Kelani Jordan Names WWE Wrestlers She Hopes To Share The Ring With

Kelani Jordan recently got a taste of WWE's main roster when she competed in a Women's Money in the Bank qualifying match on "WWE Raw." Naturally, though, she's craving even more.

During an interview with "Wrastlin' with E & Matt," Jordan highlighted several names that she hopes to face on the main roster next.

"There's a lot of them," she said. "I mean, honestly, I want to be the top one. So anyone, especially if they're holding a championship, then I'm coming for them. I would say Rhea [Ripley]. I really want to get in the ring with Rhea. I really want to get in the ring with Becky [Lynch], and when Bianca [Belair] and Naomi come back from their babies, they're always going to be a mom, but when they come back, I want to get in the ring with them."

Becky Lynch remains a decorated and regular fixture on "Raw," most recently challenging for the WWE Women's World Championship last week. Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, and Naomi, meanwhile, remain out of action. In her case, Ripley suffered a meniscus tear that later required surgery; she's been on the shelf since early June 2026.

Bianca Belair has not competed since WWE WrestleMania 41, an event in which she broke multiple fingers. That, combined with her pregnancy and childbirth, has kept "The EST" sidelined ever since.

Former WWE Women's World Champion Naomi is reportedly inching closer to a return after being absent since August 2025. She and husband Jimmy Uso were expecting a baby boy together.

In addition to them being her dream opponents, Jordan cited Belair and Naomi as heavy inspirations, particularly as it relates to professional wrestling. Former WWE star Sasha Banks (now known as AEW's Mercedes Mone) emerged as another one.

"In wrestling, I still look up to Naomi to this day, and Sasha Banks, another huge inspiration," Jordan said. "So those two, definitely within wrestling, because they're not just good wrestlers for a woman, they're good wrestlers in general. They have a lot of personality, charisma, they look good, so those two are my two. Even when I got into wrestling myself, Bianca Belair also was on the rise too in NXT and then she got the main roster. She was another one that I really looked up to."

In October 2024, Belair made a rare return to "WWE NXT," where she, Jordan, and Jade Cargill teamed up to take on Fatal Influence's Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, and Jazmyn Nyx. Belair's team picked up the victory after hitting Nyx with a wheelbarrow-German suplex combo followed by Jordan's split-legged moonsault.

Jordan came aboard after a successful tryout in 2022. Four years later, she now reigns as the NXT Women's Champion, most recently defending her title against Wren Sinclair at Halloween Havoc. Whenever her reign ends, she's reportedly expected to move up to WWE's main roster on an official basis shortly after. The specific brand she would land on, "Raw" or "WWE SmackDown," is unknown.

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