10 Wrestlers Whose Stock Has Risen The Most Since WWE WrestleMania 36

5. Bianca Belair

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Bianca Belair had a blink and you'll miss it appearance last April.

She only emerged to take down Zelina Vega and celebrate with The Street Profits after they toppled Angel Garza and Austin Theory in a short tag. 2021 will be bigger for Belair. Actually, it could be the 'bigg-EST' night of her entire career, at least up until now.

Barring any kind of Charlotte Flair add-on (which could still happen at time of writing), Bianca will go one-on-one with Sasha Banks in Tampa. The ex-NXT star is expected to capture the SmackDown Women's Title on the massive pay-per-view there before becoming the face of Friday night's female division.

That's a huge jump up from encroaching on someone else's title party, and it shows how far Belair has come over the past 12 months. Her 'frenemies' angle with Sasha is undoubtedly awkward, but even that can't kill the buzz of her memorable Royal Rumble win or the 'Mania success to come.

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