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WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch, popularly known as Sunny, considered to be the first WWE Diva.. In 1993, the WWF reinstated its Women's Championship, a title that had been vacant since 1990, [11] and Madusa Miceli was brought in by the company to revive the women's division. [12]
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]
WWE Diva Search (formerly WWE Raw Diva Search) is an American talent competition that was produced and held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The first winner was Jaime Koeppe, but she did not receive a contract like subsequent winners of the contest. Other winners included Christy Hemme, Ashley Massaro, Layla El, Eve Torres and Eva Marie.
Inaugural champion Lyra Valkyria. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE was founded in April 1963, but it never had a secondary women's championship until April 2024 when the NXT Women's North American Championship was introduced for the developmental brand NXT, [1] followed by the WWE Women's United States Championship for the main roster brand SmackDown in early November.
The championship was established on April 3, 2016. During the WrestleMania 32 pre-show that day, WWE Hall of Famer Lita appeared: after recapping the history of women's professional wrestling in WWE, she declared that WWE's women would no longer be referred to as WWE Divas, but as "WWE Superstars" like their male counterparts. [1]
At Vengeance in 2007, she defeated Melina to win her first WWE Women's Championship and became the first former Diva Search contestant to win a WWE title. [12] She was released from her WWE contract on June 19, 2009. [13] She made a return to WWE on the Raw Reunion episode on July 22, 2019, and became the second woman to win the WWE 24/7 ...
Kaitlyn wrestling Natalya during a WWE house show in November 2012. On the November 6 episode of Raw, Kaitlyn teamed with Layla in a tag team match against Eve and Aksana in a winning effort. [58] The following week on Raw, Kaitlyn defeated Layla to become the number one contender to Eve's Divas Championship. [59]
Michelle Leigh Calaway [5] (née McCool; born January 25, 1980) is an American retired professional wrestler.She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she is a former two-time, as well as the first WWE Divas Champion and a two-time WWE Women's Champion.