Shimmer Tag Team Championship

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Shimmer Tag Team Championship
Courtney Rush in June 2012 01.jpg
Former champion Courtney Rush with the title.
Details
Promotion Shimmer Women Athletes
Date establishedAugust 7, 2008
Date retiredNovember 1, 2021
Statistics
First champion(s) Ashley Lane and Nevaeh
Final champion(s) Team Sea Stars
(Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo)
Most reignsAs a team (2 reigns):

As an individual (2 reigns):

Longest reign Team Sea Stars
(Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo) (730 days)
Shortest reignSeven Star Sisters
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata)
(1 day)

The Shimmer Tag Team Championship (stylized as SHIMMER Tag Team Championship) is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Shimmer Women Athletes. The title is recognized nationally by Ring of Honor, and also by several independent promotions, including American Luchacore, Insanity Pro Wrestling and Shine Wrestling, where it has also been defended. It has also been defended in Japan at Joshi 4 Hope independent events.

Contents

History

Since the creation of the Shimmer Championship, there was a growing interest in creating a Shimmer Tag Team Championship. This was stemmed from a growing number of teams such as The Experience and The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew, and frequent tag team matches on the cards of Shimmer events. In October 2008, the first champions were crowned when the duo of Ashley Lane and Nevaeh won a Gauntlet Match involving six teams at Shimmer Volume 21. [1]

Reigns

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
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 Ashley Lane and Nevaeh October 19, 2008 Volume 21 Berwyn, IL 11966 [2] Nevaeh and Rayne defeated The Experience (Lexie Fyfe and Malia Hosaka) in a six–team Gauntlet match to become the inaugural champions. [1]
2 The Canadian NINJAs
(Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez)
May 3, 2009 Volume 26 Berwyn, IL 16925 [2] [3]
3Seven Star Sisters
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata)
March 26, 2011 Volume 37 Berwyn, IL 112 [2] [4]
4 Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa March 27, 2011 Volume 40 Berwyn, IL 11882 [2] [4]
5 Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara October 1, 2011 Volume 41 Berwyn, IL 11696 [2] During the year 2011 the title stopped being defended & featured in Ring of Honor and in 2014 the company permanently stopped their partnership with Ring of Honor. [5]
Shimmer Women Athletes
6The Queens of Winning
(Courtney Rush and Sara Del Rey)
March 18, 2012 Volume 48 Berwyn, IL 11110 [2] This was a four corners tag team elimination match, also involving The Canadian NINJAs (Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez) and Regeneration X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates). [6]
7 The Canadian NINJAs
(Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez)
July 7, 2012 NCW Femmes Fatales IX Montreal, Quebec, Canada 22815 [2] [7]
8Global Green Gangsters
(Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa)
April 14, 2013 Volume 57 Berwyn, IL 1
(1, 2)
72713 [2] This was a No Disqualification match. [8]
9The Kimber Bombs
(Cherry Bomb and Kimber Lee)
April 11, 2015 Volume 72 Berwyn, IL 14425 [2] [9]
10Team Slap Happy
(Evie and Heidi Lovelace)
June 26, 2016 Volume 84 Berwyn, IL 11403 [2] This was a four corners tag team elimination match, also involving BaleSpin (K. C. Spinelli and Xandra Bale) and Fly High WDSS (Kay Lee Ray and Mia Yim). [10]
11Mount Tessa
(Tessa Blanchard and Vanessa Kraven)
November 13, 2016 Volume 89 Berwyn, IL 13636 [2] [11]
12Totally Tubular Tag Team
(Delilah Doom and Leva Bates)
November 11, 2017 Volume 97 Berwyn, IL 13446 [2] [12]
13 Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez October 21, 2018 Volume 107 Berwyn, IL 13774 [2] This was a four-way tag team elimination match also involving The Blue Nation (Charli Evans and Jessica Troy) and The Killer Death Machines (Jessicka Havok and Nevaeh). [13]
14 Team Sea Stars
(Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo)
November 2, 2019 Volume 115 Berwyn, IL 17305 [2] [ citation needed ]
DeactivatedNovember 1, 2021On November 1, 2021 this title became deactivated.

Combined reigns

Inaugural champions Ashley Lane and Nevaeh with the belts Ohio Girls Champs.jpg
Inaugural champions Ashley Lane and Nevaeh with the belts
The Canadian NINJAs (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews) were the only team to ever hold the Shimmer Tag Team Championship twice, were the longest reigning team overall, and the only team to ever win the titles outside of the United States Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews.jpg
The Canadian NINJAs (Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews) were the only team to ever hold the Shimmer Tag Team Championship twice, were the longest reigning team overall, and the only team to ever win the titles outside of the United States
Global Green Gangsters (Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa) had the most successful title defenses of any team ever to hold the titles SHIMMER Volume 61 - Global Green Gangsters.jpg
Global Green Gangsters (Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa) had the most successful title defenses of any team ever to hold the titles

As of June4, 2024

Indicates the current champion

By team

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Canadian NINJAs
(Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez)
210973
2 Team Sea Stars
(Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo)
15730
3Global Green Gangsters
(Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa)
113727
4The Kimber Bombs
(Cherry Bomb and Kimber Lee)
15442
5 Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez 14377
6Mount Tessa
(Tessa Blanchard and Vanessa Kraven)
16363
7Totally Tubular Tag Team
(Delilah Doom and Leva Bates)
15344
8 Ashley Lane and Nevaeh 16196
9 Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa 11188
10 Ayako Hamada and Ayumi Kurihara 16169
11Team Slap Happy
(Evie and Heidi Lovelace)
13140
12The Queens of Winning
(Courtney Rush and Sara Del Rey)
10111
13Seven Star Sisters
(Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata)
121

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Nicole Matthews 210973
Portia Perez 210973
4 Ashley Vox 15730
Delmi Exo 15730
5 Kellie Skater 113727
6 Tomoka Nakagawa 214915
7 Cherry Bomb 15442
Kimber Lee 15442
9 Cheerleader Melissa 14377
Mercedes Martinez 14377
11 Tessa Blanchard 15363
Vanessa Kraven 15363
13Delilah Doom16344
Leva Bates 16344
15 Ashley Lane 16196
Nevaeh 16196
17 Daizee Haze 11188
18 Ayako Hamada 17169
Ayumi Kurihara 17169
20 Evie 13140
Heidi Lovelace 13140
22 Courtney Rush 10111
Sara Del Rey 10111
24 Hiroyo Matsumoto 121
Misaki Ohata 121

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