Michael Cole botches Bianca Belair call at WrestleMania 37 - New York Post

Michael Cole will likely want to forget this WrestleMania moment as his mistake nearly spoiled the best moment of the night on Saturday.

The longtime WWE play-by-play man, who has delivered memorable soundtracks to some of WrestleMania’s biggest moments, completely botched the call of Bianca Belair’s main event victory over Sasha Banks to claim the SmackDown women’s championship on Night 1 of WrestleMania 37 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa!

As Belair hit her Kiss of Death finisher and rolled Banks up for the 1-2-3, Cole for some reason thought The Boss had kicked out as the crowd went crazy.

She won!” he yelled as WWE ring announcer Greg Hamilton announced Belair as the new champion.

Bianca Belair is the champion!!.

Cole’s initial call was a little behind the action, so it’s possible he thought Banks kicked out because Belair rolled over at the count of three and let out a scream that sounded more like frustration than celebration

Early in the broadcast, Hamilton announced the Riott Squad (Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan) had been eliminated from the women’s tag team turmoil match when they had actually won the fall before correcting himself