9 Ups And 11 Downs From WrestleMania 32

3. Goodbye Butterfly Belt

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Oh thank God.

The rumors had been out there for a bit now that WWE was going to finally ditch the Divas Championship in favor of a new Women€™s Championship, but the company surprised many by making that bold move Sunday night. Hall of Famer Lita (an appropriate choice) spoke about the importance of past women€™s champions like Fabulous Moolah, Trish Stratus, Sensational Sherri and Alundra Blayze before unveiling the new title.

Regardless of what you might think of the new title design (which looks a lot like the men€™s championship with a white strap and red inset), getting rid of the godawful butterfly belt and abandoning the name €œDivas Championship€ in favor of Women€™s Championship is a smart move.

It€™s been six years since the original women€™s title was united with the Divas title and retired. Bringing it back at the biggest show of the year was another smart move. Kudos.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.