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List of WWE Divas Champions

The WWE Divas Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in the WWE promotion. The championship was generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants executed scripted finishes rather than contending in direct competition. The word "Divas" in the championship's name refers to the pseudonym WWE Diva, which WWE used to refer its female wrestlers.

Record-tying three-time and the longest combined reigning Divas Champion AJ Lee
Longest individual reigning Divas Champion Nikki Bella

The creation of the championship was announced on June 6, 2008, by then SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as a counterpart to the Raw brand's WWE Women's Championship.[1] The inaugural champion was Michelle McCool, who defeated Natalya on July 20, 2008, at The Great American Bash.[2][3] On April 13, 2009, the title was moved from SmackDown to Raw as a result of then Divas Champion Maryse being drafted to Raw in the 2009 WWE draft.[4][5] On September 19, 2010, at the Night of Champions pay-per-view event, Michelle McCool (defending the Women's Championship on behalf of tag team partner and official champion, Layla) defeated Divas Champion Melina, retiring the Women's Championship and unifying it with the Divas Championship.[6]

The title was retired on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32, after Lita revealed the new WWE Women's Championship would replace the Divas Championship.[7] Reigning champion Charlotte defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a triple threat match at the event to become the new Women's Champion and therefore the final Divas Champion.[8]

Overall, there were 17 different champions. Eve Torres and AJ Lee held the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with three. AJ Lee also had the longest combined reign as Divas Champion at 406 days. Nikki Bella had the longest individual title reign at 301 days, while Jillian Hall had the shortest reign at 5 minutes.

Title history

Names

Name[9]Years[9]
WWE Divas ChampionshipJuly 20, 2008 – April 3, 2016
Unified WWE Divas ChampionshipSeptember 19, 2010

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
Days recog.Number of days held recognized by the promotion
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDays recog.
WWE: SmackDown
1Michelle McCoolJuly 20, 2008The Great American BashUniondale, NY1155158From September 2002 until July 2008, the SmackDown brand was without a women's championship as the WWE Women's Championship was exclusive to the Raw brand. To remedy this, SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero established the WWE Divas Championship as the counterpart title to the Women's Championship. McCool defeated Natalya to become the inaugural Divas Champion.
WWE recognizes McCool's reign as ending on December 26, 2008, when the episode aired on tape delay.		[10]
2 MaryseDecember 22, 2008SmackDownToronto, ON, Canada1216211Maria served as the special guest referee.
The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2009 WWE draft.
WWE recognizes Maryse's reign as beginning on December 26, 2008, when the episode aired on tape delay.		[11][12][13][14]
WWE: Raw
3Mickie JamesJuly 26, 2009Night of ChampionsPhiladelphia, PA17878[15]
4Jillian HallOctober 12, 2009RawIndianapolis, IN1<1<1[16]
5 MelinaOctober 12, 2009RawIndianapolis, IN18483[17]
—VacatedJanuary 4, 2010RawDayton, OH———Vacated after Melina sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament.[18]
6 MaryseFebruary 22, 2010RawIndianapolis, IN24948Defeated Gail Kim in a tournament final to win the vacant title.[19]
7Eve TorresApril 12, 2010RawLondon, England16968[20]
8Alicia FoxJune 20, 2010Fatal 4-WayUniondale, NY15655This was a fatal four-way match also involving Gail Kim and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win the championship.[21]
9 MelinaAugust 15, 2010SummerSlamLos Angeles, CA23534[22]
WWE (unbranded)
10Michelle McCoolSeptember 19, 2010Night of ChampionsRosemont, IL26362This was a lumberjill match where the Women's Championship was unified with the Divas Championship. The title subsequently became defended on both the Raw and SmackDown brands and was briefly referred to as the Unified WWE Divas Championship, keeping the lineage of the Divas Championship while the Women's Championship was retired. Layla was unofficially the co-champion during this reign; she defended the championship in McCool's place on some occasions.[23][24][25][26]
11 NatalyaNovember 21, 2010Survivor SeriesMiami, FL17069This was a handicap match also involving Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner.[27]
12Eve TorresJanuary 30, 2011Royal RumbleBoston, MA27170This was a fatal four-way match also involving Layla and Michelle McCool. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship.[28]
13Brie BellaApril 11, 2011RawBridgeport, CT17070[29]
14Kelly KellyJune 20, 2011Raw: Power to the PeopleBaltimore, MD1104103This was a "Power to the People" special episode of Raw, where Brie Bella's opponent was determined by a fan-voted poll. Kelly Kelly received the highest number of votes over Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres.[30]
15Beth PhoenixOctober 2, 2011Hell in a CellNew Orleans, LA1204203[31]
16Nikki BellaApril 23, 2012RawDetroit, MI165This was a lumberjill match.[32]
17 LaylaApril 29, 2012Extreme RulesRosemont, IL1140139Beth Phoenix was originally scheduled to challenge for the title, but was not medically cleared at the time before the match got started. Layla made her return as a surprise challenger for the title. Layla pinned Brie Bella to win the title from Nikki Bella after the twins switched places during the match while the referee was distracted.[33]
18Eve TorresSeptember 16, 2012Night of ChampionsBoston, MA3120120[34]
19 KaitlynJanuary 14, 2013Raw 20th Anniversary SpecialHouston, TX1153152[35][36]
20AJ LeeJune 16, 2013PaybackRosemont, IL1295295[37]
21 PaigeApril 7, 2014RawNew Orleans, LA18483[38]
22AJ LeeJune 30, 2014RawHartford, CT24847[39]
23 PaigeAugust 17, 2014SummerSlamLos Angeles, CA23535[40]
24AJ LeeSeptember 21, 2014Night of ChampionsNashville, TN36363This was a triple threat match also involving Nikki Bella.[41]
25Nikki BellaNovember 23, 2014Survivor SeriesSt. Louis, MO2301300[42]
26 CharlotteSeptember 20, 2015Night of ChampionsHouston, TX1196195If Nikki Bella was counted out or disqualified, she would lose the title per the stipulation.[43]
—DeactivatedApril 3, 2016WrestleMania 32Arlington, TX———WWE Hall of Famer Lita announced that the winner of the triple threat match in which Charlotte was to defend the Divas Championship against Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks would instead be for the new WWE Women's Championship, subsequently retiring the Divas Championship.[44]

Combined reigns

Paige was the youngest Divas Champion. She won the title on her main roster debut at the age of 21. She was also the NXT Women's Champion when she won the Divas Championship, but was forced to vacate the NXT title after winning the Divas.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days		Combined days
recognized by WWE
1AJ Lee3406405
2Nikki Bella2307305
3 Maryse2265259
4Eve Torres3260258
5Michelle McCool2218220
6Beth Phoenix1204203
7 Charlotte1196195
8 Kaitlyn1153152
9 Layla1140139
10 Paige2119118
Melina2119117
12Kelly Kelly1104103
13Mickie James178
14Brie Bella170
Natalya17069
16Alicia Fox15655
17Jillian Hall1<1

See also

References

General
  • Oliver, Earl. "WWE Divas Championship Title History". Solie.org. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  • "History of the Divas Championship". WWE. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
Specific

External links

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