The card battling mobile game WWE Supercard is entering season nine, with current WWE Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair as one of its ambassadors. The game centers around card collection of famous WWE stars, each of which come with various stats. Players can battle it out in the ring against other wrestler cards, with their Power, Toughness, Speed, and Charisma numbers determining who comes out the victor based on the match's requirement.
A predecessor to other mobile games like WWE Undefeated, WWE Supercard has added a lot over its nine seasons, with the latest update bringing a brand-new, Battleship-esque mode to the game called Tables, Ladders, and Chairs as well as commentary from beloved WWE announcer Michael Cole. Bianca Belair has become a fan-favorite in WWE in recent years, and is currently one of the longest reigning champions in WWE history. Famously called the EST of WWE - as she bills herself as the fastest, strongest, quickest, roughest, and toughest, with an emphasis on the suffix - Belair is bringing her unique style to WWE Supercard to help fans get excited about the newest season.
Bianca Belair sat down with Screen Rant to discuss WWE Supercard's new season, her unique hand-made costumes, and upcoming competition plans both in the WWE and elsewhere.
Screen Rant: Just to get started, what does being an ambassador for a WWE Supercard season entail?
Bianca Belair: You know, it's just very exciting. We have season nine coming out on Wednesday the 16th and I'm super excited about it. We have the trailer coming out that I got to be a part of that I can't wait to see. It was so much fun making it and I can't wait for everyone else to see it. And to know that I'm just a part of a game that all the fans are super excited about, it's exciting. And I'm just honored and blessed to be a part of it.
You've always been sewing and making your own outfits since you were a teenager, not just for matches, but I know you also made your own dress for the ESPYs, things like that. It's a really key part of your style. Do you have a personal favorite outfit that you've made recently, WWE or otherwise? Personally, I am a big fan of the loofah costume that you made for Halloween.
Bianca Belair: The loofah! [Laughs] You know what, I just watched that video because it was around Halloween time and the iPhone always brings up memories. I was so happy as a loofah. I mean, if I could just be a loofah every day, I would just be full of so much joy. Oh my gosh, yes, I loved being the loofah. I mean, I love making things that make me happy, and just when I sew I feel like time stops. And being in WWE, you know, it's like everything comes so fast and we're always on the go. But when I sew I feel like time just stops and my mind stops racing, I feel like I'm just so happy. So anything that I've made makes me so happy.
And you know, I'm making my gear with the intention of only wearing it once for my big events. So it's hard to pick a favorite gear because every single gear has some sentimental value. Like I can look at my gear from Wrestlemania 37 when I made the main event and it brings back all those emotions, WrestleMania 38 with the band that brings back all those emotions and my redemption story and getting the Raw Women's Championship back. But, you know, I think my favorite gears are probably from Wrestlemana 37, 38, my Black History Month gear from TakeOver Portland. There's so many.
I was super proud of my ESPYs dress because I had no idea if I could make it, it got down to the wire. I was like, "I can't find a dress. I'm just gonna try to make it." And it was like piecing the puzzle together and I surprised myself, I felt so accomplished. So I'm super proud of my ESPYs dress.
It was really good. Have you had any say over which of your outfits are featured on your cards in the game?
Bianca Belair: No, but you know, I'm not mad at any of them. I like all of it and it's really cool, you know, to see which ones are picked. Because I love even seeing posts, like when my fans put up posts and say, "Oh, these are my favorite Bianca Belair gears," I'm like, "Oh, really?" Some of them surprise me that they like, or that are their favorites. So it's really cool to see which ones are picked.
Everyone knows you're the EST of WWE, but what -EST word would you use to describe this game?
Bianca Belair: I would say it is the - I'm gonna think of a good one. I'd say of course, the coolest. And I would say the newest because it has some really cool new features.
Yeah, there's a new mode and stuff, right?
Bianca Belair: They have the new game, called Tables, Ladders and Chairs. And then they're going to introduce commentary with Michael Cole. So it's like a lot of cool new features. So the newest, I would say.
In talking about the Tables, Ladders and Chairs mode, it's really cool, because it combines the game as it is now with like a sort of Battleship-type gameplay where you're trying to find them on the map. Do you think that'll bring a lot of new strategies to the game?
Bianca Belair: I think so. I mean, any type of new component is going to bring new strategy to the game. But it's just exciting that, you know, you have new features that people can explore and play around with, for sure.
And I know season nine's focus is sort of about going back to where the game started, which is Supercard as a hobby. And just talking about gaming as a hobby in general, do you ever play any sorts of games, either video games or board games, in your free time?
Bianca Belair: I would say, of course, I always try to play 2K. And my husband, you know, Montez Ford, one half of the Street Profits, he's a huge, huge, huge, huge, huge gamer. But I love playing 2K, and like, even just sitting down and seeing myself in a video game.
And it's something that you never get used to, all the possibilities you have - you can wrestle whoever you want to wrestle, you can like have dream matches, I can go and have a dream match with Beth Phoenix, because that's my dream match.
Besides that, I would say in terms of board games, besides the 2K that I like to play, my favorite board game, I like the game Life. I haven't played that in so long but I used to love playing. And Candyland.
Do you like to watch your husband play games, since he's such a big gamer?
Bianca Belair: Yeah, we actually have a room in our house that we kind of fought over, because he wanted like a man cave and a gaming room. And I was like, "Well, I also want a sewing room." So we basically divided the room in half. While I'm sewing, he's playing the game and I'm watching, and then sometimes I go over and I join him and I play 2K with him.
That's so cute, that sounds really fun. In general, I know that the Survivor Series WarGames are coming up soon. I'm curious both how you've been preparing for that, and also just how you've been spending your free time when you're not getting ready for that event?
Bianca Belair: Oh, well, I'm super excited for Survivor Series. For WarGames, I was actually part of the first ever women's WarGames match in NXT. And it's one of my favorite matches that I've actually had, and so I'm very excited to do it here on Raw, and I feel like it's really going to showcase the women here. It's some of the same women from that match that we had in NXT and some new women, and some of the storylines we've had, they're mingling, you know, within this match, so I'm excited for it.
It's really hard to prepare for a match like that because it's so unpredictable and it's so crazy and anything is kind of allowed so you kind of have to just go in there and rely on your abilities and trust your teammates. And outside of that, in my free time, which I don't have a lot of, I love to read and so I read a lot.
And I am actually training for a fitness physique competition right now, which is my very first one. I'm just trying it out, because like I work out all the time anyway, and I want to find a new passion but I don't have time really to find new passions. So I'm like, I work out as it is of the time so let's just put a purpose to it. Because I always feel like when you work out, you need to have a purpose, otherwise, you're not going to enjoy it.
I know you've always really enjoyed any form of athletic competition like your entire life, so that's really cool. Do you already have your outfit prepped for Survivor Series?
Bianca Belair: You know, it's getting harder and harder to find time to make my gear. And that's why I had to make my gear on the road, going to Saudi Arabia. It got down to the point where I was like, "Well, I guess I'll have to make it by hand, and do it on the plane and the bus." And it's kind of turning into that, again, for Survivor Series, I just ordered the fabric, so I'm kind of waiting for it to come in. But I also haven't been home, so I will probably be making it on Thanksgiving Day, because that's the only day that I'm going to have off.
But you've got a vision for it.
Bianca Belair: Not really! [Laughs] Most of the time, I don't really have a design, I just put the fabric out and it kind of comes together like a puzzle. You know, sometimes I do have a design because you know, we have some amazing, talented young designers who they're just so talented, they're like, little teenagers sometimes. And I love sometimes being able to use their design and motivate them to stick with their talent. But sometimes when I don't have designs, I just have to try to make something. Sometimes, like my gear for the Ladder Match, I had no idea what I was making, and I was just piecing stuff together, and then at the end that's what I came up with.
In general, with this game, I'm just curious if there's anything else that you want players to know about it, or maybe your involvement with it?
Bianca Belair: Well, like I said, the game's coming out Wednesday the 16th. The trailer has me and The Miz in it, and it was so fun making it. I'm very excited about the trailer because I just want to see it, because it's really cool. And I don't want to spoil it, but I'm excited about that. Really just all the new features that I talked about, the three tiers, the new mode Tables, Ladders and Chairs, and the new commentary. I think that that's like the most exciting part, just the new features of the game.
Awesome. And just in your personal career, I know this release is exciting, of course, as is WarGames. Is there anything else coming up for you that you're especially excited about?
Bianca Belair: Let me think. WarGames, Survivor Series. I have my fitness physique competition, December 2nd and 3rd. Hopefully - I've been working so hard, usually most people start 16 weeks out and I started 11 weeks out. So I wish I had more time. I'm trying to think of what else. We have the Christmas Tour happening right after Christmas. It's like literally the day after Christmas, the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th. So people can get some good Christmas presents and come to the shows.
I'm trying to think what else we have happening. The Supercard. And it's always something, it's always something in WWE. I'm trying to think if I'm missing anything, I am definitely missing something. Also a lot of exciting stuff is happening that I don't want to spoil it right now, but it has to do with me and you'll see a lot of different things coming up. So it's exciting times.
That's really cool. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk today, I know it's a super busy time for you, like you said you have like no days off and you have to make costumes. Oh, and that reminds me, did you have a Halloween costume this year?
Bianca Belair: No. Well, actually, I did but I didn't get to wear it. We had Monday Night Raw, it was on Halloween. But I wanted to be a butterfly, maybe I'll wear it for next year. And my husband's favorite holiday is Halloween, so.
I mean, he gets to see you dressed as a loofah, why wouldn't it be his favorite?
Bianca Belair: [Laughs] Exactly. We'll probably try to have some more fun next year.
That sounds great. I just had to ask because I know you're so good at all things sewing.
Bianca Belair: Yeah, we'll have some fun next year when hopefully we have a little bit more time to celebrate.
WWE Supercard's season nine is on now, and the game can be downloaded for free on the App Store and Google Play Store.