Bianca Belair's Year-Long Run As Raw Women's Champion Continues At WrestleMania

Bianca Belair won the Raw Women's Title on night one of WrestleMania 38 and has held onto it ever since. That means she had been champion for one year and one day when she came up against Asuka tonight, someone who hasn't held a singles title in WWE since she lost that very same championship to Rhea Ripley almost two years ago at WrestleMania 37. It's only fitting that these were the two Superstars competing for that championship tonight.

The EST Of WWE

The build to this match was branded lackluster by a few fans, but the thing is, the build didn't need to be groundbreaking. WWE knew Belair and Asuka would deliver once they were in the ring and they did not disappoint. A great match that had to follow a brutal triple threat and it very much did that. WWE clearly has huge plans for Belair as she won the bout, keeping her 366-day and counting reign as Raw Women's Champion going.

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Another match that looked like it could have gone either way, especially as it entered the closing moments and Asuka and Belair traded submission holds and finishers. The Empress even tried to hit the champ with her mist but Belair ducked. She certainly wasn't going to tap out to the Asuka Lock, instead using her incredible strength to pick up the challenger with one arm and finally connect with her own finisher, the KOD.

Incredible Entrances

Both Superstars made entrances that included a lot of extras. However, Belair's may well have tipped WWE's hand when it came to the eventual winner of the match. A number of incredibly talented children performing a dance routine for the champ, the girl at the center of which clearly on her own path to becoming a WWE Superstar herself one day if that's the path she decides to go down.

It's Belair's ring for now though, and retaining her title is just one reason why she has reason to celebrate tonight. The Raw Women's Champion winning at WrestleMania means she has now picked up victories four times on WWE's biggest show of the year and is yet to suffer defeat. Perhaps WWE is quietly trying to start another streak.