The WWE Divas Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship in WWE. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced as part of the WWE brand extension via a storyline by then SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's WWE Women's Championship.
WWE Divas Championship|
 The WWE Divas Championship belt (August 2014–April 2016) Details
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Promotion WWE |
Date Established July 20, 2008 |
Other Name(s)
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- WWE Divas Championship
(2008–2010, 2010–2016) - Unified WWE Divas Championship
(2010)
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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. ... 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.
There were
26 total reigns and
1 vacancy. The inaugural champion was
Michelle McCool, who defeated
Natalya to win the title at
The Great American Bash on July 20, 2008.Eve Torres and
AJ Lee hold the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with three each. AJ Lee holds the record for most combined days as champion with 406 days, while
Nikki Bella holds the record for longest reign at 301 days. Jillian Hall has the shortest reign at five minutes.
Layla is the oldest Divas Champion, having won at the age of 34, while
Paige is the youngest Divas Champion in history, at 21 years of age, and is also the only woman to win the title in her debut.The final champion was Charlotte, who was in her first and only reign. She defeated
Nikki Bella on
September 20, 2015 at Night of Champions in Houston, Texas to win the title.
Charlotte was originally scheduled to defend the title at
WrestleMania 32 against Sasha Banks and
Becky Lynch, but during the event it was announced that the scheduled triple threat match would instead be for the new WWE Women's Championship (now Raw Women's Championship), with the Divas Championship subsequently being retired.
Charlotte won the match and the Women's Championship; this ended her reign as Divas Champion and began a new reign as Women's Champion.