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Former Divas Champion AJ Lee, who is also the longest reigning champion in the title's history.

The WWE Divas Championship is a professional wrestling women's championship owned by the WWE promotion. 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 word "Divas" in the championship's name refers to the pseudonym WWE Diva, which WWE uses to refer to its female wrestlers. On April 13, 2009, the title was moved from the SmackDown brand to the Raw brand as a result of then-Divas Champion Maryse being drafted in the 2009 WWE Draft.[1] On September 19, 2010 at the Night of Champions pay-per-view event, self-professed co-Women's Champion Michelle McCool defeated WWE Divas Champion Melina, retiring the Women's Championship and unifying it with the Divas Championship.[2]

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The inaugural champion was Michelle McCool, who defeated Natalya on July 20, 2008 at WWE's The Great American Bash.[3] Eve Torres holds the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with three. At Error: Second date should be year, month, day days, AJ Lee's reign is the longest in the championship's history. Jillian holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at two minutes and fourteen seconds. The current champion is Paige. Overall, there have been 21 reigns shared between 16 Divas.

Title history

Key
# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Location The city in which the title was won
Event The event in which the title was won
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

Name[4] Years[4]
WWE Divas Championship 2008—present
WWE Unified Divas Championship 2010

Reigns

As of November 6, 2024.

# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Michelle McCool 1 July 20, 2008 155 Uniondale, NY The Great American Bash Defeated Natalya to become the inaugural champion. [5]
2 Maryse 1 December 22, 2008 216 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. [6][7][8]
3 Mickie James 1 July 26, 2009 78 Philadelphia, PA Night of Champions [9]
4 Jillian 1 October 12, 2009 <1 Indianapolis, IN Raw [10]
5 Melina 1 84 [11]
— 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. [12]
6 Maryse 2 February 22, 2010 49 Indianapolis, IN Raw Defeated Gail Kim in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [13]
7 Eve Torres 1 April 12, 2010 69 London, England Raw [14]
8 Alicia Fox 1 June 20, 2010 56 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. [15]
9 Melina 2 August 15, 2010 35 Los Angeles, CA SummerSlam [16]
10 Michelle McCool 2 September 19, 2010 63 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. [17][18]
11 Natalya 1 November 21, 2010 70 Miami, FL Survivor Series This was a handicap match also involving Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner. [19]
12 Eve Torres 2 January 30, 2011 71 Boston, MA Royal Rumble This was a fatal four-way match also involving Layla and Michelle McCool. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship. [20]
13 Brie Bella 1 April 11, 2011 70 Bridgeport, CT Raw [21]
14 Kelly Kelly 1 June 20, 2011 104 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. [22]
15 Beth Phoenix 1 October 2, 2011 204 New Orleans, LA Hell in a Cell [23]
16 Nikki Bella 1 April 23, 2012 6 Detroit, MI Raw This was a lumberjill match. [24]
17 Layla 1 April 29, 2012 140 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. [25]
18 Eve Torres 3 September 16, 2012 120 Boston, MA Night of Champions [26]
19 Kaitlyn 1 January 14, 2013 153 Houston, TX Raw 20th Anniversary Special If Eve had been counted out or disqualified, she would have lost the title. [27][28]
20 AJ Lee 1 June 16, 2013 295 Rosemont, IL Payback [29]
21 Paige 1 April 7, 2014 3,866+ New Orleans, LA Raw Became the first woman to win the title in her debut match.

List of combined reigns

Eve Torres, a record three-time Divas Champion.
Symbol Meaning
Indicates the current champion
<1 The reign is shorter than one day

As of November 6, 2024.

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined days
1 AJ Lee 1 295
2 Maryse 2 265
3 Eve Torres 3 260
4 Michelle McCool 2 218
5 Beth Phoenix 1 204
6 Kaitlyn 1 153
7 Layla 1 140
8 Melina 2 119
9 Kelly Kelly 1 104
10 Mickie James 1 78
11 Brie Bella 1 70
Natalya 1 70
13 Alicia Fox 1 56
14 Nikki Bella 1 6
15 Paige 1 3866+
16 Jillian 1 <1

See also

References

General
  • Oliver, Earl. "WWE Divas Championship Title History". Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  • "History of the Divas Championship". WWE. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
Specific
  1. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-04-14). "Raw results – 4/13/09". WrestleView.com. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  2. ^ Tylwalk, Nick (2010-09-19). "Few gimmicks, more title changes at Night of Champions". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  3. ^ Hillhouse, Dave (2008-07-24). "The Great American Soap Opera". SLAM! Sports: Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  4. ^ a b "WWE Women's Championship". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  5. ^ "Michelle McCool's first reign". WWE. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  6. ^ "Maryse's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  7. ^ Beauvais, Mike (2008-12-23). "WWE News: Complete WWE Smackdown 12/22 tapings report - Spoilers on title change, Jeff Hardy in main event". PW Torch. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  8. ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2009-04-13). "Results: Rough draft". WWE. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  9. ^ "Mickie James's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  10. ^ "Jillian Hall`s first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  11. ^ "Melina's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  12. ^ "Divas Champion Melina injured". WWE. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  13. ^ "Maryse's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  14. ^ "Eve's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  15. ^ "Alicia Fox's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  16. ^ "Melina's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  17. ^ "Michelle McCool's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  18. ^ Adkins, Greg (2010-09-20). "Results: CU in Hell!". WWE. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  19. ^ "Natalya's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  20. ^ "Eve's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  21. ^ "Brie Bella's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  22. ^ "Kelly Kelly's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  23. ^ "Beth Phoenix's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  24. ^ "Nikki Bella's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  25. ^ "Layla's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  26. ^ "Eve's third reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  27. ^ "Kaitlyn's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
  28. ^ "Kaitlyn def. Eve to win the Divas Championship". WWE. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  29. ^ "AJ Lee's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2013-06-17.

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