Michelle McCool defeats Melina for WWE Women's title

Michelle McCool defeated Melina in just under seven minutes at The Bash PPV to become the new WWE Women's champion. In doing so, McCool performed essentially a Diva Double, becoming the first woman to win both the Women's and Divas titles.

The match proved largely one-sided with Michelle McCool systematically taking apart Melina for most of the match, allowing only a few very brief flurries of offense for Melina before winning with the faith breaker (aka the Styles clash). Melina got so little offense in that I was actually left to wonder about her status with the company.

McCool's status with the company is obviously a strong one though as she got to make Divas history with the double title accomplishment, beating out Raw counterpart Mickie James for the honor.

Melina's Women's title defense was the first one on pay-per-view since last January's Royal Rumble. We won't have to wait long for the next one as the Night of Champions PPV concept in three weeks demands that all titles (including the Women's and Divas belts) be defended.

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