User blog:CEDJunior/Correction Regarding the Divas Championship and the Royal Rumble

I would like to take this time to formally apologize to the readers of my blogs on this site. I pride myself on my accuracy, but on (at least) one occasion, I posted a falsehood that I thought was a trivial fact.

I stated here that the WWE Divas Championship, in its 6 1/2 year history, has never been defended at the Royal Rumble PPV. That's not true. The only time that the title was defended at the event was in 2011, and I can't believe I forgot about this...because I watched it on PPV.

Natalya was the reigning Divas Champion, having defeated LayCool at Survivor Series to capture the title. In the weeks that followed, Nattie would have the returning Beth Phoenix with her to help her out against LayCool, which led to the first ever Divas Tag Team Tables Match at TLC, which the "Glama-Hart" duo won.

Natalya would have a new foe for her Divas Championship, in the form of Melina, who began turning heel after losing to Natalya in a non-title match. After the match, LayCool entered and attacked Nattie, while Melina simply walked to the back instead of helping her fight them off. On the day after TLC, Melina defeated Alicia Fox and Eve Torres in a #1 Contender's Match, while Natalya was on commentary. Natalya decided to congratulate Melina on her victory, but Melina responded by turning into a villainess and slapping Nattie. I remember impatiently waiting for this match to happen, even going as far to think that it would happen at the Rumble. Instead, the title bout took place on the final Raw before the Rumble on January 24, 2011. Natalya successfully retained her title against the evil Melina, and it was after the match that LayCool announced that they'll get their rematch at the Rumble.

It was supposed to be a 2-on-1 handicap rematch, but the Anonymous Raw GM announced that it would be a Fatal Four Way and the fourth competitor was revealed as none other than Eve Torres. As I said, I'm surprised that I nearly forgot about this match, especially considering how it ended. Eve pinned Layla at the same time that Michelle pinned Nattie, but only Eve's pin was counted, and she walked out as Divas Champion.

So to reiterate, yes, the Divas Championship has been defended at the Royal Rumble, but 2011 was it. 2009 and 2010 featured WWE Women's Championship matches, 2012 featured an eight-Diva tag match, and the last two events had no Divas action. This year's PPV will feature a standard tag team match. Again, I apologize for my constant error.