SHIMMER Women Athletes
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Acronym | SHIMMER |
Established | 2005 |
Style | various |
Location | Berwyn, IL |
Founder(s) | Dave Prazak |
Owner(s) |
SHIMMER - Women Athletes (SHIMMER) is a Chicago based female independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2005. It is the leading female exclusive American independent company and usually holds one show featuring a double DVD taping every three months. DVDs of these shows are released every several weeks in an effort to balance out the product demand and can be found for purchase at the Ring of Honor website. Due to a deal with the World Wrestling Network and Big Vision Entertainment, the SHIMMER product can now be found in stores nationwide.
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[edit] DVD Taping Results and Notes
SHIMMER: Volume 1- 11/06/2005- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: DVD released January '06. Between 75 and 100 estimated attendance.
- Shantelle Taylor Def. Tiana Ringer
- Team Blondage (Amber O'Neal & Krissy Vaine) Def. Cindy Rogers & Nikki Roxx
- Portuguese Princess Ariel Def. Rain
- Lexie Fyfe Def. Christie Ricci
- MsChif Def. Cheerleader Melissa
- Allison Danger Def. Beth Phoenix
- Mercedes Martinez Drew Sara Del Rey
- Daizee Haze Def. Lacey
- Come-As-You-Are Rumble: Jimmy Jacobs Def. Bryce Benjamin, Dan Lawrence, Matt Sydal, Delirious, Trik Davis, Claudio Castagnoli, Danny Daniels, Brad Bradley, Alex Shelley and Austin Aries (Dark Match, but viewable on the Vol. 1 DVD as an Easter Egg)
SHIMMER: Volume 2- 11/06/2005- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: DVD Released March '06.
- Cindy Rogers Def. Krissy Vaine
- Nikki Roxx Def. Lexie Fyfe
- Cheerleader Melissa & Tiana Ringer Def. Portuguese Princess Ariel & Shantelle Taylor
- Christie Ricci Def. Amber O'Neal
- Allison Danger Def. Rain
- Beth Phoenix Def. MsChif
- Elimination Match: Sara Del Rey Def. Daizee Haze, Lacey and Mercedes Martinez
SHIMMER: Volume 3- 02/12/2006- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: DVD released 5/19/06. Between 100-125 estimated attendance. Blizzards in New York prevented some talent from making the show, forcing last second rebooking.
- Rain Def. Nikki Roxx
- Lorelei Lee Def. Malia Hosaka
- Lexie Fyfe Def. MsChif
- Cindy Rogers Def. Amber O'Neal and Tiana Ringer {Elimination Match}
- Cheerleader Melissa Def. Shantelle Taylor
- Sara Del Rey Def. Daizee Haze
- Rebecca Knox Def. Allison Danger
SHIMMER: Volume 4- 02/12/2006- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: DVD released 7/21/06.
- Nikki Roxx Def. Amber O'Neal
- Shantelle Taylor Def. Ann Brookstone
- Lexie Fyfe & Malia Hosaka Def. Cindy Rogers & Lorelei Lee
- Allison Danger Def. Tiana Ringer
- Falls Count Anywhere Match: Cheerleader Melissa Def. MsChif
- Sara Del Rey Def. Rain
- Daizee Haze Def. Rebecca Knox
SHIMMER: Volume 5- 5/21/2006- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: DVD released 9/29/06. Nearly 200 estimated attendance(Largest crowd for a SHIMMER Event yet). Nora 'Molly Holly' Greenwald was in attendance signing autographs.
- Daizee Haze Def. Portia Perez (Available for free viewing as of 6/9/06 via YouTube)
- Rain Def. Lorelai Lee
- Amber O'Neal Def. Serena Deeb
- MsChif Def. Cindy Rogers
- Malia Hosaka & Lexie Fyfe Def. Portuguese Princess Ariel and Josie
- Allison Danger Def. Cheerleader Melissa
- Amazing Kong Def. Nikki Roxx
- Nikita Def. Lacey
- 2 out of 3 Falls Match: Rebecca Knox Def. Daizee Haze
- No Time Limit Match: Sara Del Rey Def. Mercedes Martinez
SHIMMER: Volume 6- 5/21/2006- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: Early December estimated DVD release date.
- Amazing Kong/Lexie Fyfe/Malia Hosaka Def. Cindy Rogers/Portuguese Princess Ariel/Josie
- Serena Deeb Def. Amber O'Neal
- Nikki Roxx Def. Lorelai Lee
- Daizee Haze Def. Nikita
- Pure Wrestling Rules: Rebecca Knox Def. Allison Danger
- The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Lacey & Rain) Def. Sara Del Rey & Mercedes Martinez
- Last Woman Standing Match: MsChif Def. Cheerleader Melissa
SHIMMER: Volume 7 - 10/22/2006- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Show Notes: Originally set for 8/27, but scheduling conflicts between talent and Venue availability pushed the show back. Canadian Wrestlers LuFisto and Nattie Neidhart made their SHIMMER debut.
- Tiana Ringer Def. Lorelei Lee
- Portuguese Princess Ariel Def. Cindy Rogers
- The Experience (Malia Hosaka & Lexie Fyfe) Def. Portia Perez & Serena Deeb
- MsChif Def. Rain
- Allison Danger Def. Amber O'Neal
- Nikki Roxx Def. Lacey
- Mercedes Martinez Def. LuFisto
- Sara Del Rey Def. Nattie Neidhart
- Cheerleader Melissa Def. Daizee Haze
SHIMMER: Volume 8 - 10/22/2006- Berwyn Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- Sara Del Rey Def. Lorelei Lee (Will be available online for free)
- Cindy Rogers Def. Serena Deeb
- LuFisto Def. Allison Danger
- Nikki Roxx Def. Malia Hosaka
- Lexie Fyfe Def. Lorelei Lee
- Amber O'Neal Def. Josie
- Nattie Neidhart Def. Portuguese Princess Ariel
- Daizee Haze Def. Tiana Ringer
- The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Lacey & Rain) Def. MsChif & Cheerleader Melissa
- Mercedes Martinez Def. Sara Del Rey
[edit] Roster
- Allison Danger
- Amazing Kong
- Amber O'Neal
- Portuguese Princess Ariel
- Cheerleader Melissa
- Cindy Rogers
- Daizee Haze
- Josie
- Lacey
- Lexie Fyfe
- Lorelei Lee
- Lufisto
- Malia Hosaka
- Mercedes Martinez
- MsChif
- Nattie Neidhart
- Nikki Roxx
- Portia Perez
- Rain
- Rebecca Knox
- Sara Del Rey
- Serena Deeb
- Tiana Ringer
Alumni
- Ann Brookstone
- Beth Phoenix (Signed by WWE in Late '05)
- Christie Ricci
- Krissy Vaine (Signed by WWE in January '06)
- Nikita (Signed by WWE in May '06)
- Shantelle Taylor (Signed by WWE in May '06)
[edit] Affiliations and Showcase Matches
With SHIMMER and big brother Ring of Honor being closely associated, the SHIMMER women have been allowed to compete on the pre and main show cards of several ROH events, as well as FIP, AAW and XWA events under the guise of 'SHIMMER Showcase Matches'. The women having solid outings on the ROH shows, such as March 25th, 30th, 31st and April 1st, 2006 in New York City, Detroit, and Chicago respectively, in front of large crowds has created a buzz for the promotion, which will hopefully make for bigger turnouts on their DVD tapings. The results for these Showcase Matches have resulted as follows:
ROH: Vendetta- 11/05/2005- Frontier Fieldhouse, Chicago Ridge, IL
- Lacey Def. Sara Del Ray (Dark Match, Available on the Shimmer Volume 1 DVD)
ROH: A Night of Tribute- 11/19/2005- SportsPlus Entertainment Center, Lake Grove, NY
- Lacey def. Allison Danger (Dark Match)
FIP: Orlando Onslaught- 01/20/2006- Downtown Orlando Recreation Center, Orlando, FL
- Lexie Fyfe def. Lorelei Lee
XWA: Redemption- 02/10/2006- West End Recreation Center, Providence, RI
- 4 Corner Survival: Mercedes Martinez def. Portuguese Princess Ariel, Cindy Rogers and Lacey
ROH: Best In The World- 03/25/2006- Basketball City, Manhattan, NY
ROH: Dragon Gate Challenge Series- 03/30/2006- Michigan Mart, Detroit, MI
- Lacey & Tiana Ringer def. Allison Danger & Shantelle Taylor (Dark Match, Available on ROH: Straight Shootin' with the Women of Honor DVD)
ROH: Supercard of Honor- 03/31/2006- Frontier Fieldhouse, Chicago Ridge, IL
- 6 Woman Mayhem: MsChif def. Allison Danger, Cheerleader Melissa, Daizee Haze, Lacey and Rain
ROH: Better than Our Best- 4/1/2006- Frontier Fieldhouse, Chicago Ridge, IL
- Allison Danger, Daizee Haze & MsChif def. Cheerleader Melissa, Lacey & Rain (Dark Match, Available on ROH: Straight Shootin' with the Women of Honor DVD)
ROH: Destiny- 6/3/2006- Sports World, East Windsor, CT
- Lacey def. Allison Danger (Dark Match, Available for free viewing via rohvideos.com)
- Sara Del Rey def. Daizee Haze
AAW: Civil War- 8/12/2006- Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
ROH: Motor City Madness- 10/7/2006- Detroit, MI
- Daizee Haze & MsChif def. Lacey & Allison Danger
AAW: Nightmare on 26th St- 10/21/2006- Eagles Club, Berwyn, IL
- LuFisto def. Josie (Available on the Shimmer Volume 6 DVD)
- Daizee Haze def. MsChif
- Cheerleader Melissa & Nattie Neidhart def. Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger (Available on the Shimmer Volume 6 DVD)
ROH: 11/3/2006- Braintree, MA