She also unexpectedly captured the Cruiserweight Championship in 2004 ... history in 2016 as she became the first black woman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

The WWE is being exposed for biased treatment again. The Street Profits, the four-time WWE tag team champions, have their belts back. However, the tandem, whose persona is based on Black culture ...

Despite the challenges, she became the first Black woman to hold the Women’s Championship in 1998 and 2000—and the Cruiserweight ... to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Matthews won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in 2018 while Ripley ... Ripley is wearing a black off-the-shoulder gown, while Matthews is in a black suit. "Til death.

Aleister Black is back in WWE. The former NXT Champion made his ... Hart would later win the TBS Championship as a singles competitor. Black himself would compete for singles gold on multiple ...

Aleister Black is still getting his feet wet back in WWE, but he already has his mind on a marquee feud he'd like to reignite with a former AEW cohort. Black returned to WWE in April after a three ...

and eventually took on Cedric Alexander at WrestleMania 34 for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. He later had stints on "Raw," "Smackdown", "205 Live" and NXT. Ali was recently scheduled to face ...

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WWE’s next great world-championship quest story has begun — and it’s Sami Zayn. We’ve seen WWE have great success giving fans the feel-good moment of seeing beloved, longtime performers ...