List of WWE Divas Champions

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The final WWE Divas Champion: Charlotte.

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

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. The inaugural champion was Michelle McCool, who defeated Natalya on July 20, 2008, at The Great American Bash.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

The title was retired on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32, after WWE Hall of Famer Lita revealed the new WWE Women's Championship would replace the Divas Championship. 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.

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

Title history

Names

Name[4] Years[4]
WWE Divas Championship July 20, 2008 – April 3, 2016
Unified WWE Divas Championship September 19, 2010

Reigns

Reign The reign number for the specific champion listed
Location The city in which the title was won
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
No. Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Michelle McCool 1 July 20, 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Uniondale, NY The Great American Bash McCool defeated Natalya to become the inaugural champion.
2 Maryse 1 December 22, 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Toronto, ON SmackDown This episode aired on tape delay on December 26, 2008. Maria served as the special guest referee. The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand on April 13, 2009 when Maryse was drafted from SmackDown. [5][6][7]
3 Mickie James 1 July 26, 2009 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Philadelphia, PA Night of Champions
4 Jillian Hall 1 October 12, 2009 <1 Indianapolis, IN Raw
5 Melina 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. [8]
— Vacated — January 4, 2010 — Dayton, OH Raw WWE vacated the title after Melina sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which sidelined her from in-ring competition. [9]
6 Maryse 2 February 22, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Indianapolis, IN Raw Defeated Gail Kim in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
7 Eve Torres 1 April 12, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. London, England Raw
8 Alicia Fox 1 June 20, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Uniondale, NY Fatal 4-Way This was a fatal four-way match also involving Gail Kim and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win the championship.
9 Melina 2 August 15, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Los Angeles, CA SummerSlam
10 Michelle McCool 2 September 19, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Rosemont, IL Night of Champions This was a lumberjill match where the Women's Championship was unified with the Divas Championship. The title subsequently became accessible on both the Raw and SmackDown brands and was briefly referred to as the Unified Divas Championship, keeping the lineage of the Divas Championship whilst 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. [10]
11 Natalya 1 November 21, 2010 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Miami, FL Survivor Series This was a handicap match also involving Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner. [11]
12 Eve Torres 2 January 30, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Boston, MA Royal Rumble This was a fatal four-way match also involving Layla and Michelle McCool. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship. [12]
13 Brie Bella 1 April 11, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Bridgeport, CT Raw [13]
14 Kelly Kelly 1 June 20, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Baltimore, MD Raw This 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. [14]
15 Beth Phoenix 1 October 2, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. New Orleans, LA Hell in a Cell [15]
16 Nikki Bella 1 April 23, 2012 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Detroit, MI Raw This was a lumberjill match. [16]
17 Layla 1 April 29, 2012 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Rosemont, IL Extreme Rules Layla pinned Brie Bella to win the title from Nikki after the twins switched places during the match while the referee was distracted. [17]
18 Eve Torres 3 September 16, 2012 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Boston, MA Night of Champions [18]
19 Kaitlyn 1 January 14, 2013 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Houston, TX Raw 20th Anniversary Special Had Eve been counted out or disqualified, she would have lost the title. [19][20]
20 AJ Lee 1 June 16, 2013 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Rosemont, IL Payback [21]
21 Paige 1 April 7, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. New Orleans, LA Raw [22]
22 AJ Lee 2 June 30, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Hartford, CT Raw [23]
23 Paige 2 August 17, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Los Angeles, CA SummerSlam [24]
24 AJ Lee 3 September 21, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Nashville, TN Night of Champions This was a triple threat match also involving Nikki Bella. [25]
25 Nikki Bella 2 November 23, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. St. Louis, MO Survivor Series
26 Charlotte 1 September 20, 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Houston, TX Night of Champions Had Nikki been counted out or disqualified, she would have lost the title.
— Retired — April 3, 2016 — Arlington, TX WrestleMania 32 WWE Hall of Famer Lita announced that the winner of the triple threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks would be crowned the new WWE Women's Champion, subsequently retiring the WWE Divas Championship.

Combined reigns

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 AJ Lee 3 406
2 Nikki Bella 2 307
3 Maryse 2 265
4 Eve Torres 3 260
5 Michelle McCool 2 218
6 Beth Phoenix 1 204
7 Charlotte 1 196
8 Kaitlyn 1 153
9 Layla 1 140
10 Melina 2 119
Paige 2 119
12 Kelly Kelly 1 104
13 Mickie James 1 78
14 Brie Bella 1 70
Natalya 1 70
16 Alicia Fox 1 56
17 Jillian Hall 1 <1

See also

References

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