THIS WWE WrestleMania 37 Match Wins At 2021 ESPYS

Which 'Mania match-up took home this year's Best WWE Moment ESPY?

By Andrew Pollard / July 11, 2021

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With the 2021 edition of the ESPYS having taken place last night, Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 37 won the award for the Best WWE Moment.

When we say “WE” did it we mean more than just @SashaBanksWWE & I!Thank you to our amazing fans and @wwe for amplifying our presence and voice inside & outside the ring!#BanksvsBelair #RepresentationMatters“WE” won an ESPY!#wrESTleMania #ESPYs2021 @ESPYS @WWE @espn pic.twitter.com/VXL9O3Hh5m
— Bianca Belair (@BiancaBelairWWE) July 11, 2021

Having won the women's Royal Rumble in January, Belair went on to topple Banks to become the new SmackDown Women's Champion at this year's Showcase of the Immortals. That barnburner of a bout closed of the first night of the two-day WrestleMania 37, going 18 minutes before the EST put Sasha away with her patented Kiss of Death.

WWE was quick to release a statement to celebrate Belair and Banks' win:

Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks just made history… again!

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In a category that also featured Belair and Edge’s Royal Rumble Match victories, as well as Bad Bunny’s incredible in-ring debut, it was the epic WrestleMania main event between The EST of WWE and The Boss for the SmackDown Women’s Championship that won the ESPY Award for Best WWE Moment.

As the first Black women to battle in a WrestleMania main event, they joined Roman Reigns, who won the same award in 2019 for his inspirational return after battling leukemia.

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Congratulations to SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and “The Boss” Sasha Banks on a history-making and award-winning performance.

Still the SmackDown Women's Champion, Bianca Belair is due to defend her prize against Carmella on this coming Friday's blue brand offering. As for Sasha Banks, she's been absent from WWE programming since WrestleMania - although the Boss is expected to return in time for next month's SummerSlam PPV.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.

Posted On: 11th Jul 2021

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