Shimmer Women Athletes


Shimmer Women Athletes is an American, Chicago-based independent women's professional wrestling promotion which held its first event on November 6, 2005. Established by Dave Prazak and run by both him and Allison Danger, the promotion was created to give female wrestling talent from North America and beyond a serious, non-objectifying platform on which to display their skills.
The company takes a unique approach to staging its live events: Shimmer runs one large show every three months at the Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Two DVDs worth of material are taped at each of these super-shows, and are sold as single volumes—initially through Ring of Honor's online store, before being nationally distributed through retail outlets. Due to Prazak's prior work with Ring of Honor, the two companies are closely affiliated, with ROH promoting Shimmer by periodically featuring its performers on ROH pre- and main-show cards. In September 2008, Shimmer announced it would start its own wrestling school for female athletes.
Ring of Honor previously recognized the Shimmer Championship and the Shimmer Tag Team Championship; both of which have even been defended at ROH events. Its former sister promotion Full Impact Pro also recognized the titles and had defenses of them at its events.
Shimmer's sister promotions include Shine Wrestling, a WWNLive brand which debuted on July 20, 2012, and Rise Wrestling, which was originally founded in 2016 as a developmental program.

Championships

As of ,
ChampionshipCurrent championReignDate wonDays heldNotes
Shimmer ChampionshipKimber Lee1+Defeated Nicole Savoy at Shimmer Volume 116.
Shimmer Tag Team ChampionshipTeam Sea Stars
1+Defeated Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez at Shimmer Volume 115.
Heart of Shimmer Championship
  • Samantha Heights
  • Hyan
  • 1
  • 1
  • +
  • +
  • Defeated Dust at Shimmer Volume 113
  • Defeated Kris Statlander and Rhia O'Reilly to become Interim Champion at Shimmer Shimmer Volume 116
  • Roster

    Shimmer's roster comprises a wide selection of top female wrestlers from all around the world. While most of them appear regularly at show tapings, the roster is not fixed and as such, is not listed on the main Shimmer website. The selection of wrestlers used in dark matches for the crowd that aren't taped for DVDs is called Sparkle. Usually, these are lesser-known wrestlers getting their first exposure to the Shimmer crowd.
    The following roster is correct as of the ongoing taping of Volumes 114-117 in November 2019.

    Wrestlers