Septembers Slam Of The Month. The WWE Diva’s Championship

Back in the Summer of 2008, a new Championship was introduced to us. On July 4th, Vickie Guerrero unveiled the “Divas” Title Belt.  And at the Great American Bash, Michelle McCool defeated Natalya to become the first ever Diva’s Champion.

     So what was wrong about this?  Two things in my opinion.  First of all, there was really no need for a second women’s championship.  BUT since the WWE had done this with the World, and middle Titles (U.S. and Intercontinental)  and at the time, the Tag Team Titles, I suppose it only made sense for them to have separate women’s champions.  Except of course for the fact that the Diva’s have always been pretty much, an afterthought.  There just wasn’t enough women to warrant having two belts, and even if there was, there weren’t enough that could actually wrestle.  Much like the tag division, the need for having champions on each show became ridiculous, and thus the titles have been unified.  Which of course is what is now happening with the women’s championships.  It took two years for the brain trust in WWE to figure out that they just don’t need both of these champions, when you can simply have one that floats between both shows.

    But what about that second reason?  This one is more personal taste than anything.  I have always hated the new Divas Championship Belt, because it looks like a ridiculous accessory for a Barbie Doll.  Thus the picture that goes along with this post.  I have always hated that belt, and only ever referred to it as the ” Barbie Belt”

    Now, finally, they are going to unify the Titles, and as much as I like Melina, I sort of hope she loses, because I never want to see that hideous Barbie Belt again.  Of course It would be nice if they retired both of the current Belts and replaced them with a new one.  Something that doesn’t look like it came out of a bubble gum machine.

So in anticipation of never having to see it again, I have named the Barbie Belt…aka, the Divas Championship, Septembers Slam Of The Month.

By Bruce Shearon

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