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WWE Divas Championship
The WWE Divas Championship belt (2008–2018)
The WWE Divas Championship belt
(2008–2018)
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Promotion WWE
Date established December 6, 2008
Date retired December 16, 2018

The WWE Divas Championship was the first-tier women's professional wrestling world championship in WWE on Saturday Night SmackDown; the second brand of the company.

Christy Hemme became the inaugural champion on December 6, 2008, when she won a open battle royal on an episode of Smackdown. The title was retired in 2018 and a brand-new WWE Women's Championship was then introduced and continued the lineage.

Title history[]

Key[]

# The overall championship reign
Date The date in which the championship was obtained
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Venue The event where the championship was obtained
Notes Any additional important information on how the championship changed hands
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
# Wrestler Name Reign Date Days held Venue Notes
1 Christy Hemme 1 December 6, 2008 71 Smackdown
2 Allison Wonderland 1 February 15, 2009 21 Royal Rumble
3 Cammy Charm 1 March 8, 2009 35 No Way Out
4 Allison Wonderland 2 April 12, 2009 77 Wrestlemania 25
5 Jen England 1 June 28, 2009 83 Insurrextion
6 Daffney 1 September 19, 2009 8 Smackdown
Vacated September 27, 2006 Smackdown

Daffney vacated the title after she was released from the company.

7 Maryse 1 October 9, 2009 210 Smackdown

Maryse won in a triple threat match to claim the WWE Divas Championship.

8 Roni Jonah 1 May 7, 2010 28 Smackdown
9 Eve Torres 1 June 4, 2010 7 Smackdown
Vacated June 11, 2010 Smackdown

Title is vacated after Eve is released.

10 Stacy Keibler 1 July 25, 2010 98 Bash at the Beach
Deactivated October 31, 2010 Halloween Havoc

The title was deactivated after both RAW and Smackdown merged together.

Reactivated January 21, 2011 Smackdown

The title was reactivated after the brand split was put back into effect.

11 Jen England 2 January 21, 2011 156 Smackdown

Jen England won the vacant championship in a battle royal on Smackdown.

12 Helena Eve Shadows 1 June 26, 2011 63 Over The Limit
13 Jen England 3 August 28, 2011 28 Summerslammiversary
14 Layla El 1 September 25, 2011 145 Vengeance
15 Lita 1 February 17, 2012 100 Smackdown
16 Daizee Haze 1 May 27, 2012 29 Extreme Rules
17 Beth Phoenix 1 June 25, 2012 39 Invasion
18 Lian Cortes 1 August 3, 2012 58 Smackdown
19 Elizabeth Ryan 1 September 30, 2012 112 Judgment Day

Lizzie Ryan become the youngest Divas Champion in E-Fed History winning the title at the age of 21.

20 Anna Laroo Raith 1 January 20, 2013 19 New Years Revolution

Laroo won the Divas Championship in a triple threat match that also included AJ Lee.

Vacated February 8, 2013 Smackdown Laroo vacated the championship when she left the company.
21 Elizabeth Ryan 2 April 21, 2013 74 Wrestlemania XXIX

Lizzie defeated Paige at Wrestlemania XXIX to win the vacated championship.

Vacated July 4, 2013 WWE.com Ryan vacated the title after retiring from the WWE
22 Lian Cortes 2 August 25, 2013 280 SummerSlam

Lian defeated Nadia Giovanni for the vacant championship with Kaitlyn as the special guest referee.

23 Minka Murder 1 May 31, 2014 71 SmackDown
24 Sally Mason 1 August 10, 2014 42 SummerSlam Mason won the Divas Championship in a triple threat match that also included AJ Lee.
Vacated September 21, 2014 Night of Champions The title was vacated after Maryse Ouellet defeated Mason unifying the WWE Women's Championship with the Divas title.
25 Paige 1 April 2, 2015 49 Smackdown Paige traded in her Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated ODB to win the championship on the return episode of Smackdown.
26 Emma 1 May 21, 2015 101 Smackdown Emma cashed in her Feast or Famine briefcase and defeated Paige to win the championship.
27 Ashley Massaro 1 August 30, 2015 245 SummerSlam
28 Becky Lynch 1 May 1, 2016 120 Invasion
29 Buggy Nova 1 August 28, 2016 176 SummerSlam
30 Thea Trinidad 1 February 19, 2017 <1 Royal Rumble
31 Buggy Nova 2 February 19, 2017 190 Royal Rumble
32 Christina Von Eerie 1 August 27, 2017 76 SummerSlam
33 Beth Phoenix 1 November 10, 2017 17 Smackdown
34 Emma 2 November 26, 2017 19 Survivor Series
35 Christina Von Eerie 2 December 15, 2017 23 Smackdown
36 Ivy Quinn 1 January 7, 2018 56 Royal Rumble
37 Candice LeRae 1 March 4, 2018 49 Fastlane This was a triple threat match also involving Madison Rayne.
38 Bea Priestley 1 April 22, 2018 126 WrestleMania 34
39 Mandy Rose 1 August 26, 2018 36 SummerSlam
40 Trista 1 September 30, 2018 25 No Mercy
41 AJ Lee 1 October 25, 2018 53 Survivor Series
Deactivated December 16, 2018 WWE introduced the WWE Women's Championship, subsequently retiring the Divas Championship.

List of combined reigns[]

Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates the reign was less than 1 day

As of January 18, 2023

Rank Wrestler # of Reigns Combined Days
1 Buggy Nova 2 366
2 Lian Cortes 2 338
3 Jen England 3 267
4 Ashley Massaro 1 245
5 Maryse 1 210
6 Elisabeth Ryan 2 186
7 Layla 1 145
8 Bea Priestley 1 126
9 Becky Lynch 1 120
10 Emma 1 101
11 Lita 1 100
12 Christina Von Eerie 2 99
13 Stacy Keibler 1 98
Allison Wonderland 2 98
15 Christy Hemme 1 71
16 Minka Murder 1 71
17 Helena Eve Shadows 1 63
18 Ivy Quinn 1 56
19 AJ Lee 1 53
20 Paige 1 49
Candice LeRae 1 49
22 Sally Mason  1 42
23 Beth Phoenix 1 39
24 Mandy Rose 1 36
25 Cammy Charm 1 35
26 Daizee Haze 1 29
27 Trista 1 25
28 Anna Laroo Raith 1 19
Emma 1 19
30 Beth Phoenix 1 17
31 Daffney 1 8
32 Eve Torres 1 7
33 Thea Trinidad 1 <1

See also[]

External links[]

World Wrestling Entertainment championships and accomplishments
Current championships Raw: WWEIntercontinentalWomen's
SmackDown: World HeavyweightUnited StatesDivas
Cross-brand: Tag TeamDivas Tag Team
Former championships HardcoreTelevisionX-DivisionEuropeanECWECW TelevisionECW FTWxXxSmackDown Women'sPure DivasSmackDown Tag TeamECW Tag TeamFCWFCW Florida HeavyweightFCW Queen of the Ring
Other accomplishments Royal RumbleSlammy AwardsMoney in the Bank
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