10 Things You Didn’t Know About WWE Night Of Champions

4. Diva Dominance

Eric Bischoff Night Of Champions
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History will be made on the 2023 edition of Night Of Champions if and when Bianca Belair and/or Rhea Ripley defend their Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships on the card.

With the original Night Of Champions shows running from 2008 to 2015, neither title existed to even be defended. What was in place was the controversial "butterfly belt" that the Divas fought for during difficult times for the women's division. And with the exception of 2008's event, it was a constant fixture.

Traversing from the worst of times to the very best, it was unified with the old Women's Championship in a Jumberjill Match in 2010 when Michelle McCool defeated Melina. The same two women fought over the gold a year prior, highlighting the damaging lack of depth at the time. Fast forward to 2015, and things were extremely different even if they didn't look it - Charlotte Flair ended Nikki Bella's record-breaking run with the Divas Title to emphasise a changing of the guard as the organisation. Six months after that, the strap itself was gone.

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