7 New Directions For WWE After Elimination Chamber 2025
5. Heel Bianca Belair Going After Rhea Ripley
Let’s face it, Rhea Ripley is retaining vs. IYO SKY on Raw (which might've happened by the time you read this). Once that's done and dusted, WWE is getting to this marquee blockbuster. It’ll be great to see Bianca Belair back in the singles title mix, but it remains to seen which side of the alignment fence she'll be on. Spirited babyface with a never say die attitude or spiteful heel who happily chucked friends to the wolves?
It still feels like there’s more to come in the story with Jade Cargill, basically. Jade went right after Naomi at Chamber, but that doesn't necessarily mean Bianca had nothing to do with the attack that took her out. Liv Morgan kinda hinted at that by screaming in Belair's face mid-match on Saturday in Toronto. It's probably time Bianca went rogue anyway.
She's been a face for years, and this is the idea opportunity to show how nasty she can be. Jade going up against the numbers game (at first) vs. Naomi and Belair sounds fun. Toss Rhea into the mix and you've got one hell of a tag-team bout for TV before 'Mania. Jade will have some measure of revenge by then, meaning she can continue warring with Naomi for a while and let Ripley vs. Belair take centre stage.
WWE presumably won't entertain a heel turn for Rhea so soon after her Judgment Day antics, which means Bianca would have to go bad and explore another side. Longer term, that could work wonders for the women's division on SmackDown after April.
Heel Bianca Belair as a summer foe for reigning Women's Champ Tiffany Stratton? Sounds good.