After weeks and weeks of besting the Women’s Champion, Charlotte, Natalya finally gets her first opportunity at the Women’s Championship. Will the woman who competed in the first and last Divas Championship matches add this new title to her legacy? How will Ric Flair and Bret Hart play into this match? How many times will … Read more
Tonight at Payback, Charlotte managed to walk away with the WWE Women’s Championship for another night. The win comes after Charlotte managed to apply a sharpshooter to Natalya. The challenger never officially tapped out to the champion but acting referee official Charles Robinson called for the bell, thus awarding the win to Charlotte. Charlotte and Ric Flair … Read more
Tonight on Raw, a Women’s Championship match was announced for WWE’s Payback event. During a backstage interview, it was revealed that Natalya would get rematch against Charlotte for the Women’s title. Unlike their previous encounters, Natalya will have her Hall of Famer uncle Bret Hart at her corner to counter out any interference Ric Flair … Read more
Who knew a women’s segment with a celebrity involved could actually be half decent? Whilst WWE still thinks it is ok for their female talent to liaise with (mostly irrelevant) guest stars, it worked last night, and perhaps was the first seed planted in a blossoming storyline. I am course talking about Dr. Phil. I … Read more
In many ways, WrestleMania 32 fulfilled the dreams of many a women’s wrestling fan, with two women’s matches gracing the card – one of which stole the show, in many fans’ eyes – and a game-changing announcement in between them. By the end of the gargantuan seven-hour show, the division had changed forever, finally. On … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania 32, a new Women’s Champion was crowned. Divas Champion Charlotte became the first woman to hold the new Women’s Championship when she defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat match that served to usher in a new era for the WWE’s women’s division. Charlotte would win the match thanks … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania 32, the Divas Championship will give way to the Women’s Championship. WWE Hall of Famer Lita made the announcement on the WrestleMania 32 Kickoff, revealing the new WWE Women’s Championship in the middle of the ring. She confirmed that the winner of tonight’s Triple Threat match between Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha … Read more
All week leading up to WrestleMania 32, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 32 year history, tackling a total of 26 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 23 April 1st, 2007 At the twenty-third WrestleMania, Diva Search winner and Playboy covergirl Ashley Massaro took on Women’s Champion Melina with the title on the line. As … Read more
All week leading up to WrestleMania 32, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 32 year history, tackling a total of 26 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 21 April 3rd, 2005 At the twenty-first WrestleMania, Diva Search winner and wrestling rookie Christy Hemme took on Women’s Champion Trish Stratus with the title on the line. … Read more
All week leading up to WrestleMania 32, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 32 year history, tackling a total of 26 WrestleManias. WrestleMania XX March 14th, 2004 At the twentieth WrestleMania, two Divas matches and one heel turn made for one of the most unforgettable WrestleManias yet. First, Sable and Torrie … Read more
WrestleMania X8 March 17th, 2002 The eighteenth WrestleMania saw the first and only time Lita and Trish Stratus met at the biggest show of the year when both competed for Jazz‘s Women’s Championship. Jazz took advantage of the animosity between Lita and Trish to hang on to the belt, disposing of Trish and hitting Lita … Read more
WrestleMania X-Seven April 2nd, 2000 The seventeenth WrestleMania brought with it every kind of drama imaginable. First, Chyna finally got revenge on Ivory and Right to Censor, defeating Ivory to win the Women’s Championship. As expected, when Chyna finally got some alone time with her foe, she made short work of her. Later, Lita made … Read more
A big change is on the horizon for the Divas division. PWInsider (via SEScoops) is reporting that the WWE is going forward with a plan to rebrand the Divas division – renaming it the Women’s division – and will make the announcement on Monday’s Post-WrestleMania Raw. According to the report, this will include introducing a … Read more
WrestleMania XV March 28th, 1999 At the fifteenth WrestleMania, Sable defended the Women’s Championship against former superfan Tori. Tori, wrestling in just her second WWE match, showed no hesitation, brutally attacking Sable. She seemed to have the championship well within her grasp, but the debut of Nicole Bass signaled the end of her hopes. Bass … Read more
WrestleMania X March 20th, 1994 The tenth WrestleMania was the first to book two matches involving women, the first of which saw Luna Vachon team with Bam Bam Bigelow to take on Dink and Doink the Clown. Bigelow won the match for his team, laying out Doink with a diving headbutt. Later in the night, … Read more
WrestleMania 2 April 7th, 1986 At the second WrestleMania, Fabulous Moolah defended the Women’s Championship she infamously won from Wendi Richter. Former Women’s Tag Team Champion Velvet McIntyre was her challenger The match was notably short, lasting just a minute. Moolah would claim victory in shady fashion, pinning Velvet off of a missed splash, the … Read more
WrestleMania I March 31st, 1985 At the very first WrestleMania, Leilani Kai defended her Women’s Championship against Wendi Richter. Both women had a legendary backup in their corners: Wendi brought along pop star Cyndi Lauper, while Leilani recruited the incomparable Fabulous Moolah. It didn’t take long for the villainous Moolah to interfere, but she was … Read more
January 25th, 2009: At 2009’s Royal Rumble, the Glamazon Beth Phoenix defended her Women’s Title against Melina. Beth did her best to thwart Melina, tossing her around like a rag doll and twisting her like a pretzel…
Ahead of the Royal Rumble tomorrow night, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2010, when Mickie James took on Michelle McCool in one of the shortest Women’s Championship matches on record. Mickie finally got revenge on Lay-Cool for their endless “Piggie … Read more
Leading up to the historic main event Iron Man match between Bayley and Sasha Banks at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, we’re taking a look back at other moments in which WWE Divas made history. Today, we’re looking back at 2004, when Lita and Trish Stratus main evented Raw in a Women’s Title match. This was the … Read more
On this week’s episode of Raw, Nikki Bella became the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history. While this marks a huge moment in the history of the Divas division and the title itself, social media seems to be giving someone else credit for Nikki’s reign…and it isn’t the Divas Champion.
Leading up to SummerSlam this Sunday, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 1994, when Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze defended her title against Bull Nakano, who had Luna Vachon in her corner. Though she was outnumbered and had a strength disadvantage, Blayze … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] It’s been nearly two weeks since Alundra Blayze was inducted into WWE’s Hall of Fame and delivered an incredible speech, highlights of which included a tribute to the troops and the return of the Women’s Championship belt that Blayze threw in the trash. Fellow WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley … Read more
This Sunday at WrestleMania 31, Brie and Nikki Bella team up to take on AJ Lee and Paige. All week leading up to the big night, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 31 year history, tackling a total of 25 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 23 April 1st, 2007 At the twenty-third WrestleMania, Diva … Read more
This Sunday at WrestleMania 31, Brie and Nikki Bella team up to take on AJ Lee and Paige. All week leading up to the big night, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 31 year history, tackling a total of 25 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 22 April 2nd, 2006 At the twenty-second WrestleMania, Divas … Read more
This Sunday at WrestleMania 31, Brie and Nikki Bella team up to take on AJ Lee and Paige. All week leading up to the big night, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 31 year history, tackling a total of 25 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 21 April 3rd, 2005 At the twenty-first WrestleMania, Diva … Read more