WWE Divas Championship

[1.0] "Probably the worst title ever in WWE. A disrespect to wrestling in general, but especially to the women's division, which, while this title existed, was never remotely relevant. Eight years of pure mediocrity. Despite everything, there are two moments in this title history that I find atleast interesting and memorable: Paige's debut and LayCool's reign. I'm not giving it a 0 just because of that."

[2.0] "This belt is literally just misogyny manifest. Atrocious with little to redeem it, only AJ Lee and Paige made it seem important."

[0.0] "Good riddance! When I think of this belt, I think of the dregs of women's wrestling hired for their looks only. That's not their fault and I don't blame them for getting paid to do it, it sadly also means they have infamy. An ugly belt to boot."

[4.0] "What a waste of talented womens wrestlers. What a sad time this was... Michelle McCool, Maryse, Mickie James, Melina, Nattie, Beth Phoenix, Layla, The Bellas, Paige & Charlotte Flair. All talented in their own right. Yet this was the prize in an underwhelming time with 2 minute matches and embarrassing angles. A belt made for toys which no one would buy. What could have been?"

[0.0] "This title is an insult to women's wrestling. It's a symbol of an era of disrespect for women. The only thing we can give it credit for is its design, and here again it's questionable. For me, it's indisputably the worst title in history. I'm glad it's been withdrawn."

[10.0] "I absolutely loved this belt, and it's easily my favorite-looking championship of all time. I get that not everyone is a fan of pink, but I personally love it, and I think the design was really cute. Sure, it's frustrating that the Divas weren't taken as seriously during this era--I hated that too. But at the end of the day, this was the one championship that women were competing for for years, and I actually think the feminine butterfly design was amazing. It made the title feel distinct, and despite the criticism, it still represented the top of the division. On top of that, the belt had an incredible lineage, being held by some of the most talented and memorable Divas like AJ Lee, Charlotte Flair, Michelle McCool, Melina, and Nikki Bella. Say what you want about the era, but this championship still carries a lot of history and significance."

[1.0] "The 'Divas Era' of WWE is a rather unfortunate stain on WWE's legacy. Of course the reputation has very little to do with any of the women involved (I mean, there were bad wrestlers during the era but it wasn't completely any of their faults at all), but rather the insane, humiliating, disgraceful booking of the women by one of the biggest misogynists in the wrestling landscape, Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Vince obviously was booking women badly on purpose to have a laugh backstage as he usually did with small wrestlers and giant wrestlers as well, anything that fulfilled his carny desires, he would do. Moving on from that and to the championship that was apart of the 'Divas' era from 2008-2016; Uhhh yeah, this championship was just really bad. As said before, it has little to do with the women who have held this belt; Given there are good wrestlers who have held this belt, from Charlotte Flair to Beth Phoenix. Back then, the women had very little screen time for wrestling and were given about on average 3 minutes to show off what they could do and very often the matches would be slow and sloppy and have no correlation. There's also an elephant in the room which is that this title is cursed, given many of it's past holders have been permanently injured, disappeared from the wrestling landscape, and only Charlotte Flair has been able to still be a massive star in the 2020s and everyone else who has held the belt either no longer wrestles or wrestles but only does so on a very limited basis. The best thing to happen to this championship was it's replacement by the WWE Women's Championship, which is still going strong today. I'll give 1 point for some of the good champions of this belt but the only thing we can do is leave this championship in the past as women's wrestling has evolved to much better."

[0.0] "[0.1] Is it unfair to say that this belt and all that came from it was *the* reason that the mainstream perception of women's wrestling in the US was set back so far that it's only begun to recover in the last few years? Probably, but it was absolutely a big factor. It's made significantly more egregious by the fact that some of the women to hold this belt (Mickie James, AJ Lee, and Beth Phoenix come to mind) were legitimately good. Overall just the irredeemable epitome of everything that was wrong with the WWE's handling of their women in the 2010s."

[1.0] "Awful belt. Awful design. Awful period when it came to Woman's wrestling. I can't believe they retired the original Woman's Championship for this but luckily it saved the belt from being held another time by Michelle McCool or people like Alicia Fox, Jillian Hall, Maryse or the Bella Twins."

[0.0] "I swear, WWE is the reason why women's wrestling in America was so devolved and hampered for the longest, asides from the attempts of TNA and other smaller companies. The Divas title, while not the most insulting example, is certainly the most prime example, and it's one the worst of all other women's titles in WWE. At least Moolah wasn't ruling over it, but it certainly felt like she was the one booking it, and making sure any women in WWE is only seen for their body and for ridicule. Of course, not gonna deny that there were some good holders of the belt that made it mean something that ultimately led to a change in women's wrestling in WWE, but that doesn't give this belt any higher of a rating in particular."

[0.0] "Horrible design, zero prestige, thank goodness this horrendous championship has been retired as all this represents is decades of misusing the many many talented women who worked for WWE. The majority of matches fought over this belt were either, short or sexist affairs, lets just all forget about this belt."

[1.0] "Optisch eher kitschig und verhalf der Womans Division dadurch nicht wirklich als ernsthafte Athleten wahrgenommen zu werden. Das Prestige des Titels geht für mich richtung 0."

[0.0] "The sad thing about the whole title is they tried to make it relevant during charlotte reign. She did put on the best matches. The title was far too damaged and pointless. Prior to charlotte winning the belt the only time it felt relevant was when Aj was chasing Kaitlyn during the stocker feud."

[10.0] "I think the main reason I love this championship so much is because it's basically my childhood. I literally grew up with this title. It was made the same year I was born so it's very nostalgic for me. I personally think that this championship isn't as bad as people say it is. Yes, the matches weren't the best but it wasn't about the match quality, at least to me. It was about the way the Divas wore the title. And they wore it with pride. And I appreciate that. I know that some of them most likely weren't very happy with what Women's wrestling looked like at the time but they made it worth watching. My personal favorite reigns are Maryse's, AJ Lee's, Paige's, and Nikki Bella's. Kelly Kelly and Beth Phoenix were good champions too. But overall people need to stop hating on this title. It's not that bad."

[2.0] "This title was in existence when the women's matches were often a minute long, or even less! And the design of the title exemplifies the era it was defended in perfectly. The only memorable reigns were from Eve Torres' heel reign, Kaitlyn, AJ Lee's first reign, Paige's first reign, Nikki Bella's long reign (which was to eliminate AJ from the record books because of Punk), and Charlotte's reign, which was the last, but because of the poor match quality at the time, I can only give this belt a 2 despite some notable reigns from 2012 onward."

[10.0] "This title is so underrated, the talented women that have this championships were amazing, Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Melina, AJ Lee, Melina, Layla, Michelle McCool, Eve Torres, Natalya, etc. The problem were not the competitors or the design, was the sexist booking and sexist crowd. The storylines and matches could have been great with the proper mind in directive, creative and especially in the fanbase. The women who held the title are legends and icons who inspired a lot of women wrestling of today especially in NXT. The Divas Championship provide more opportunities to the Women wrestler of Smackdown in 2008, was a mistake to Unify the Divas Championship and Women's Championship because it meant less time for the Divas at the time......"

[4.0] "I don't really know... I mean, the title wasn't THAT bad, even if the girls didn't do the best performance of all time, they still went with something that at least you could call a match, specially with the few minutes they were given, thus the importance of this belt came as a result. And also, the design looked more like an accessory than a real championship."

[1.0] "Belt design was ridiculous & the whole idea of "Divas" was ridiculous & degrading. Only rated one for Charlotte, Paige & AJ's reigns."

[3.0] "Title looked ridiculous . More like a piece of costume jewelry than a pro wrestling championship. Had a few good reigns with AJ Lee, Paige and Charlotte but majority of the reigns came from a time when women's wrestling was not respected in WWE."

[1.0] "The infamous butterfly belt. The title that essentially enforced the stereotype that women's wrestling was a sideshow act and not something that could compete with the men. While the wrestlers holding the belt range from great (Mickie James, Charlotte Flair, Paige, AJ Lee) to awful (The Bellas, Alicia Fox, Jillian), and most of the reigns have been uneventful and really nothing special until we got to that short period where AJ Lee and Paige were trading the title, but that was gone before you knew it. Matches were short and mostly terrible, and even when the true wrestlers TRIED, they were always brought down to a lesser level. Believe it or not, this problem has reared it's ugly head back in the women's division recently with WWE's asinine booking and strong negligence of it's presence, but even then, there are some significant improvements, at least compared to this extreme dark age of women's wrestling."

[1.0] "What more can be said that hasn't been said already' It was a pink butterfly that suited a young girl more than the wrestlers, and it was introduced at a time where TNA were treating the women seriously. The belt represents a time where the women were an afterthought and only got a few minutes to prove themselves. It took until 2013 for the title to mean something, and that was only down to AJ Lee being the only woman who was given more than 5 minutes to shine consistently."

[2.0] "One of the least prestigious and least important titles that wwe has had, only four reigns have been worth it and all four have been in the last years of the title's existence."

[2.0] "Absolutely disgusting looking title, and the name itself is rather unflattering. Good idea in theory to have a belt on the other show at the time (SmackDown! I believe? , I hope I'm right here) for it's women to fight over, until they decided to ditch the WWE Women's title for this... ? ! (I still don't know why they even did that, big gaps between reigns or not) Had some good as well as some bad title holders and matches, but I don't miss this title at all, not even a little bit."

[1.0] "This was terrible. The belt itself looked hideous, and the matches that were fought over it were generally just awful."

[2.0] "Though the title did have some decent champions late In it's lifespan, the whole belt looks like a Barbie doll accessories, it's in the shape of a butterfly come on WWE."

[2.0] "AJ Lee and Paige tried to elevate it, but it had a poor history and I am glad they retired it to bring the women's Championship that the four horsewomen along with Asuka, Ronda Rousey and Alexa Bliss would battle over to elevate the women's division from B Class actress/reality star wannabe division to a real female Wrestler division."

[3.0] "The Divas Title seemed to take several steps back from the gains that had begun to be made with the original Women's Title towards the end of its history, and with its tacky name and tackier belt, it was somewhat hard to take it seriously. Towards the end, its reigns and general presentation did start to improve to the point that it could easily be phased out to make way the current arrangement of the women's division."

[2.0] "Awful title representing an era of women's wrestling that is best left in the WWE archives. Sort of got a little better towards the end as the new women's era began but overall incredibly weak championship."

[0.0] "This title was total garbage. I am glad it was gone. Horrendous design. It looked like more a toy than a title in pro wrestling. It had no value, no credibility at all. Just total trash. It represents the worst era of women wrestling in wwe. Women were treated like jokes. Awful storylines as well. Diva ? So lame."

[3.0] "Even feuds between AJ Lee and Paige, also the 4 horsewomen could not save this title. How could anyone take seriously a title that had butterflies on it and looked like something a 9 or 10 year old girl would create in art class. The design of the new women's title may not be as good as the old women's title and maybe looks too much like the men's world title but definitely an improvement over this thing with butterflies all over it. The new women's title is far from perfect but glad the diva's title is gone."

[2.0] "Nothing could fix the belt, not even feuds with the four horsewomen, as the title had to be thrown away because it did nothing but hold the new talented competitors back. That should tell you how bad the legacy of the belt is. By the way Alicia Fox had this belt, enough said."

[0.0] "This title is a joke. I mean the belt is a butterfly, how you can take all this "Divas Revolution" seriously? One last thing, the "diva" term should disapear for good."

[2.0] "Having Nikki beat the record just to annoy AJ Lee is really stupid! This title is ugly and it is nothing like the Womans Champion was."

[7.0] "A very hated title, but the matches for this title have gotten much better in 2015, and will be sure to become better."

[0.0] "It's a joke, honestly. The title doesn't mean anything and it's ugly as sin. If I were in charge, I would just remake an actual wrestling belt that looks like it has value, not this horrific, ugly monstrosity."

[0.0] "One of the worst championships in professional wrestling history; absolutely terrible reigns throughout and no title defenses to write home about either. It speaks volumes when the longest reigning champion since the belt's conception, Nikki Bella, has gone two 50 day+ periods of time without defending the belt. Not to mention, the belt itself looks like a Bratz accessory and further kills any prestige the belt may have left."

[0.0] "One of the ugliest and least prestigious championships in the history of professional wrestling. The fact that this title was chosen to survive instead of the WWE Women's Championship is a disgrace and just shows you how little WWE cares for the women in their company. Hopefully the buzz around NXT and the new call-ups from their women's division will push WWE to retire this awful Barbie doll accessory and bring forth a far more respectable Championship that the women can look dignified in holding."

[3.0] "A very poor championship. The very design of the belt itself represents inferiority and relegates the belt and all who hold it in limbo. It's not a representation of a true women's belt and has been designed more for a pr teen or adolescent. As the design of the belt is that of a pink butterfly. Nothing against butterflies per say but it seems to have purposely over feminized in such a way as to make it seem worth much less then every other belt on the roster. I actually find the belt somewhat offensive and do not take it seriously. There have been a lot of great women's wrestlers that have held the belt but they and the belt are so-called Divas which in my opinion marginalizes them and the title itself."

[3.0] "Not as good as the women's title and division and never liked the look of the diva's belt. The division is too much about eye candy and not enough hardcore action. There are no true HC matches such as ladder, cage, TLC or no holds barred matches. Also tired of seeing the black divas used as jobbers and think Naomi should have a reign as divas champ and Alicia should have a second reign. Only one black woman has held the title so far in it's history which is not right in my view."

[1.0] "How do we show we respect our women's division? By slapping a butterfly and an insult to the wearer on it. I can't think of why anyone would rather hold this than the old Women's Championship belt."

[2.0] "Okay, I understand that they want to promote these women, saying that they have different fighting backgrounds and therefore suggest that they can wrestle. I'll admit, some of these women can pull off some nice moves, and the likes of Beth Phoenix & Mickey James are good workers (and I have hopes for A. J. to become better as well) - but if you were to compare it to All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling from the '80s and '90s, TNA's Knockout Division in the late 2000s, WWE's Woman's division from 2000-2006, and even FMW's Women's Division in the '90s, it's like comparing a healthy x-ray to an x-ray of a terminally ill patient. It is a bathroom break, rather than something you pay to see."

[3.0] "Just a pill of shit, what the female division has been in the WWE since a long time ago."