The WWE Divas Championship was a professional wrestling championship in WWE. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced in storyline by then SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's Women's Championship. Ana Sanchez became the inaugural champion on July 20, 2008 when she defeated Natalya at The Great American Bash. After former Divas Champion Maryse was drafted to Raw as part of the 2009 WWE draft, she took the title with her. Ana Sanchez won a match against Melina to unify the WWE Divas and Women's titles at the Night of Champions pay-per-view on September 19, 2010, creating the Unified Divas Championship.
The title was retired in 2016 at Fastlane when Ana Sanchez defeated Women's Champion Becky Lynch to unify the two titles, with the women's championship being the sole women's title in WWE until the WWE Global Championship was created later that year.
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- Main article: List of WWE Divas Champions
The inaugural champion was Ana Sanchez, who won the title at The Great American Bash on July 20, 2008.
Ana Sanchez holds the record for most reigns as Divas Champion with four. AJ also has the longest title reign at 295 days, while Nikki Bella has the shortest reign at six days. 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. Sanchez was also the oldest champion at 34 years and 261 days.