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The longest reigning champion, Maryse, with the WWE Divas Championship belt

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 SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as a counterpart to the Raw brand's WWE Women's Championship. The word "Diva" 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 title is now accessible to both WWE brands and the champion can appear on both shows.

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] Maryse, Melina, Michelle McCool and Eve hold the record for most reigns, with two. At 216 days, Maryse's first reign is the longest in the championship's history. Jillian holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at less than a day. The current champion is Nikki Bella who is in her first reign with the Divas Championship. Overall, there have been 16 reigns shared between 12 divas.

Title history

# 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
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held 		Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Michelle McCool 1 July 20, 2008 155 Uniondale, NY The Great American Bash (2008) Michelle McCool defeated Natalya to become the inaugural champion. [4]
2 Maryse 1 December 22, 2008 216 Toronto, ON SmackDown! Aired on tape delay on December 26, 2008. Maria was the special guest referee.[5] The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand on April 13, 2009 when Maryse was drafted from SmackDown.[6] [7]
3 Mickie James 1 July 26, 2009 78 Philadelphia, PA Night of Champions (2009) [8]
4 Jillian Hall 1 October 12, 2009 0 Indianapolis, IN Raw Jillian only held the title for four minutes and thirty-one seconds, being the shortest reigning Divas champion in history. [9]
5 Melina 1 October 12, 2009 84 Indianapolis, IN Raw Melina defeated Jillian immediately after she won the title, to become the new champion. [10]
— 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. [11]
6 Maryse 2 February 22, 2010 49 Indianapolis, IN Raw Maryse defeated Gail Kim in the finals of an eight diva tournament to win the vacant title. [12]
7 Eve Torres 1 April 12, 2010 69 London, England Raw [13]
8 Alicia Fox 1 June 20, 2010 56 Uniondale, NY Fatal 4-Way (2010) This was contested in a fatal four–way match that also involved Gail Kim and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win the title. [14]
9 Melina 2 August 15, 2010 35 Los Angeles, CA SummerSlam (2010) [15]
10 Michelle McCool 2 September 19, 2010 63 Rosemont, IL Night of Champions (2010) This was a unification match where the Divas Championship was unified with the Women's Championship. The title was referred to as the WWE Unified Divas Championship for weeks afterward and became accessible on both Raw and SmackDown brands. It kept 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, but was not officially recognized as the title holder.[16] [17]
11 Natalya 1 November 21, 2010 70 Miami, FL Survivor Series (2010) This was contested in a handicap match also involving Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner. [18]
12 Eve Torres 2 January 30, 2011 71 Boston, MA Royal Rumble (2011) This was contested in a fatal four–way match also involving Layla and Michelle McCool. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship. [19]
13 Brie Bella 1 April 11, 2011 70 Bridgeport, CT Raw [20]
14 Kelly Kelly 1 June 20, 2011 104 Baltimore, MD Raw This was a special "Power to the People" edition of Raw. Kelly Kelly received the highest vote with 53 %, Beth Phoenix received 36 % and Eve Torres received 11 %. [21]
15 Beth Phoenix 1 October 2, 2011 204 New Orleans, LA Hell in a Cell (2011) [22]
16 Nikki Bella 1 April 23, 2012 4,603+ Detroit, MI Raw This was contested in a lumberjill match. [23]

List of combined reigns

Inaugural champion Michelle McCool after winning the championship at The Great American Bash (2008)
Symbol Meaning
† Indicates the current champion
<1 The reign is shorter than one day.

As of November 29, 2024.

Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Maryse 2 265
2 Michelle McCool 2 218
3 Beth Phoenix 1 204
4 Eve Torres 2 140
5 Melina 2 119
6 Kelly Kelly 1 104
7 Mickie James 1 78
8 Natalya 1 70
Brie Bella 1 70
10 Alicia Fox 1 56
11 Nikki Bella† 1 4603+
12 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. ^ "Michelle McCool's first reign". WWE. 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Sitterson, Aubrey (2009-04-13). "Results: Rough draft". WWE. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  7. ^ "Maryse's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  8. ^ "Mickie James's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  9. ^ "Jillian Hall`s first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  10. ^ "Melina's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  11. ^ "Divas Champion Melina injured". WWE. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  12. ^ "Maryse's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  13. ^ "Eve's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  14. ^ "Alicia Fox's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  15. ^ "Melina's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
  16. ^ Adkins, Greg (2010-09-20). "Results: CU in Hell!". WWE. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  17. ^ "Michelle McCool's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  18. ^ "Natalya's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  19. ^ "Eve's second reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  20. ^ "Brie Bella's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  21. ^ "Kelly Kelly's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  22. ^ "Beth Phoenix's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  23. ^ "Nikki Bella's first reign". WWE. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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