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| Founded | 2012 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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).
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]
As of February25, 2024
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shine Championship |  | Ivelisse | 4 | December 12, 2021 | 805+ | Defeated Natalia Markova at Shine 70 . |
| Shine Tag Team Championship |  | Las Sicarias (Labrava and Tiffany Nieves) | 1 | September 24, 2023 | 154+ | Defeated The Coven (Chelsea Durden, Kelsey Raegan and Vipress). The three former champions were champions under the Freebird Rule. |
| Shine Nova Championship | | Amber Nova | 1 | December 10, 2023 | 77+ | Defeated Ivelisse. |
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