The WWE Divas Championship was a women's professional wrestling world championship in WWE. The championship was created by WWE in 2008, and was introduced as part of the WWE brand extension via a storyline by then SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero as an alternative to Raw's WWE Women's Championship. It is the first women’s singles championship to be created by WWE itself, as although WWE claims the Women’s Championship to be created in 1956, the company has only owned the title since 1984.