World Wrestling Entertainment/Characters/Divas

Lists the various female wrestlers and personalities throughout WWWF, WWF, and WWE. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in the WWE.

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Debuted in the WWWF Era (1963-1984)

The Fabulous Moolah (Mary Lillian Ellison) 1955-1987,1998-2007

• Boisterous Bruiser
• Cool Mask: Used one in a very controversial match with Wendi Ritcher.
• Dirty Old Woman: During her later years, though nowhere near as much as Mae Young.
• I Was Quite a Looker
• Iconic Diva
• Lady of War
• Leotard of Power
• Magnificent Bitch
• Never Mess with Granny

Judy Martin (Judy Hardee) 1981, 1985-1990

• Alliterative Name: Her tag team name, the Glamour Girls.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Dark Action Girl
• Leotard of Power
• Tag Team: With Leilani Kai as part of the Glamour Girls.

Velvet McIntyre 1982, 1984-1990

• Action Girl
• Cute Bruiser
• Dark Horse Victory: Mostly known for ending a Fabulous Moolah title reign. Moolah got the belt back in six days.
• Fiery Redhead: More like strawberry blond.
• Leotard of Power
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Someone stole her wrestling boots and she competed barefoot for the rest of her career.
• Sexy Backless Outfit

Wendi Richter 1982, 1983-1985

• Action Girl
• All-American Face
• Eighties Hair
• Iconic Diva
• Screwed By The WWE: The original Screwjob.

Winona Littleheart (Winona Barkley) late 1970s- mid 1980s

• Badass Native
• Captain Ethnic
• Fake Nationality: A Caucasian woman playing a Native American.
• Nice Headdress
• Leotard of Power

Debuted in the Rock 'N' Wrestling Era (1984-1993)

Leilani Kai (Patricia Schroeder) 1985-1990, 1994

• Alliterative Name: Her tag team name, the Glamour Girls.
• Dark Action Girl
• Fake Blondes Are Evil: Kai, who was a brunette dyed her hair when she joined the Glamour Girls.
• Flower in Her Hair: Kai as a singles wrestler.
• Leotard of Power
• Tag Team: With Judy Martin as part of the Glamour Girls.
• The Gimmick: She is from Florida, but Moolah thought she could pass for Hawaiian and had her billed as the Island's princess.

Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann Hulette) 1985-1992

• Damsel in Distress: She was kidnapped by George "The Animal" Steele and King Kong Bundy a few times.
• Eighties Hair
• Hair of Gold
• Iconic Diva: The greatest valet ever.
• Ms. Fanservice
• Romance on the Set: Was married to Randy Savage in real life.
• Token Wholesome

Rockin' Robin (Robin Denise Smith) 1987-1990

• Alliterative Name
• Animal Theme Naming
• Boring but Practical: Was somehow able to turn the side headlock into a pin; no one else could.
• Leotard of Power
• Sobriquet: "Rockin'"^[context?]
• Wrestling Family: Sister to wrestlers Sam Houston and Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

Sherri (Sherri Schrull, born Sherri Russell) 1987-1993

• Alliterative Name
• Christmas Cake: Especially when she managed a young Shawn Michaels.
• Combat Stilettos: Sherri's stiletto boots, which she used to kick the shit out of her opponents.
  • Shawn claims that a few times, when one of the boys went too rough on him in the ring, she told him to throw them out there, and they got certain areas kicked by her boots.
• Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: Helped Shawn with his and sung a solo version. Both are supposed to be bad but became fan favorites.
• Iconic Diva
• Love to Hate: The audience made it audible that they hated to see Sherri win. Seeing Sherri get embarrassed got good pops though. She was also a very popular manager and valet. Also, her solo of sexy boy, meant to be grating, is a fan favorite.
• Sobriquet: "Sensational", "Scary", and "Queen". "Sistah" when she managed Harlem Heat in WCW.^[context?]
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Debuted in the New Generation Era (1993-1997)

Alundra Blayze (Debra Ann Miceli) 1993-1995

• Amazonian Beauty
• Dark Action Girl: Strangely mixed with All-American Face.
• Iconic Diva
• Never Live It Down: Will be remembered not for her wrestling ability, but the time she threw the Women's belt in a trashcan on Nitro.
  • Take That: She did this to WWE when she threw the Women's title belt on a trash can during a live broadcast on WCW Nitro during the Monday Night Wars.
• Statuesque Stunner
• Suplex Finisher

Bertha Faye (Rhonda Ann Sing f.k.a. "Monster Ripper") 1995-1996

• Cute Bruiser
• Fake Nationality: She's Canadian, but was billed as living in a trailer in Mississippi.
• Fingerless Gloves
• Plucky Comic Relief: When not beating up other wrestlers.
• Stout Strength
• The Giant: She was not any taller than Alundra Blayze or Bull Nakano but was much heavier and very difficult to move.

Bull Nakano (ブルなかの, Nakano Keiko) 1994-1995

• Brawn Hilda: Heel
• Cute Monster Girl: Face
• Evil Foreigner: Except for when the show was in Japan, then she was the hometown shero.
• Improbable Hairstyle
• What Could Have Been: Was originally going to hold the women's championship longer and fight Bertha Faye but got busted for cocaine.

Luna Vachon 1993-1994, 1997-2000

• Arch Enemy: Sensational Sherri when she first debuted, and later Sable, who she blamed for enforcing society's idea of what an ideal woman should look like.
• Chewing the Scenery: Went very over-the-top in her promos.
• Dark Action Girl
• Faux Action Girl: Against Sable, sadly.
• Guttural Growler: She always spoke like this.
• Hollywood Homely: She certainly didn't look like most divas, but hardly the ugly monster they made her out to be.
• Improbable Hairstyle: Hair down to her hips, but shaved off on the sides of her head.
• Mean Character, Nice Actor: Taken Up to Eleven. Watch any promo and then note that she was one of the most, if not, the most accessible and friendly WWF Divas, and very popular with fans at conventions and public appearances.
• Meaningful Name: She's crazy, and her name is LUNA.
• Romance on the Set: With Gangrel, which became Real Life Writes the Plot in kayfabe shortly before she left the WWF.
• Straw Man Has a Point: In her feud with Sable.
• Wrestling Family: The adopted daughter of Butcher Vachon and adopted niece of Mad Dog and Vivian Vachon.

Terri Runnels (Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels) 1996-2004

• Blondes Are Evil
• Dark-Skinned Blond: Due to tanning.
• Hot Mom
• Ms. Fanservice: Occasionally wrestled, but that really wasn't her job.
• Smoking Is Glamorous: As Marlena.
• Stripperiffic
• Wrestling Family: Ex-wife to Dustin Runnels / Goldust.

Debuted in the Attitude Era (1997-2001)

Chyna (Joan Marie "Joanie" Laurer) 1997-2001

• Amazonian Beauty
• Bastard Girlfriend
• Bodyguard Crush: Towards Triple H back in the days.
• Continuity Nod: Chyna was billed as "The Ninth Wonder of the World", in respect to Andre the Giant, who was the "Eighth".
• Charles Atlas Superpower: One of the very few female examples.
• Dark Action Girl: One of the few women guys could hit without automatic reprimands.
• Groin Attack: Her infamous low blows.
• Iconic Diva
• Progressively Prettier: Chyna when she debuted in 1997 ^{[dead link]} . Compare that to Chyna now, after the plastic surgery ^{[dead link]} .
• Screwed By Stephanie McMahon
• Small Name, Big Ego
• Statuesque Stunner
• Woman in Black
• Woman Scorned: To Triple H in Real Life. And how!

Ivory (Lisa Moretti) 1999-2005

• Action Girl
• Cool Teacher: As a trainer on the show Tough Enough.
  • Undermined by Reality: Was a notorious bitch to train with in OVW. According to Krissy Vaine on the first day of training Ivory called all the pretty girls up to the front row and said "sluts like you sleep your way to the top".
• Dress Code: Everyone in Right To Censor wore a white suit with black pants and a tie.
• Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!: Wasn't first hired until she was in her late thirties (as opposed to the early twenties of most Divas), and is unbelievably turning 50!
• Light Is Not Good: Right to Censor had an all white shirt dress code.
• Moral Guardian: In Right To Censor.
• Universal Poison: Her finishing move, Poison Ivory.

Jacqueline (Jacqueline DeLois Moore a.k.a. Ms. Tennessee) 1998-2004

• Action Girl
• Amazonian Beauty
• I know Taekwondo
• Gag Boobs: Lampshaded excellently by Al Snow: "Don't bounce around too much, you'll get a black eye."
• Hired Guns: With the APA, a rare female example of the trope, especially with a tag team who were both twice her height and easily physically stronger than her.
• Easily-Distracted Referee: Averted. Don't mess with Jackie when she's refereeing.
• Faux Action Girl: Against Sable, not anyone else.
• Glass Jaw Referee: Also averted. She just punches back.
• Les Yay: With Sable.
• Sassy Black Woman
• You Go, Girl!: Jacqueline Moore won the Cruiserweight Championship.
• Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?: Manager, Wrestler, Body Guard, Referee, Road Agent, Color Commentator...

Lita (Amy Christine Dumas) 1999-2006

• Action Girl / Dark Action Girl
• Arch Enemy: Trish Stratus, their initial relationship was basically Tomboy and Girly Girl Turned Up to Eleven.
• Battle Strip: Lita would sometimes take her shirt off near the end of matches, though her fellow Team Extreme member Jeff Hardy does the same thing before hitting his Finishing Move.
• The Bus Came Back: Suddenly and randomly joined Pee Wee Herman in a game of Twister on the night he hosted Raw in 2010.
  • Lita is a huge fan of Pee Wee, and asked to appear by his side when she heard he would be on Raw.
  • Returned once more to present a Slammy at the 2011 Slammy Awards.
  • Returned yet again at the 2018 Royal Rumble for the first women's Rumble.
• Cluster F-Bomb / Sound Effect Bleep: Her most well-known theme in WWE basically consists of a guy screaming "SO F(radio static)K YOUR RULES, MAAAAAAN!" Over and over.
• Cute Bruiser
• Evil Redhead / Fiery Redhead: Depends on her Heel/Face status.
• The Heroine: Of her Real Life Five-Man Band the Luchagores.
• Holy Shit Quotient
• Iconic Diva
• I Have the High Ground: Especially with her signature move, the Lita-canrana.
• The Ladette: When she was with Team Xtreme.
• Nipple-and-Dimed: Lita accidentally exposed her breasts uncensored for about a second during her Live Sex Celebration with Edge.
• Panty Shot: Lita wore incredibly low slung pants during the Attitude Era.
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Both the Edge/Hardy feud and her eventual retirement.
• Romance on the Set: Her entire career.
• Statuesque Stunner
• Take That, Audience!: Her retirement speech was one giant What the Hell, Hero? shoot about how bad the audience treated her despite all her past contributions.
• Tempting Fate: And Twisting it is her Finishing Move.
• Yoko Oh No: When Lita and Edge's Real Life affair was revealed, guess who got the majority of the heat from the fans?
• Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things: Ended up leaving the promotion because of the amount of harassment she got from fans, even in real life.
• The Woobie
• Your Cheating Heart: Infamously with Edge in 2005. Her ex-boyfriend Matt wasn't amused.

Mae Young (Johnnie Mae Young) 1999-2000, 2003-

• The Alcoholic
• Body Horror / Fetus Terrible: The hand which Mark Henry sired.
• Dirty Old Woman: So, so much.
• I Was Quite a Looker: I mean, damn!
• Nausea Fuel Station Attendant
• Never Mess with Granny: How many 80-year old women do you know that are not only willing, but eager to be put through tables?
  • Not only did she want to go through the table, but when Bubba Ray Dudley tried to soften her landing and lessen the force he used on the throw, she walked up to him, slapped him across the face, and told him "throw me through the table, asshole".
  • It's been said that, when Bubba wanted to rehearse going through the table, she ran up and put herself through the table.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: See below for a good example.
• Took a Level in Badass: She was always badass, but her recent confrontation with LayCool at "Old School Raw", calling them "bitches" and "sluts" (in WWE's "PG-Era", no less), was a welcome level for her.

Molly Holly (Nora Kristina Greenwald) 2000-2005

• Bald of Evil: When she got shaved bald by Victoria at Wrestlemania XX. She eventually grew her hair back a year later.
• Cool Bike: The Hurri-cycle.
• Crowning Moment of Funny: For a swimsuit contest against Trish Stratus, she disrobed and was revealed to be wearing... a '50's-style one-piece, complete with a swimming cap!
• Girl Next Door
• Hollywood Pudgy: Good God, to a ridiculous extent. Every single match, someone had to call her fat and/or make fun of her ass, despite the fact that she wasn't anywhere near overweight and her ass was smaller than some of the Divas' that were mocking her.
  • Not "smaller", just not as toned as Trish.
• I Have the High Ground
• It Runs in The Family: Kayfabe since Hardcore and Crash Holly aren't her real cousins.
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Her role as Spike Dudley's girlfriend got him over with a lot of WWF fans who hadn't followed his career in ECW.
• Perky Female Minion: In her "Mighty Molly" persona. Though it's hard to be perkier than the Hurricane.

Sable (Rena Mero Lesnar, born Rena Greek) 1996-1999, 2003-2004

• Badass: Constantly faced men (usually Marc Mero) and Sable Bombed them.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Christmas Cake: Is in her forties.
• I Am Not Spock: After her (second and final) WWE run.
• Iconic Diva
• Lady of War
• Les Yay: With Jacqueline in 1998 and Torrie Wilson in 2003.
• Ms. Fanservice: She was the first Diva to pose in Playboy.
• Progressively Prettier: Compare 1997 Sable to 2003 Sable.
• Small Name, Big Ego
• Ted Baxter
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Married to Brock Lesnar, of all people.
• The Vamp

Sunny (Tamara Lynn Sytch) 1995-1998

• Blondes Are Evil / Hair of Gold
• Breakup Breakout: From the Bodydonnas.
• Censor Suds: When she was shown taking a bath.
• The Chick
• Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
• Iconic Diva: And youngest inductee of the WWE Hall of Fame.
• Ms. Fanservice: In 1996 and 1997 this was her main job in the WWF. Episodes of Raw would open with her in the bathtub or doing some other sexy activity.
  • Won a Slammy for "Best Buns".
• The Vamp

Tori (Terri Poch) 1998-2001

• Blondes Are Evil
• FanGirl: To Sable
• Ms. Fanservice
• One Steve Limit: Not to be confused with either Torrie Wilson or Terri Runnels.
• Rape as Drama: Which ended up being a ruse, see below.
• The Vamp: For Kane

Trish Stratus (Patricia Anne Stratigias) 2000-2006

• Action Girl
• Blondes Are Evil: In her heel days.
• Iconic Diva
• Kick Chick: In a humorous twisting of the trope, one of her finishers was the "Chick Kick".
• Lady of War
• Ms. Fanservice: Wore very little clothing in the beginning of her career; once got Bound and Gagged by Melina.
• Nice Hat
• Took a Level in Badass: Multiple times, and very probably the iconic example for women's wrestlers. Starting out as a manager/valet, she ended up as a seven time Womens's Champion.

Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon) 2000-2009

• Badass Decay: Started losing all her coolness when she started jobbing left and right to anything that's not nailed down or on fire.
• Crazy Awesome
• Cute and Psycho
• Cute Bruiser
• Dark Action Girl
• Hearing Voices: Her first theme by TATU, "All the Things She Said".
• The Ophelia: Dark version, in her early career.
• Screaming Woman
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Yandere

Debuted in the Invasion (2001)

Jazz (Carlene Denise Moore-Begnaud) 2001-2004

• Amazonian Beauty
• Arch Enemy: Arguably Trish Stratus, although it was more due to Trish being the Women's Champion and Jazz determined to get the title for herself, rather than anything really personal against Trish.
• Boobs of Steel: Inverted, she had the smallest rack of any of the wrestlers but was obviously stronger than all of her competitors with the only possible exception being the much larger Victoria. Even then, she was the strongest pound for pound.
• Demoted to Extra: And it was sad.
• Kick the Dog: Jazz liked to attack people who had just had a match and were too tired to fight back.
• Sassy Black Woman: Back in the old ECW.
• Scary Black Woman: Her WWE persona was rather cold-blooded, and her brutal tactics (as noted under Kick the Dog, above) only reinforced this perception.
• Ted Baxter
• This Is for Emphasis, Bitch: The elevated double chicken wing became the bitch clamp and that was just the start.

Stacy Keibler (Stacy Ann Keibler) 2001-2006

• Badass Decay:Was always a borderline Action Survivor, but put her brain to better use earlier in her WWF run.
• Blondes Are Evil: As a Heel.
• Looks Like She Is Enjoying It: Being placed into the Walls of Jericho.
• Ms. Fanservice
• Screwed by the WWE: Wasn't treated well by WWE when word broke she'd be appearing on Dancing With the Stars after retiring.
• Show Some Leg: 42-inch-long ones, to be exact.
• Statuesque Stunner

Torrie Wilson (Torrie Anne Wilson) 2001-2008

• Ass Kicks You: Her signature move, the Facial.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Ms. Fanservice
• Statuesque Stunner
• Two First Names

Debuted in the Brand Extension Era (2002-2011)

AJ (April Jeannette Mendez) 2010-

• Ambiguously Brown: Part Puerto Rican.
• Berserk Button: DANIEL BRYAN.
• Cute Bruiser
• Ensemble Darkhorse: For NXT Season 3, when she she got eliminated her fans were pissed. Unfortunately they were in the minority, since NXT is fan voted.
  • Then she showed up on Smackdown to team with the winner, Kaitlyn.
• Fragile Speedster
• Genki Girl: Super hyper. Usually.
• Girl Next Door: How she describes herself. Also how most of the other characters in the WWE describe her since she's a very atypical diva in terms of physique. That said, considering her looks, it's more of a Hollywood Homely sort of vibe.
• I Have the High Ground
• Lovely Angels: The Chickbusters with Kaitlyn.
• Mad Love: Her relationship with Daniel Bryan, especially after he lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Sheamus at Wrestlemania 28. It's led to fans comparing her to Harley Quinn, appropriate since both her and Bryan are comic book fans.
• Narm Charm: Her theme. It fits her perfectly but is very, very cheesy.
• One of Us: Beyond her love of Wrestling, she's an Anime and Video Game fan.
• Petite Pride: Mentioned quite a few times that she isn't the bustiest in the world, but she's proud of being different.
• Promoted Fangirl: A major point to her character, she's a gigantic fan of Professional Wrestling that finally got her chance to wrestle.
• Proud To Be The Geek Goddess
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: On the 8/26/2013 episode of RAW, she gave the cast of Total Divas this one in an epic fashion.
• Shocking Elimination: She was one of the favourites to win NXT.
• The Bus Came Back: Recently debuted on Smackdown with Kaitlyn after being off of the radar since NXT 3.

Aksana (Zivile Raudonienne) 2010-

• Armour Piercing Slap: To Goldust
• But Not Too White: Averted. She's notably paler than most of the other Divas and her attractiveness is still brought up.
• Citizenship Marriage: With Goldust to prevent her from being deported.
• Dumb Blonde: On NXT.
  • Dyed her hair and shed some of this in FCW and on Smackdown.
• Funny Foreigner
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Needless to say, she is incredibly popular in Lithuania.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: This is pretty much her entire character right now.
• Muscles Are Meaningful
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Is only 5'5 and yet can support her entire body weight on her two arms.
• Running Gag: She frequently likes to mention that people in her home country are beaten with shovels.
• Sexophone: Her Leitmotif.
• Woman in Black

Alicia Fox (Victoria Elizabeth Crawford) 2008-

• Afro Asskicker: Occasionally had an afro hairstyle.
• Animal Theme Naming
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: She actually cycled through all three colours in the space of two months. She was briefly blonde, then went back to brunette and then settled on red which is what she has currently.
  • Dark-Skinned Blond
  • Dark-Skinned Redhead
• Cute Bruiser
• Mini-Dress of Power
• Nice Girl: Face. She wanted to win but wanted to have fun too and was friendly.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Heel. Usually seems happy and positive but is also vicious and vindictive.
• Too Dumb to Live: Tried giving a kick to Kharma when her back was turned. For those of you don't know, Kharma is about three times Alicia's size and four times a strong. Needless to say, she didn't last too long after that.
• Wrestling Family: Her sister appeared on the Tough Enough revival and currently works in WWE's developmental fed.

The Bella Twins - Nikki Bella, Brie Bella (Nicole Garcia, Brianna Garcia) 2008-2012 2013-

• Alliterative Name: Brie Bella.
• Alpha Bitch
• Bullying The Pregnant Dragon: Makes fun of the pregnant Kharma.
• Evil Is Petty: Their primary Heel tactic amounts to making fun of their foe, often just because the target can't do anything in return.
• Even Evil Has Standards: They rejected Eve’s plan to screw with John Cena by having spy on him. Knowing how Eve treated both Cena and Zack Ryder, their rejection was justified.
• Face Heel Turn: After finding out that Daniel Bryan had been dating Gail Kim for six months and only been with them out of pity, since they had nothing to do after Raw stopped having Guest Hosts.
• Flower in Her Hair
• Hoist By Their Own Petard: Used Twin Magic (switching while ref has his back turned) in their Divas Championship match against Layla. This didn't turn out so great as Layla was able to counter the fresh Bella's move and win the Divas Title.
• Making Use of the Twin / Twin Switch: Initially done in Brie's debut match, no less.
• Put on a Bus: Left due to their contracts being up and opted not to renew them.
  • The Bus Came Back: They returned in 2013.
• Sibling Triangle / Triang Relations: Two, Carlito and Primo for Brie on Smackdown! and both twins for Daniel Bryan on Raw. Both situations ended poorly. They where teasing a third with Alberto Del Rio, but nothing came out of due to them leaving WWE.
• Spicy Latina
• Tag-Team Twins

Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Kocanski Carolan) 2006-

• Aborted Arc: In 2006, there were plans to reveal the history between the Glamazon and Mickie James, but they were canceled when Beth broke her jaw in a match with Victoria.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Charles Atlas Superpower: Most notable female example since Chyna.
• Crowning Moment of Funny: "Stop kicking yourself, Melina!" and pretty much anything that happened when she was part of Glamarella.
• Dark Action Girl
• Glamazonian Beauty
• Lady of War
• Lovely Angels: With Natalya
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: With Santino Marella.
• Something Completely Different: Her introduction was during a dork age when half the women weren't hired for wrestling ability.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Her and Natalya as the Divas of Doom are these.
  • Alpha Bitch: That deconstructed into this.

Cameron (Ariane Nicole Andrew) 2011-

• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Behind that smile lies a real Alpha Bitch… no wonder Naomi had enough of her.
• Face Heel Turn: When she was with Naomi, she was a good girl. However, when her true self appeared to a critical point, Naomi had enough of her bullying ways.
• Mean Character, Nice Actress: Prior towards the WWE, she worked as a behavioral therapist for autistic children.
• Sassy Black Woman: Ya think

Eve Torres 2007-

• Action Girl
  • Dark Action Girl
• Brainy Brunette: She's a USC grad who solved a rubik's cube in under 5 minutes.
  • Genius Bruiser: She has also studied Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing.
• Cute Bruiser
• Spicy Latina
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Gail Kim 2002-2004, 2008-2011

• Action Girl
• Badass Decay: Compare her early career and time in TNA with the caliber of work she's doing now. Big difference.
• Badass Longcoat: In her early career, she had one.
• Cool Shades: Also in her early career.
• Cute Bruiser
• Demoted to Extra: On NXT season 3, AJ has occasionally used a submission Gail Kim introduced to the WWE. Michael Cole insists AJ modified it from the octopus hold. Scott Stanford rectified this.
• Put on a Bus: Back to TNA. The bus was delayed for a while, as WWE had refused to accept her resignation and kept her until her contract expired.
• Shout-Out: Her attire and titantron during her early career made several references to The Matrix.

Jillian Hall (Jillian Faye Fletcher) 2005-2010

• Badass Decay: Similar to Victoria, she was one of the strongest contenders before being reduced to jobbing to everyone.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Blonde Republican Sex Kitten: During her run as JBL's "image consultant".
• Dumb Blonde
• Dreadful Musician: And how. Ironically enough, her in-character album has outsold the album of the singer her character is based on (Brooke Hogan, Hulk Hogan's daughter).
• Gag Boobs: One of her moves is to jam an opponent's face into her cleavage.
• Squash Match: Shortest reigning Diva's champion on record, a record that probably won't be broken.
• Ted Baxter
• Weird Al Effect: More people are familiar with her than the singer she parodies.

Kaitlyn (Celeste Beryl Bonin) 2011-

• Aborted Arc: Kaitlyn was supposed to turn heel on AJ to join Natalya and Beth Phoenix, but the segment on Smackdown where this took place was edited off the broadcast and it was never mentioned again.
• Action Girl
• Cute Bruiser
• Lovely Angels: The Chickbusters with AJ.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Straight variant of Kaitlyn being a face mentored by heel Vickie Guerrero.
• Multicolored Hair: Hair of Gold on top of Shiny Midnight Black.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: 5'5" and armed with power moves. Squats 300 pounds.

Kelly Kelly (Barbara Jean Blank) 2006-

• Action Girl
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Mike Knox and Randy Orton. Seems to have learned her lesson by the time she met Drew McIntyre.

"I don't want to be around someone that takes pleasure on beating on other people. Grow up!"

• • The above line was lambasting McIntyre for attacking Trent Barreta from behind after losing a match to him on Smackdown.
    • The above line can also be viewed as a little hypocritical of her, as around the same time she and Kaitlyn attacked LayCool from behind before a tag match.
• Ambiguous Innocence While she wasn't ever against the fans, she has done some questionable things. Such as using The Miz to protect herself and Randy Orton from Kane. Miz and John Morrison taking revenge was really understandable.
• Badass Adorable
• Cute Bruiser
• Ensemble Darkhorse: She gets some fairly loud pops for a Diva... although admittedly it's mostly because she's just really, really hot. Although she's starting to become pretty decent in the ring.
• Girl Next Door: Despite her... unique wardrobe selections, she definitely has this vibe going for her.
• Hair of Gold
• Ms. Fanservice
• Plucky Girl: Despite all the crap she has to go through, Kelly never seems to stay down for long and always gets right back in the ring with a smile on her face.
• Repetitive Name
• Stripperiffic: Debuted as an exhibitionist.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Got her first Diva's championship after being the Women's division designated punching bag for five years.
• Two First Names
• The Woobie: Abused by Mike Knox, turned on by the rest of the extreme expose, kidnapped by Kane, rejected by Randy Orton, picked on by Laycool, tormented by Vickie Guerrero, scared shitless by Kharma... poor girl seriously needs a hug.

Layla (Layla El) 2006-

• Alpha Bitch
  • Lovable Alpha Bitch: Yes she's a bitch, but her genuine affection for Michelle makes her very adorable.
• Alternate Company Equivalent: In a bit of a possible Take That at TNA's AJ Styles, Layla wears a hood during her entrance.
• The Atoner: Post-LayCool
• Dark Action Girl
• David Versus Goliath: During Lay Cool vs Beth Phoenix and Natalya. Oddly, it was a heel David vs. face Goliaths.
• Deadpan Snarker
• Dirty Coward
• Evil Brit
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: By the end of Lay Cool. Her desperate pleas for mercy whilst being crushed by Beth Phoenix/Natalya and her utter devotion to Michelle McCool got her over with the fans.
• Jerkass: Good God, yes. Especially as part of LayCool.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Post-Lay Cool. Maybe.
• Les Yay: With Michelle McCool. To the point where when their relationship got rocky they went into couple's therapy.
• Put on a Bus: Injured her knee (tore the ac and mc ligaments) in May 2011 during Extreme Rules, and hasn't been seen on television since.
  • The Bus Came Back: A year after her injury she returns to Extreme Rules and wins the Divas title from Nikki Bella.
• Tag Team: With Michelle McCool as part of Lay Cool.
• Ted Baxter
• Twofer Token Minority: She's a woman of Moroccan and Spanish decent.

Maria (Maria Louise Kanellis) 2004-2010

• Genius Ditz: On one hand, she can accidentally say the wrong thing, but on the other hand...
• Brainy Brunette: Subverted due to her role as a ditzy interviewer, but if provoked, it plays straight.
• Break the Cutie: Eric Bischoff put her in matches against Kurt Angle and Umaga.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Chris Masters assumed she just made a mistake when she called him 'The Masterbate' but it stands to reason she actually heard people saying that and didn't realize why it was derogatory.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Seriously. Girl can't remember who the President is, but she can spout of a stream of perfect legalese during the Bischoff Trial arc in a fabulous Take That to everyone who was stereotyping her as a ditz.
  • To everyone who doesn't know how it started, Bischoff forced her to fight against Kurt Angle when Maria was interviewing him. Maria got hit by a vicious Angle Slam and could've had the Ankle Lock on her had Cena not come in. Then when she's called for duty, she asks Mick Foley to bring out Mr. Socko so she can explain her opinion on Bischoff. Instead of being bubbly and sweet she turns serious and gives this answer:

Maria: Last week, Eric Bischoff abused his power in a way that was malicious and capricious. It is this rash discourse that has ultimately led the locker room into disdain and mutiny, and should be grounds for his immediate dismissal.

• Ensemble Darkhorse: She's always been extremely popular, and was voted 2009 Diva of the Year.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: She likes leopards, and she got a specially-designed leopard print outfit from Project Runway.
• Fiery Redhead: When she dyed her hair.
• In the Hood: Subverted - she's adorable and cute and blows kisses when she takes her hood off.
• Perky Female Minion: When she was Santino Marella's valet, then again with Dolph Ziggler
• Screwed By WWE Execs: Released by WWE at what appears to be a really head-scratch-inducing time; just as she's getting national television exposure on The Apprentice. Rumor has it that the WWE brass didn't want her pulling a Stacy Keibler and leaving wrestling once she got famous.

Maryse (Maryse Ouellet) 2006-2011

• Action Girl
• Badass Long Robe
• Blondes Are Evil
• Darkskinned Blonde: Though it is a tan.
• Dirty Coward
• Everything Sounds Sexier in French
• Evil Is Sexy
• Hair Flip
• I Know Karate: In real life, though rarely makes use of it in matches.
• Ms. Fanservice: Used to welcome viewers back to Smackdown in the exact same way Sunny did years before.
• Put on a Bus: Released by WWE just as she was coming back from an injury.
• Ted Baxter
• Okay Guy, Hot Girlfriend: With The Miz. He's not hideous, but neither is he on Maryse's level.
  • Nobody is.
• Zettai Ryouiki

Maxine (Karlee Perez) 2010-

• Ambiguously Brown: Her complete list of ethnicities is Cuban, Chinese, Spanish, Italian and Hawaiian.
• Arch Enemy: Hornswoggle and recently AJ.
• Bridezilla
• Butt Monkey: When she was a contestant.
• Catch Phrase: "My name is Maxine and the only place for me is at the top".
• Comically Missing the Point: Alicia Fox starts to give Maxine "The Reason You Suck" Speech when she realizes her student hasn't learned anything since losing NXT season 3 only for Maxine to cut her off with "Tell me something I don't know!"
• Ensemble Darkhorse: Is very popular with Diva fans on the internet who love her heel character.
• Fashion Victim Villain: Just take a look at the ice dancer costume she was wearing in her first match.
• Femme Fatale
• Genius Bruiser: Studied to be a criminologist.
• Leotard of Power
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: With Derrick Bateman. Not so much with Johnny Curtis.
• Screaming Warrior
• Slap Slap Kiss: With both Derrick Bateman and Johnny Curtis.
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Melina (Melina Nava Perez) 2004-2011

• Action Girl
• Arch Enemy: Trish Stratus, in Real Life. Although reports are unclear whether this applies to Melina or to her boyfriend John Morrison acting on her behalf, what they clearly do indicate is displeasure from that camp at Melina being left off the card at Wrestlemania 27, and blame pointed at Trish for "taking her spot". This led to Morrison snubbing Trish at the end of the match, as well as turning down several of her ideas beforehand, which reportedly pissed off most of the roster. One wonders why they blame Trish, who is one of the most celebrated wrestlers of all time, and not Snooki, the reality-show contestant who's never been in a ring.
• Badass Decay: Set in at the begging of her face turn after being repeatedly brushed aside by Beth Phoenix, thankfully didn't last!
• Evil Costume Switch: Changed for purple and to black.
• Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
• Fur and Loathing
• Minor Injury Overreaction: Part of her heel character. Try not to pull the hair and don't break any of her nails unless you prefer to wrestle an angry Determinator over a cowardly competitor more worried about protecting her manicures than winning.
• Ms. Fanservice: Dear god, her ring entrance. She's so bendy.
• Pretty in Mink
• Put on a Bus
• Screaming Warrior:The Primal Scream. An artifact from her initial heel run, she always screamed before hitting her Finishing Move. After turning heel again, she's actually been yelling sentences, doing less raw screaming.
• Short, Dark, And Bishoujo
• Spicy Latina
• Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Her Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 character design plays with the "Stringy-Haired" part of this trope.
• Took a Level in Badass: Following in Trish's footsteps, she started as a manager/valet and ultimately became a wrestler.
  • According to Bret Hart? Melina is the most talented performer - not "Diva", performer - in the WWE today.

Michelle McCool (Michelle Leigh McCool-Callaway) 2004-2011

• Alliterative Name
• Alpha Bitch
• Alternate Company Equivalent: In a bit of a possible Take That at TNAs AJ Styles, Michelle wears a hood during her entrance and uses the exact same Finishing Move.
• Awesome McCoolname: And an Incredibly Lame Pun.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Dark Action Girl
• Hot for Student: Her past gimmick.
• Hot Teacher: Her jobs before WWE, school teacher and kick boxing teacher. Past gimmick too.
• Jerkass: Good God, yes. Especially as part of LayCool.
• Les Yay: With Layla. See her entry for more.
• Light Is Not Good: Many of her moves have a religious connotation, but she does not live up to those standards.
  • Which is Fridge Brilliance considering who she's married to.
• Meganekko: See Hot for Student above.
• Protection From Editors: She got quite the push when her romance with The Undertaker went public, and once held the Women's Title nigh-unchallenged for a while.
• Romance on the Set: Has been quietly seeing The Undertaker for several years, and they were recently married.
• Statuesque Stunner: She's always among the tallest women wrestlers when on the active roster.
• Ted Baxter
• Tag Team: With Layla as part of LayCool.

Mickie James (Mickie Laree James) 2005-2010

• Action Girl
• Ascended Fangirl: Her first storyline with Trish.
• Badass Decay: Considered by some fans to be a Trish Stratus clone.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: When she kissed Trish under the mistletoe, gaining an Earth-shattering pop from the audience.
• Cute Bruiser
• Draco in Leather Pants: Mickie was never able to get lasting heel heat, not even after she abducted Trish's protegee, busted Trish open when Trish tried to make the save, then licked the blood off her hands. Not even during the ECW vs WWE TV special when the rest of the WWE side was booed. Possibly because her deranged Axe Crazy Psycho Lesbian gimmick was unintended Fetish Fuel to much of the audience.
• Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
• Gainaxing: Have you seen her entrance?
• Genki Girl: Fans are convinced her blood is made of caffeine.
• Groin Attack: Did this to Trish Stratus at Wrestlemania 22.
• Hollywood Pudgy: A sympathetic example, but fans were pissed because it reminded them of all the women who aren't treated sympathetically.
• Loony Fan / Psycho Lesbian / Stalker with a Crush: To Trish after her Face Heel Turn.
• Nice Cap: Added one on her entrance outfit around 2008-2010.
• Panty Shot: In her early outfits.
• Put on a Bus: To TNA, following an incident on an overseas tour.
• Yandere: Could be this at times as a face, as well as a heel.

Naomi Knight (Trinity McCray) 2010-

• Ass Kicks You: One of her signatures is hitting her opponent face-first with her ass while jumping in the air. It's named "the booty call"
• Fragile Speedster
• Genre Blind: Or not, for the NXT Halloween costume contest she dressed as the hamburger helper hand, "One Pound, One Pan, One Tasty Meal", which she later wrestled in. Comedy costumes never win contests in WWE unfortunately, less is usually more in those situations.
• I Have the High Ground: And how!
• Perky Female Minion: Along with Cameron Lynn in her new gimmick with "Funkasaurus" Brodus Clay.
• Sassy Black Woman
• Second Place Is for Losers
• X-Pac Heat: Only when she wore her Hamburger Helper Hand costume.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Natalya (Natalie "Nattie" Katherine Neidhart) 2008-

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name: Her real name is Natalie Neidhart.
• Badass
• Badass Family: She's the daughter of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and niece to the Hart Family.
• Blondes Are Evil
• Cute Bruiser: Considering that her Finishing Move for a while was a Powerbomb, this is very true.
• Evil Redhead: In the summer of 2008, because there were too many blonde divas in WWE.
• Gasshole: Has been tagged with this unfortunate gimmick in the early part of 2012.
• Guttural Growler: Has a very raspy voice.
• Heel Face Revolving Door: Seems to switch every couple of months often with no real explanation.
• It Runs in The Family: See Badass Family.
• Jerkass
• Lantern Jaw of Justice
• Lovely Angels: With Beth Phoenix
• Skunk Stripe: Pink stripes.
• Ted Baxter
• Ugly Guys Hot Daughter
• What the Hell, Hero?: After her No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of AJ on August 5's edition of WWE Smackdown. Doubles as a Kick the Dog moment
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Her and Beth Phoenix as the Divas of Doom are these.
  • Alpha Bitch: Deconstructed into this.

Tamina Snuka (Sarona Reiher) 2010

• Bastard Girlfriend
• Beauty Is Bad: Because she's not in the same appearance as most of the divas and not conventially sexy she's often lumped with the wrestlers despite being visibly inexperienced in the ring. Kelly Kelly, Eve and the Bellas all have more experience than her.
• Charles Atlas Superpower
• Dark Action Girl
• Ensemble Darkhorse: She's been well-received since her recent push.
• The Immune: As far as anyone is concern, The Shield doesn’t even bother with her for one of two reasons.
  • One: Superstars can get in a lot of trouble for attacking a diva, even if it’s a Heel; yes, that includes with the fans. Note a certain someone got away with helping her husband deal with Daniel Bryan.
  • Two: Even in Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins isn’t bother with the first rule, they’ll have to deal with Roman, despite the Rock and the Usos being fair game.
• Legacy Character: Of her father, she even uses the same finishing moves, the Superfly Kick and the Superfly Splash.
• Kuudere: Has shades of it. Isn't often seen with the other Divas and a WWE Exclusive interview has her eating lunch alone in what looks like a warehouse. When the interview starts, Tamina is very terse with her interviewer and spends most of it silent with an expression that says clearly "get that camera out of my face." And yet, she fell for Santino at one point.
• Odd Couple: Her and Santino, though maybe it's just that she has Hidden Depths.
• Screaming Warrior: Initially.
  • The Quiet One
• Slasher Smile: Sports one occasionally...as a face.
• Tamina Has Standards: Following a match she, Summer Rae, and Eva Marie was in with, Tamina called out on Summer for her lack of respect for Eva when she refuse to tag her in. This was seen on Total Divas, which shows backstage views wrestling events. If someone calls you out for a lack of respect for your partners both inside and outside of the ring, then you really have problems.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: With Santino Marella, in a reprise of Beth Phoenix's original gimmick.
• Took a Level in Badass: Went from something of an afterthought in the Divas division to being pushed as a truly dangerous competitor.
• Ugly Guys Hot Daughter: See Wrestling Family, below.
• Warrior Princess: Got this nickname from Booker T recently.
• Wrestling Family: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka; her brother James wrestled as "Deuce"; her uncles are the original Wild Samoans and Rikishi; and her cousins wrestle as the Usos, whom she once managed. The Rock and Roman Reigns are among her cousins.
• You're Not My Father: Her attitude toward the Usos after they drifted apart

Debuted in the WWE, Inc. Era (2011-2014)

Kharma (Kia Stevens) 2011

• Action Mom: She makes her return less than one month after giving birth, becoming the third woman ever to participate in the Royal Rumble.
  • Subverted on the mom part. Her baby didn't survive the birth...
• Ax Crazy
• Badass Cape
• Brawn Hilda
• Beyond the Impossible / And the Fandom Rejoiced: The amount of time it took for her to get so over with the crowd that they pretty much explode whenever her music hits? One night.
  • By Smackdown, male fans were chanting "ONE MORE TIME" after killing Alicia dead.
• Braids of Action
• Dark Action Girl
• Dark-Skinned Blond: Some of her braids.
• Draco in Leather Pants: And HOW!!! Despite being a Heel, she gets louder pops than the rest of the Diva's locker room combined, and she hasn't even had an actual match yet!
• Ensemble Darkhorse: To the degree that she's showed up as DLC in WWE '12 despite the fact that she still hasn't wrestled a televised match.
• Evil Laugh
• The Giant
• Hell Is That Noise / Scare Chord: Her theme music. It's very effective.
• Hero-Killer: Was being built up as one until her pregnancy got in the way.
• Hey It's That Woman!: AWESOME. KONG. Fuck yeah.
• Meaningful Name: She seems to be focusing on Heel!Divas at the moment. In other words, Kharma's biting them in the ass HARD.
  • This seems to be guaranteed upon her impending return after the Bella trolling.
• Oh Crap / The Dreaded: The divas Reaction to her.
• Poke the Poodle: Flicks Kelly Kelly in the head.
• Pregnant Badass: Despite having a high-risk pregnancy, she's can still intimidate a bitch.
• Put on a Bus: Due to her pregnancy.
  • The Bus Came Back: For an one night appearance at the Royal Rymble before hoping right back on it.
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Got written off of TV a month after her debut because she got pregnant.
• Scary Black Woman
• Slasher Smile
• Something Completely Different
• Villainous Breakdown: When she interrupted an 8-Diva tag match, instead of beating everyone up like she usually would, she fell to her knees in the middle of the ring and began crying as the divas surrounded her.
• What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: Her hype promo is consisted of destroying Barbie dolls.
• Woman in Black

Emma (Tenille Dashwood) 2014-

• Arch Enemy: A Canadian isn’t alone when dealing with Summer Rae.
• Awesome Aussie: The first Australian in the main roster.
• Dance Battler: She took part in dance-offs before her wrestling was put to the test.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Charlotte actually chased her after Emma defeated Sasha Banks via submission. Rather deal with the daughter of a legend knowing what she’s capability of, Emma ran out of the ring… smart move.
• Shout-Out: Emmamite Sandwich is a play-on to Vegemite, a type of sandwich filling that seems to be only in it’s native Australia.

Summer Rae (Danielle Moinet) 2013-

• Arch Enemies: Just ask Emma and Natalya
• Alpha Bitch
• Arch Enemy:
• Blondes Are Evil
• Dance Battler: Started like this
• Girly Bruiser: She played full contact football while in lingerie. Yes, there is a such thing as lingerie football.

The Reality Era (2014-16)

Paige (Saraya-Jade Bevis) 2014-

• Badass Boast: Her theme song
• Bare Your Midriff: She often fights in a two piece suit.
• Battle Cry: She screams when she enters the ring.
• Dark Action Girl
• Do Not Call Me Paul: Even on Total Divas, she’s called Paige.
• Dude, Not Funny: On Total Divas, Paige plays a trick on Natalya Neidheart by claiming the bake goods were laced with pot. This puts Neidheart in panic mode because of the WWE Drug Testing. It was reveal that they were safe, i.e. no pot.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: During a match against Brie Bella, Kane showed up. Since Brie was the target, and not her, Paige wisely ran for her life.

Charlotte (Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr) 2015 -

• Alpha Bitch: And How,
• Berserk Button: She has respect for the dead, especially if it was a member of her own family. Just go ask Pagie when she made the mistake of bringing up Reid, Charlotte’s decease brother.
• Daddy's Little Villain: To Ric Flair, who else.
• David Versus Goliath: Unless she’s facing Nia Jax, she’s the Goliath
  • Statuesque Stunner: She stands at 5 Feet 10 Inches.
• Wrestling Family: Ric Flair’s daughter

Sasha Banks (Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado) 2015 -

• Boisterous Bruiser: She backs her trash talk.
• Girly Bruiser: If a match allows chairs, ladders, tables, shinais, or anything, expect Banks to use any of them.
• Plucky Girl: She gets her fair share of attacks that ended in injuries, just don’t expect her to quit.

Becky Lynch (Rebecca Quin) 2015-

• Arch Enemy: Alexa Bliss has became this near the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017.
• Boisterous Bruiser: Like Banks, she backs her words.
• Fiery Redhead: Subverted... as she’s a natural blonde.
  • Dye Hard
• Fighting Irish: She’s lives up to her nationality all right.
• Steampunk

The Second Brand Extension (2016-)