Shimmer Championship

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Shimmer Championship
Sara Del Ray Champion - 101307 adj.jpg
Sara Del Ray won a tournament to become the inaugural SHIMMER champion.
Details
Promotion Shimmer Women Athletes
Date establishedJune 1, 2007
Date retiredNovember 1, 2021
Statistics
First champion(s) Sara Del Rey
Final champion(s) Zoey Skye
Most reigns Cheerleader Melissa, Madison Eagles and Mercedes Martinez
(2 reigns)
Longest reign Kimber Lee
(728 days)
Shortest reign Kellie Skater and Zoey Skye
(1 day)
Heaviest champion Sara Del Rey
160  lb (73  kg)
Lightest champion Saraya Knight
126  lb (57  kg)

The Shimmer Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Shimmer Women Athletes, and has also been defended on shows of sister promotions Ring of Honor and Full Impact Pro. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroines.

Contents

History

Shimmer was founded by Dave Prazak and Allison Danger in 2005. Originally, the wrestlers had matches for competition or personal rivalries, with no prize on the line. After nearly two years, a championship for the promotion was launched. The title was created on June 1, 2007, and it was put on the line during a two-night, single-elimination tournament in Berwyn, IL. In the finals Sara Del Rey defeated Lacey to become the first champion.

Inaugural championship tournament (2007)

The tournament was held over two nights on June 1, 2007 and June 2, 2007 at the Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. The first two rounds were held on the first night, with the semis and final held on the second. The first and second rounds were filmed for release on Volume 11 , while the semi-finals and finals were filmed the next night for Volume 12 .

The tournament brackets were: [1]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
MsChif Pin
Lexie Fyfe 8:23
MsChif 9:12
Sarah StockPin
Cheerleader Melissa 8:25
Sarah Stock Pin
Sarah Stock 19:51
Sara Del ReyPin
Sara Del Rey Pin
Cindy Rogers 10:45
Sara Del ReyPin
Alicia 9:00
Ariel 6:15
Alicia 1Pin
Sara Del ReyPin
Lacey 19:33
Allison Danger 9:21
Malia Hosaka Pin
Malia Hosaka 9:01
Daizee HazePin
Daizee Haze Pin
Portia Perez 5:46
Daizee Haze 14:05
LaceyPin
Lacey Pin
Eden Black 10:57
LaceyPin
Nikki Roxx 16:21
Nikki Roxx Pin
Rain 8:09

1: Alicia substituted for Serena Deeb, who was unable to make it to the building in time for her match due to a car accident.

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
Shimmer Women Athletes and Ring of Honor (ROH)
1 Sara Del Rey June 2, 2007 Volume 12 Berwyn, IL 13295 [2] Sara Del Rey defeated Lacey in the finals of a sixteen-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2 MsChif April 26, 2008 Volume 18 Berwyn, IL 171515 [2] [4]
3 Madison Eagles April 11, 2010 Volume 31 Berwyn, IL 153910 [2] [5]
4 Cheerleader Melissa October 2, 2011 Volume 44 Berwyn, IL 11683 [2] [6]
5 Saraya Knight March 18, 2012 Volume 48 Berwyn, IL 13847 [2] [7]
6 Cheerleader Melissa April 6, 2013 Volume 53 Secaucus, NJ 256010 [2] This was a steel cage match. [8]
7 Nicole Matthews October 18, 2014 Volume 68 Berwyn, IL 13578 [2] This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Athena and Madison Eagles. Matthews won the championship with lastly eliminating Eagles. During year 2014 the company stopped partnering with Ring of Honor alongside the title no longer being defended or featured in Ring of Honor. [9]
Shimmer Women Athletes
8 Madison Eagles October 10, 2015 Volume 77 Berwyn, IL 22607 [2] This was a No Disqualification match. [10]
9 Mercedes Martinez June 26, 2016 Volume 85 Berwyn, IL 11390 [2] [11]
10 Kellie Skater November 12, 2016 Volume 87 Chicago, IL 112 [2] [12]
11 Mercedes Martinez November 13, 2016 Volume 90 Berwyn, IL 23649 [2] [13]
12 Nicole Savoy November 12, 2017 Volume 99 Berwyn, IL 172117 [2] [14]
13 Kimber Lee November 3, 2019 Volume 116 Berwyn, IL 17283 [2] This was a four-way elimination match, also involving Priscilla Kelly and Shotzi Blackheart. [15]
14 Zoey Skye October 31, 2021 Volume 120 Berwyn, IL 110 [2] [16]
DeactivatedNovember 1, 2021On November 1, 2021 this title became deactivated.

Combined reigns

As of November22, 2024

Kimber Lee had the longest time as champion in a single reign. Kimber Lee GalaxyCon Minneapolis 2019.jpg
Kimber Lee had the longest time as champion in a single reign.
Cheerleader Melissa with Shimmer belt 2014.jpg
Mercedes Martinez at Smash Canusa.jpg
Madison Eagles, June 2011.jpg
With 2 reigns each to their names, Cheerleader Melissa, Mercedes Martinez and Madison Eagles are tied for most reigns as SHIMMER champion. Eagles had the longest combined time as champion.
Indicates the current champion
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Madison Eagles 210799
2 Cheerleader Melissa 213728
3 Kimber Lee 13
4 Nicole Savoy 117721
5 Mschif 115715
6 Mercedes Martinez 29503
7 Saraya Knight 17384
8 Nicole Matthews 18357
9 Sara Del Rey 15329
10 Kellie Skater 121
11 Zoey Skye 101

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