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 to its female wrestlers.
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
[edit]Names
[edit]Name[9] | Years[9] |
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WWE Divas Championship | July 20, 2008 – April 3, 2016 |
Unified WWE Divas Championship | September 19, 2010 |
Reigns
[edit]No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | |||||
WWE: SmackDown | ||||||||||
1 | Michelle McCool | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 155 | 158 | From 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 | Maryse | December 22, 2008 | SmackDown | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 216 | 211 | Maria 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 | ||||||||||
3 | Mickie James | July 26, 2009 | Night of Champions | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 78 | 78 | [15] | ||
4 | Jillian Hall | October 12, 2009 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | <1 | <1 | [16] | ||
5 | Melina | October 12, 2009 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 84 | 83 | [17] | ||
— | Vacated | January 4, 2010 | Raw | Dayton, OH | — | — | — | Vacated after Melina sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament. | [18] | |
6 | Maryse | February 22, 2010 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 49 | 48 | Defeated Gail Kim in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [19] | |
7 | Eve Torres | April 12, 2010 | Raw | London, England | 1 | 69 | 68 | [20] | ||
8 | Alicia Fox | June 20, 2010 | Fatal 4-Way | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 56 | 55 | This was a fatal four-way match also involving Gail Kim and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win the championship. | [21] | |
9 | Melina | August 15, 2010 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 35 | 34 | [22] | ||
WWE (unbranded) | ||||||||||
10 | Michelle McCool | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 63 | 62 | This 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 | Natalya | November 21, 2010 | Survivor Series | Miami, FL | 1 | 70 | 69 | This was a handicap match also involving Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner. | [27] | |
12 | Eve Torres | January 30, 2011 | Royal Rumble | Boston, MA | 2 | 71 | 70 | This was a fatal four-way match also involving Layla and Michelle McCool. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship. | [28] | |
13 | Brie Bella | April 11, 2011 | Raw | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 70 | 70 | [29] | ||
14 | Kelly Kelly | June 20, 2011 | Raw: Power to the People | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 104 | 103 | 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. | [30] | |
15 | Beth Phoenix | October 2, 2011 | Hell in a Cell | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 204 | 203 | [31] | ||
16 | Nikki Bella | April 23, 2012 | Raw | Detroit, MI | 1 | 6 | 5 | This was a lumberjill match. | [32] | |
17 | Layla | April 29, 2012 | Extreme Rules | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 140 | 139 | Beth 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] | |
18 | Eve Torres | September 16, 2012 | Night of Champions | Boston, MA | 3 | 120 | 120 | [34] | ||
19 | Kaitlyn | January 14, 2013 | Raw 20th Anniversary Special | Houston, TX | 1 | 153 | 152 | [35][36] | ||
20 | AJ Lee | June 16, 2013 | Payback | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 295 | 295 | [37] | ||
21 | Paige | April 7, 2014 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 84 | 83 | [38] | ||
22 | AJ Lee | June 30, 2014 | Raw | Hartford, CT | 2 | 48 | 47 | [39] | ||
23 | Paige | August 17, 2014 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 35 | 35 | [40] | ||
24 | AJ Lee | September 21, 2014 | Night of Champions | Nashville, TN | 3 | 63 | 63 | This was a triple threat match also involving Nikki Bella. | [41] | |
25 | Nikki Bella | November 23, 2014 | Survivor Series | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 301 | 300 | [42] | ||
26 | Charlotte | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 1 | 196 | 195 | If Nikki Bella was counted out or disqualified, she would lose the title per the stipulation. | [43] | |
— | Deactivated | April 3, 2016 | WrestleMania 32 | Arlington, 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
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by WWE |
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1 | AJ Lee | 3 | 406 | 405 |
2 | Nikki Bella | 2 | 307 | 305 |
3 | Maryse | 2 | 265 | 259 |
4 | Eve Torres | 3 | 260 | 258 |
5 | Michelle McCool | 2 | 218 | 220 |
6 | Beth Phoenix | 1 | 204 | 203 |
7 | Charlotte | 1 | 196 | 195 |
8 | Kaitlyn | 1 | 153 | 152 |
9 | Layla | 1 | 140 | 139 |
10 | Paige | 2 | 119 | 118 |
Melina | 2 | 119 | 117 | |
12 | Kelly Kelly | 1 | 104 | 103 |
13 | Mickie James | 1 | 78 | |
14 | Brie Bella | 1 | 70 | |
Natalya | 1 | 70 | 69 | |
16 | Alicia Fox | 1 | 56 | 55 |
17 | Jillian Hall | 1 | <1 |
See also
[edit]References
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