WWE: Bianca Belair on Wrestling at Rolling Loud Festival, More Staff Layoffs, SummerSlam News

Bianca Belair Comments on Wrestling at Last Week’s Rolling Loud Festival

Entertainment website Complex.com held a recent interview with Bianca Belair. One of the topics discussed included Belair’s thoughts on wrestling at the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, Florida as part of last week multi-site broadcast of Friday Night SmackDown.

“I was so excited to go to Rolling Loud. Even before we found out that we were going to, my husband and I were actually looking at the lineup and looking at tickets and trying to figure out ways that we could possibly go. Once I found out that I was not only going to Rolling Loud, but I was going to get to defend my title against Carmella at Rolling Loud, at the largest hip-hop festival in the world, I was so excited to do that. Just to being in front of that massive crowd it was, it reminded me of WrestleMania. That’s the type of feel that it had and that’s the type of nerves that I had before going out there in front of that crowd. It was like those WrestleMania nerves all over again.

I was just excited about stepping into another atmosphere. It was really cool when I looked out in the audience. I could see some wrestling fans, but also just being able to perform in front of more non-traditional wrestling fans, just even trying to get more eyes on the product and more exposure. Stepping into an environment that I felt so comfortable in, because that’s like home to me. Just trying to integrate those two worlds, because music has just been such a huge part of WWE, from our entrance music, pay-per-view theme songs, and even Bad Bunny coming over and being a part of WrestleMania and working. Snoop Dogg has come over and worked. So, it’s always been a huge part of WWE and what we do. It was amazing to be the person in that position to be able to go out there and showcase what WWE is, what we’re about, and show them that WWE is inclusive. It’s for everyone. That’s what’s amazing about WWE. It just transcends across all different religions, races, gender. It doesn’t matter. Anybody could look at the WWE and see someone that looks like them. There’s so much representation there.

I feel like we were really able to showcase that at Rolling Loud and just being on the same stage as the most known and successful hip-hop artists. We were on the same stage as them and that was an amazing feeling. And that just shows how big WWE is. That we can get out on the same stage as them.”

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WWE Reportedly Laid Off More Corporate Staff

WWE reportedly recently had another wave of layoffs occur at their corporate office, according to Fightful Select.

It was reported that this recent batch of layoffs mainly targeted the company’s marketing, shop areas, and other consumer product areas. It was also reported that their sources spoken to stated that no talent cuts are currently expected to be made as part of this latest batch of layoffs.

It was also reported that several spoken to who had been released over the past few months had been informed by others in the company that there was a good chance they could be given their jobs back in the future.

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WWE SummerSlam 2021 News & Notes

WWE announced that they have recently partnered with Snoop Dogg to be the host of a special in-game “Countdown to WWE SummerSlam” event for their WWE Champions mobile game.

WWE also announced that comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish will be the host of the company’s official WWE SummerSlam 2021 after party on August 21st in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Reno Gazette Journal reported that the state of Nevada recently issued an emergency order requiring people in twelve of the state’s seventeen counties to wear masks while in public indoor spaces. This new mask mandate includes Clark County which is home to the Allegiant Stadium, host of this year’s WWE SummerSlam event. This new mask mandate requires masks to be worn regardless if people are vaccinated or not for the coronavirus.