<sod>The '''WWE Divas Championship''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[Professional wrestling championship|championship]] in [[WWE]]. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced as part of the [[WWE brand extension]] via a [[Glossary of professional wrestling#angle|storyline]] by then [[Professional wrestling authority figures#SmackDown authorities|SmackDown General Manager]] [[Vickie Guerrero]] as an alternative to [[WWE Raw|Raw]]'s [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|Women's Championship]]. [[Michelle McCool]] became the inaugural champion on July 20, 2008, when she defeated [[Natalya (wrestler)|Natalya]] at [[The Great American Bash (2004)|The Great American Bash]]. After former Divas Champion [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] was drafted to Raw as part of the [[2009 WWE draft|2009]] [[WWE draft]], she took the title with her. McCool won a match against [[Melina Perez|Melina]] to unify the WWE Divas and Women's titles at the [[Night of Champions (2010)|Night of Champions]] pay-per-view on September 19, 2010, creating the Unified Divas Championship.<eod>
<sod>The '''WWE Divas Championship''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[Professional wrestling championship|championship]] in [[WWE]]. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced as part of the [[WWE brand extension]] via a [[Glossary of professional wrestling#angle|storyline]] by then [[Professional wrestling authority figures#SmackDown authorities|SmackDown General Manager]] [[Vickie Guerrero]] as an alternative to [[WWE Raw|Raw]]'s [[WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)|WWE Women's Championship]]. [[Michelle McCool]] became the inaugural champion on July 20, 2008, when she defeated [[Natalya (wrestler)|Natalya]] at [[The Great American Bash (2004)|The Great American Bash]]. After former Divas Champion [[Maryse Ouellet|Maryse]] was drafted to Raw as part of the [[2009 WWE draft|2009]] [[WWE draft]], she took the title with her. McCool won a match against [[Melina Perez|Melina]] to unify the WWE Divas and Women's titles at the [[Night of Champions (2010)|Night of Champions]] pay-per-view on September 19, 2010, creating the Unified Divas Championship.<eod>