List of IWE Divas Champions
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The IWE Divas Championship was a professional wrestling women's championship owned by the IWE promotion. The word "Divas" in the championship's name refers to the pseudonym IWE Diva, which WWE uses to refer its female wrestlers. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition.
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 IWE Women's Championship. The inaugural champion was Michelle McCool, who defeated Natalya on July 20, 2008, at The Great American Bash. On April 13, 2009, the title was moved from SmackDown to Raw as a result of then Divas Champion Maryse being drafted to Raw in the 2009 IWE draft. On September 19, 2010, at the Night of Champions pay-per-view event, Michelle McCool (defending the Women's Championship on behalf of tag team partner and official champion, Layla) defeated Divas Champion Melina, retiring the Women's Championship and unifying it with the Divas Championship.
Overall, there have been 17 different champions. Eve Torres and AJ Lee hold the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with three. Nikki Bella has the longest title reign at 301 days while Jillian Hall has the shortest reign at five minutes. The current champion is Charlotte in her first reign.
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| IWE Divas Championship | 2008–2016 |
| IWE Unified Divas Championship | 2010 |
[edit] Reigns
As of October 6, 2024.
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle McCool | 1 | July 20, 2008 | 155 | Uniondale, NY | The Great American Bash (2008) | Johnson defeated Shannon to become the inaugural champion. |
| 2 | Maryse | 1 | December 22, 2008 | 216 | Toronto, ON | SmackDown | This episode aired on tape delay on December 26, 2008. The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand on April 13, 2009 when Riley was drafted from SmackDown. |
| 3 | Sari Pasma | 1 | July 26, 2009 | 78 | Philadelphia, PA | Night of Champions (2009) | |
| 4 | Jillian | 1 | October 12, 2009 | 0 | Indianapolis, IN | Raw | |
| 5 | Melina | 1 | October 12, 2009 | 84 | Indianapolis, IN | Raw | |
| — | Vacated | — | January 4, 2010 | — | Dayton, OH | Raw | IWE vacated the title after Melina sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which sidelined her from in-ring competition. |
| 6 | Maryse | 2 | February 22, 2010 | 49 | Indianapolis, IN | Raw | Riley defeated Gail Kim in the finals of an eight diva tournament to win the vacant title. |
| 7 | Eve Torres | 1 | April 12, 2010 | 69 | London, England | Raw | |
| 8 | Alica Fox | 1 | June 20, 2010 | 56 | Uniondale, NY | Fatal 4-Way (2010) | This was contested in a Fatal 4-Way match that also involved Lauren Ireland and Riley Austin. Kassi pinned Riley to win the title. |
| 9 | Denise | 2 | August 15, 2010 | 35 | Los Angeles, CA | SummerSlam (2010) | |
| 10 | Michelle McCool | 2 | September 19, 2010 | 63 | Rosemont, IL | Night of Champions (2010) | This was a unification match, where the title was unified with the IWE Women's Championship. The title, which was referred to as the IWE Unified Divas Championship for weeks afterward, took the lineage of the IWE Divas Championship and became accessible on both Raw and SmackDown brands. Victoria subsequently claimed to be the co-champion with Johnson, but it is not recognized by IWE, though she defended the belt in Johnson's place on some occasions. |
| 11 | Shannon | 1 | November 21, 2010 | 70 | Miami, FL | Survivor Series (2010) | This was a handicap match also involving Victoria as Amanda Johnson's tag team partner. |
| 12 | Eve Torres | 2 | January 30, 2011 | 71 | Boston, MA | Royal Rumble (2011) | This was contested in a Fatal-4-Way match also involving Victoria and Amanda Johnson. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship. |
| 13 | Brie Bella | 1 | April 11, 2011 | 70 | Bridgeport, CT | Raw | |
| 14 | Kelly Kelly | 1 | June 20, 2011 | 104 | Baltimore, MD | Raw | |
| 15 | Chandra Denney | 1 | October 2, 2011 | 205 | New Orleans | Hell in a Cell | |
| 16 | Nikki Bella | 1 | April 23, 2012 | 7 | Detroit, MI | Raw SuperShow | This was contested in a lumberjill match. |
| 17 | Layla | 1 | April 29, 2012 | 141 | Rosemont, Illinois | Extreme Rules (2012) | |
| 18 | Eve Torres | 3 | September 16, 2012 | 120 | Boston, MA | Night of Champions (2012) | |
| 19 | Kaitlyn | 1 | January 14, 2013 | 153 | Houston, TX | Raw 20th Anniversary Special | If Eve had been counted out or disqualified, she would have lost the title. |
| 20 | AJ Lee | 1 | June 16, 2013 | 295 | Rosemont, IL | Payback | |
| 21 | Paige | 1 | April 7, 2014 | 84 | New Orleans, LA | Raw | Became the first woman to win the title in her debut match. |
| 22 | AJ Lee | 2 | June 30, 2014 | 48 | Hartford, CT | Raw | |
| 23 | Paige | 2 | August 17, 2014 | 35 | Los Angeles, CA | SummerSlam | |
| 24 | AJ Lee | 3 | September 21, 2014 | 63 | Nashville, TN | Night of Champions | This was a triple-threat match also involving Nikki Bella. |
| 25 | Nikki Bella | 2 | November 23, 2014 | 301 | St. Louis, MO | Survivor Series | |
| 26 | Charlotte | 1 | September 20, 2015 | 196 | Houston, TX | Night of Champions | If Nikki had been counted out or disqualified, she would have lost the title. At WrestleMania 32 the Divas Championship became inactive, and was replaced by a revived IWE Women's Championship. |
| — | Deactivated | — | April 3, 2016 | — | Arlington, Texas | WrestleMania 32 | Title deactivated. At WrestleMania 32, the Divas Championship became inactive, and was replaced by a revived IWE Women's Championship. |
