Shine Wrestling

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Shine Wrestling
Founded2012
Style Women's professional wrestling
Headquarters New York City, New York
Founder(s)Sal Hamaoui
Lexie Fyfe
Owner(s)Sal Hamaoui
Jerry DuFrain
Parent WWNLive
Sister Shimmer Women Athletes
Website shinewrestling.com

Shine Wrestling (stylized as SHINE Wrestling and often referred to simply as SHINE) is an American, New York based independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It is the sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes and airs events on Internet pay-per-view (iPPV).

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History

Shine was created as the sister promotion of Shimmer Women Athletes, [1] and it was established by Sal Hamaoui in 2012. It held its first event Shine 1 on July 20, 2012. [1] [2] Sal Hamaoui is the bookers for the promotion. [1]

The company use to hold its events at The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida. Now it runs shows in Woodside, NY and Queens, NY.

In 2015, WWNLive opened its own training facility in Trinity, Florida named "World Wrestling Network Academy", which Shine shares with Dragon Gate USA, Evolve and Full Impact Pro. [3]

On October 24, 2016, WWNLive and FloSports announced a new streaming service, which would host events held by the WWNLive promotions, including Shine. [4]

Championships

As of July21, 2024

ChampionshipCurrent champion(s)ReignDate wonDays
held
Notes
Shine Championship Ivelisse Velez, 2021.jpg Ivelisse 4 December 12, 2021952+Defeated Natalia Markova at Shine 70 .
Shine Tag Team Championship No image available.svg Kelsey Raegan & Lindsay Snow 1 January 28, 2024175+Defeated Las Sicarias (Labrava & Tiffany Nieves) at Shine 77.
Shine Nova Championship No image available.svg Kelsey Heather 1 July 12, 20249+Defeated Amber Nova at Shine 79: The 12th Anniversary Celebration.

Events

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References

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