hearts. The support for Belair will likely continue to pour in over the weekend, and hopefully it will drown out the disgusting comments left on WWE 2K's Instagram post.

Baffling that in 2024, we live in a world where this sort of thing still happens. Belair is unquestionably one of the best and most valuable talents on the WWE roster right now, regardless of her gender or the color of her skin. We here at TheSportster hope she hasn't been too negatively impacted by the comments and that Belair realizes those who love her and her work far outweigh the narrow-minded minority who are only interested in spewing hate.

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