Off topic, but for the sake of accuracy, the Diva's Championship isn't the same as the Women's Championship. I'd prefer if they were, but they are not. Accidentally grouping the two together - or perhaps even purposefully doing so for convenience's sake - doesn't mean they're the same title in linage. Saying they are completely contradicts the whole purpose of Nikki Bella bragging about being the longest-reigning Diva's Champion of all time, as well as AJ doing so before her.
Yeah I was going off the idea that the WWE attached the lineage of the Women's title to the Divas title when they were unified. However, in researching that, it appears I was incorrect (which I have no problem admitting when it happens).
I was going off the idea that lineage is continued like the NWA title. It's lineage can be traced all the way back to 1905, when Gene Hackenshmidt held a World Heavyweight Championship. The actual NWA WHC didn't exist until 1948. It doesn't mean that people who hold the current belt held the same championship as Hackenschmidt, just that the original belt was merged into the current one at some point with the previous one no longer existing.
Since the belts were unified, my assumption was that the lineage of the Women's Championship was then attached to the Divas belt without them being the same thing. However upon looking it up, I see that the WWE simply retired the Women's title with Layla listed as the final champion.
I think I assumed they continued the lineage because although they have said that AJ Lee and now Nikki have been the longest reigning champions, they have referred to Moolah, Wendi Richter and others as "Divas Champions." So it seemed like they were continuing the lineage of the belt through the current one, but just splitting hairs about the length of the title reign. Of course it seems like that is not the case. But I stand by that it was a reasonable mistake given how they have referred to past champions.
