Shimmer Women Athletes

SHIMMER redirects here. For other meanings see Shimmer.
Shimmer Women Athletes
Acronym Shimmer
Founded 2005
Style Professional wrestling
Headquarters Berwyn, Illinois
Founder(s) Dave Prazak
Allison Danger
Sister Ring of Honor
Website shimmerwrestling.blogspot.com

Shimmer Women Athletes (stylized as SHIMMER Women Athletes and often referred to simply as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago based female independent professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005.[1][2] Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him and Allison Danger, the promotion was created with a mission to give North American as well as international female wrestling talent a serious platform on which to display their skills.[3] The company takes a unique approach when it comes to holding events: they run one large show an average of every three months at the Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Two DVDs worth of material are taped at these shows and are sold as single volumes initially through Ring of Honor's online store before being nationally distributed through retail outlets. Due to Prazak's work with Ring of Honor, the two companies are closely affiliated with ROH promoting the Shimmer product by semi-regularly featuring the women in competition on their pre as well as main show cards. In September 2008 the company announced that it would start its own wrestling school for female athletes.

Ring of Honor recognizes the Shimmer Championship as well as the Shimmer Tag Team Titles, and both are defended at ROH events.[4] Its former sister promotion Full Impact Pro also recognized the titles and had defenses of them at its events. Shimmer also has an agreement with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) that allows TNA contracted talent to appear at Shimmer events.[5]

Contents

Championships

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Previous Champion
Shimmer Championship Cheerleader Melissa October 2, 2011 Madison Eagles
Shimmer Tag Team Championship Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara October 1, 2011 Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa

Roster

Wrestlers

SPARKLE

  • Anna Minoushka
  • Brittany Force
  • Buggy Nova
  • Cherry Bomb
  • December
  • Jett Riley
  • Maja Svensson
  • Rhia O’Reilly
  • Su Yung
  • She Nay Nay
  • Skilled Death Artist #2

Tag Teams

Managers

Inactive

Alumni

Tag Team Alumni

Announcers, Commentators & Interviewers

  • Dave Prazak - Play by Play Commentator
  • Allison Danger - Color Commentator
  • Portia Perez - Color Commentator
  • Daffney - Former Color Commentator
  • Joey Eastman - Ring Announcer
  • Rebecca Bayless - Former Backstage and In-Ring Interviewer
  • Valerie Malone - Backstage and In-Ring Interviewer
  • Amber Gertner - Backstage and In-Ring Interviewer

Referees

  • Andy Long
  • Brian Gorie
  • Bryce Remsburg - Senior Referee
  • Jennifer Carlisle - Former Referee
  • Laura Mattano
  • P.J. Drummond
  • Carley Rae

Shows

References

  1. ^ Bryan Alvarez: "Figure Four Weekly Newsletter #542". Cover date November 7, 2005.
  2. ^ "Volumes 1 & 2 Taping - November 6, 2005". http://www.rohphotos.com/shimmer/new/110605.html. Retrieved 2007-02-13. 
  3. ^ Kreiser, Jaime Melissa (2006-10-19). "SHIMMER bright light of women's wrestling". Canoe SLAM! Sports. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2006/10/18/2067779.html. Retrieved 2007-05-03. 
  4. ^ "A Title of Their Own". ROHwrestling.com. 2007-07-16. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927174028/http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=1501. Retrieved 2007-07-17. 
  5. ^ "SHIMMER & TNA Wrestling Come To Agreement - Details". www.tnawrestlingnews.com. 2008-05-01. http://www.tnawrestlingnews.com/headlines/211702473.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 

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