List Of WWE Divas Champions
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. 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. The title is now accessible to both WWE brands and the champion can appear on both shows. The Divas Championship was defended for the first time in NXT Wrestling at the March 26 episode, when Kaitlyn defended her title against Natalya. The championship did not change hands however when Kaitlyn retained.
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. Eve Torres holds the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with 3. At 216 days, Maryse's first reign is the longest in the championship's history. Jillian Hall holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at less than a day. The current champion is AJ Lee who is in her first reign with the title. Overall, there have been 20 reigns shared between 15 divas.
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