Shimmer Women Athletes

Shimmer Women Athletes (often referred to and stylized as SHIMMER) is an American, Chicago-based independent women's 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 to give female wrestling talent from North America and beyond a serious, non-objectifying platform on which to display their skills.[3]

Shimmer Women Athletes
Founded2005
StyleProfessional wrestling
HeadquartersBerwyn, Illinois
Founder(s)Dave Prazak
Allison Danger
Websiteshimmerwrestling.blogspot.com

The company takes a unique approach to staging its live events: Shimmer runs one large show every three months (on average) at the Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Two DVDs worth of material are taped at each of these super-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 prior work with Ring of Honor, the two companies are closely affiliated, with ROH promoting Shimmer by periodically featuring its performers on ROH pre- and main-show cards. In September 2008, Shimmer announced it would start its own wrestling school for female athletes.

Ring of Honor previously recognized the Shimmer Championship and the Shimmer Tag Team Championship; both of which have even been 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's sister promotions include Shine Wrestling, a WWNLive brand which debuted on July 20, 2012, and Rise Wrestling, which was originally founded in 2016 as a developmental program.[5]

Championships

As of June 25, 2020

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days held Notes
Shimmer Championship Kimber Lee 1 November 3, 2019 235+ Defeated Nicole Savoy at Shimmer Volume 116.
Shimmer Tag Team Championship Team Sea Stars
(Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo)		 1 November 2, 2019 236+ Defeated Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez at Shimmer Volume 115.
Heart of Shimmer Championship
  • Samantha Heights
  • Hyan (Interim)
  • 1
  • 1
  • April 5, 2019
  • November 3, 2019
  • 447+
  • 235+

Roster

Shimmer's roster comprises a wide selection of top female wrestlers from all around the world. While most of them appear regularly at show tapings, the roster is not fixed and as such, is not listed on the main Shimmer website. The selection of wrestlers used in dark matches for the crowd that aren't taped for DVDs is called Sparkle. Usually, these are lesser-known wrestlers getting their first exposure to the Shimmer crowd.

The following roster is correct as of the ongoing taping of Volumes 114-117 in November 2019.

Wrestlers

Announcers, commentators, and 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
  • Chasity Taylor - Sparkle Ring Announcer

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

Volumes
Main article: Shimmer Volumes

See also

References
  1. Bryan Alvarez: "Figure Four Weekly Newsletter #542". Cover date November 7, 2005.
  2. "Volumes 1 & 2 Taping - November 6, 2005". Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  3. Kreiser, Jaime Melissa (2006-10-19). "Shimmer bright light of women's wrestling". Canoe SLAM! Sports. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  4. "A Title of Their Own". ROHwrestling.com. 2007-07-16. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  5. Martin, Adam (2012-07-19). "Indy News #2: Shimmer news, Prime, Resistance Pro TV". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
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