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The WWE Women's Championship [1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand. It was introduced on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32 to replace the WWE Divas Championship and has a unique title history separate from the original ...
Lynch is the first WWE wrestler to have appeared on the cover of ESPN The Magazine in 2019. [269] As of April 2020, she was the sixth highest-paid WWE wrestler and the highest-paid woman according to Forbes, with a salary of US$3.1 million. [270] In 2022, Glazia Magazine named Lynch as one of the Top Female Game-Changers in the 21st Century. [271]
She later left TNA in August 2008, to return to WWE three months later, where she remained until 2011. The following October she returned to TNA. In 2012, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Kim the number one female wrestler in the world and in 2016 she was announced as the first female inductee into the TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Former WWE wrestler Maria Kanellis was critical of how WWE portrays women, stating that it feels more like a "promotional tactic". [188] After being released in 2021, Mickie James said that one WWE executive told her: "Women's wrestling doesn't make money" in response to her push for a second all-female pay-per-view or an all-female branded ...
August 20, 2017: SummerSlam: Brooklyn, NY: 1 86: 86 [8] 7 Charlotte Flair: November 14, 2017: SmackDown: Charlotte, NC: 1 147: 146 [9] 8 Carmella: April 10, 2018: SmackDown: New Orleans, LA: 1 131: 130 This was Carmella's Money in the Bank cash-in match. This was the first time a women's title changed hands after a Money in the Bank contract ...
On the WrestleMania 32 pre-show, former WWE wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Lita announced that the Divas Championship triple threat match with Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks would instead be for the new WWE Women's Championship. The Divas Championship was subsequently retired. [39] NXT UK Women's Championship: June 18, 2018 Rhea Ripley
The word "Divas" in the championship's name refers to the pseudonym WWE Diva, which WWE used to refer to its female wrestlers. 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 WWE Women's Championship. [1]
Ashley Marie Massaro [4] (May 26, 1979 – May 16, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, reality television contestant and model. She was best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and for her appearance on Survivor: China.