WWE rebrands the Divas Division; New Women's Title Debuts

[Bang Bang Bart]

Take this with a grain of salt, folks:

Say goodbye to WWE’s “Divas” division and the purple butterfly belt.

WWE finally caved and the decision has been made to rebrand Divas division as the Women’s division. The official announcement will be made on Monday’s WWE RAW from Dallas, the night after WrestleMania. The news was first reported by PWInsider and we’ve since verified it independently.

A new WWE Women’s Championship belt has already commissioned. From what we’ve been told, the new Women’s Championship bares a strong similarity to the WWE World Heavyweight championship belt – but smaller.

Charlotte will defend her Divas Championship against Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch this Sunday. We’ll find out on Sunday night which of the three competitors will have the honor of retiring the Divas Championship and ushering in the new era of Women’s wrestling in WWE

Source: www.sescoops.com/wwe-rebranding-the-divas-division-new-womens-championship-commissioned/

EDIT: www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/32/article/wwe-womens-championship-revealed

As you've just seen, there is indeed a new Womens' Title, and the "Diva" branding is gone now.

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[Rican]

Awesome. Hope it's true, that is a major step in the right direction. The "Diva's Revolution" definitely had some missteps but with the talent in the women's division between the main roster and NXT there is a lot of potential there.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

The belt absolutely needed to be changed but there was no real problem with the actual word "Divas" in general.

[MAGGLE]

If Sasha wins this Sunday AND this happens I will have nothing to complain about Wrestlemania.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Mar 30, 2016 13:23:52 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

The belt absolutely needed to be changed but there was no real problem with the actual word "Divas" in general.

They'll probably still use the word for the foreseeable future, changing it makes the division seem, I dunno, more mature sounding. After all, the men aren't in the "Superstar" division even though that's how they're always described.

[Bang Bang Bart]

If true, I can absolutely see Sasha winning the triple threat match, then cutting a promo about introducing a new legacy of women's wrestling on Raw the next night, before she brings out the new Womens' Championship.

[Deleted]

Great to hear.

[Deleted]

I thought they would call it the "bathroom break" Division.

[Bang Bang Bart]

Another thought: What if this foreshadowing the new era that's allegedly coming after Shane beats Taker on Sunday?

[Sephiroth]

Just please tell me the bent is not going to be the butterfly with "women's" instead of "divas" on it

[xCompackx]

Hopefully it's true. Aside from the obviously negative implications of calling someone a "Diva", it does seem weird when NXT calls them women yet the main roster calls them something else.

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Mar 30, 2016 13:28:18 GMT -5 @torgaddon said:

I thought they would call it the "bathroom break" Division.

Speaking of which...

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[Push R Truth]

If this kills Total Divas i'm going to be so pissed off.

[Bub (BLM)]

Between getting real female wrestlers competing for the belt and now this, I'm elated. As the father of a 5 year old girl who loves Sasha, Becky, and Bayley, it's cool to see the women get this opportunity to be taken just as seriously as the men.

[Deleted]

Hoping this is true SO BADLY.

[Shai]

Finally! I will be happy to see the butterfly go away forever.

[Instant Classic]

Still want Becky to win.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

Mar 30, 2016 13:42:06 GMT -5 Shai said:

Finally! I will be happy to see the butterfly go away forever.

It's the old WWE Spinner Title with the butterfly logo in the middle instead of the WWE logo.

[Jeff Mangum PI]

Your thoughts, Bayley?