The WWE Divas Championship was a women's championship in WWE. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced via a storyline by then-SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's WWE Women's Championship.
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No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
1 | Michelle McCool | July 20, 2008 | The Great American Bash | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 155 | 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. |
2 | Maryse | December 22, 2008 | SmackDown | Toronto, ON | 1 | 216 | The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2009 WWE draft. |
3 | Mickie James | July 26, 2009 | Night of Champions | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 78 | |
4 | Jillian Hall | October 12, 2009 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | <1 | |
5 | Melina | October 12, 2009 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 84 | |
— | Vacated | January 4, 2010 | Raw | Dayton, OH | — | — | Vacated after Melina sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament. |
6 | Maryse | February 22, 2010 | Raw | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | 49 | Defeated Gail Kim in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
7 | Eve Torres | April 12, 2010 | Raw | London, England | 1 | 69 | |
8 | Alicia Fox | June 20, 2010 | Fatal 4-Way | Uniondale, NY | 1 | 56 | |
9 | Melina | August 15, 2010 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 35 | |
10 | Michelle McCool | September 19, 2010 | Night of Champions | Rosemont, IL | 2 | 63 | 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. |
11 | Natalya | November 21, 2010 | Survivor Series | Miami, FL | 1 | 70 | |
12 | Eve Torres | January 30, 2011 | Royal Rumble | Boston, MA | 2 | 71 | |
13 | Brie Bella | April 11, 2011 | Raw | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 70 | |
14 | Kelly Kelly | June 20, 2011 | Raw: Power to the People | Baltimore, MD | 1 | 104 | |
15 | Beth Phoenix | October 2, 2011 | Hell in a Cell | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 204 | |
16 | Nikki Bella | April 23, 2012 | Raw | Detroit, MI | 1 | 6 | |
17 | Layla | April 29, 2012 | Extreme Rules | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 140 | |
18 | Eve Torres | September 16, 2012 | Night of Champions | Boston, MA | 3 | 120 | |
19 | Kaitlyn | January 14, 2013 | Raw 20th Anniversary Special | Houston, TX | 1 | 153 | |
20 | AJ Lee | June 16, 2013 | Payback | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 295 | |
21 | Paige | April 7, 2014 | Raw | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 84 | |
22 | AJ Lee | June 30, 2014 | Raw | Hartford, CT | 2 | 48 | |
23 | Paige | August 17, 2014 | SummerSlam | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 35 | |
24 | AJ Lee | September 21, 2014 | Night of Champions | Nashville, TN | 3 | 63 | |
25 | Nikki Bella | November 23, 2014 | Survivor Series | St. Louis, MO | 2 | 301 | |
26 | Charlotte | September 20, 2015 | Night of Champions | Houston, TX | 1 | 196 | |
— | 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. |