Shine Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | World Wrestling Network | ||||||||||||||||||
Brand | Shine Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | July 12, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Ivelisse | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | November 14, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Shine Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Shine Wrestling, a brand division of the World Wrestling Network. 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. Ivelisse has the most reigns at 4.
The tournament was held over two months from April 19 to July 12, 2013, at Shine 9 and Shine 10 , at The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida. The first two rounds, semis and final were all held on the July 12 event called Shine 11 .
notes:
The tournament brackets were: [1]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Saraya Knight | ||||||||||||||
Jessicka Havok | Pin | |||||||||||||
Rain | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jessicka Havok | ||||||||||||||
Rain | Pin | |||||||||||||
LuFisto | ||||||||||||||
Mia Yim | ||||||||||||||
Rain | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mia Yim | Pin | |||||||||||||
Leva Bates | ||||||||||||||
Mia Yim | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ivelisse | ||||||||||||||
Ivelisse | Pin | |||||||||||||
Santana |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Candy Cartwright | ||||||||||||||
Ivelisse | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ivelisse | ||||||||||||||
Mercedes Martinez | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mercedes Martinez | Sub | |||||||||||||
Stormie Lee | ||||||||||||||
Mercedes Martinez | ||||||||||||||
Allysin Kay | Sub | |||||||||||||
Allysin Kay | Pin | |||||||||||||
Brandi Lauren | ||||||||||||||
Allysin Kay | Sub | |||||||||||||
Santana Garrett | ||||||||||||||
Priscilla Kelly | ||||||||||||||
Santana Garrett | Pin |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Rain | July 12, 2013 | Shine 11 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 196 | 4 | Rain defeated Mia Yim in the finals of an eight-women tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
2 | Ivelisse | January 24, 2014 | Shine 16 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 296 | 13 | [3] | |
3 | Mia Yim | November 16, 2014 | WWNLive China Tour | Beijing, China | 1 | 138 | 3 | [4] | |
4 | Santana Garrett | April 3, 2015 | Shine 26 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 252 | 13 | This was a title vs. title match in which Garrett also defended the NWA World Women's Championship. | [5] |
5 | Taylor Made | December 11, 2015 | Shine 31 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 189 | 4 | [6] | |
6 | Ivelisse | June 17, 2016 | Shine 35 | Ybor City, FL | 2 | 210 | 4 | This was a four-way match, also involving Shimmer Champion Madison Eagles and TNA Knockouts Champion Allysin Kay. The loser of the fall lost her title. | [7] |
— | Vacated | January 13, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | The Title was vacated due to Ivelisse being injured. | [8] |
7 | LuFisto | January 13, 2017 | Shine 40 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 529 | 15 | LuFisto defeated Allysin Kay and Mercedes Martinez in a Three-way match to win the vacant championship. | [9] |
— | Vacated | June 26, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | LuFisto relinquished the title due to health reasons. | [10] |
8 | Allysin Kay | September 8, 2018 | Shine 53 | Queens, NYC | 1 | 209 | 4 | Kay defeated Mercedes Martinez in the finals of an eight-women tournament to win the vacant championship. | [11] |
9 | Miyu Yamashita | April 5, 2019 | WWN Supershow Mercury Rising 2019 | New York City, NY | 1 | 31 | 0 | This was a title vs. title match also contested for Yamashita's Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship. | [12] |
10 | Allysin Kay | May 6, 2019 | TJP Girls Shining, I Will Fly to Sapporo! | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | 2 | 221 | 4 | [13] | |
11 | Mercedes Martinez | December 13, 2019 | Shine 63 | Livonia, MI | 1 | 1 | 0 | This was a title vs. career match. | [14] |
12 | Ivelisse | December 14, 2019 | Shine 64 | Chicago, IL | 3 | 701 | 3 | [15] | |
13 | Natalia Markova | November 14, 2021 | WWN Supershow: Battle Of The Belts 2021 | Clearwater, Florida | 1 | 28 | 0 | [16] | |
14 | Ivelisse | December 12, 2021 | Shine 70 | Clearwater, Florida | 4 | 1,041+ | 4 | [17] |
As of October18, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Ivelisse † | 4 | 24 | 2,248+ |
2 | LuFisto | 1 | 15 | 529 |
3 | Allysin Kay | 2 | 8 | 430 |
4 | Santana Garrett | 1 | 13 | 252 |
5 | Rain | 4 | 196 | |
6 | Taylor Made | 4 | 189 | |
7 | Mia Yim | 3 | 138 | |
8 | Miyu Yamashita | 0 | 31 | |
9 | Natalia Markova | 0 | 28 | |
10 | Mercedes Martinez | 0 | 1 |
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