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.
| 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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Championship Tournaments
editInaugural Championship Tournament (2013)
editThe 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.
- Saraya Knight defeated Su Yung
- Jessicka Havok defeated Madison Eagles
- Rain defeated Angelina Love
- Santana Garrett defeated Kimberly
- Leva Bates defeated Taylor Made
- Mia Yim defeated Mercedes Martinez
- LuFisto defeated Mercedes Martinez, Nikki Roxx and Su Yung in a fatal four-way match, winner faces Rain in the first round
- Ivelisse defeated Awesome Kong, Angelina Love and Kimberly in a four-way match, winner faces Garrett in the first round
notes:
- Jessicka Havok defeated Portia Perez to keep her spot in the tournament at Shine 9
- Allysin Kay defeated Nikki Roxx but was later suspended for 90 days by Lexie Fyfe and automatically eliminated at Shine 9
- Jazz defeated Ivelisse but never entered the tournament for undisclosed reasons
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 | ||||||||||||||
Second championship tournament (2018)
edit| 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 | |||||||||||||
Reigns
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1,112+ | 4 | [17] | |
Combined reigns
editAs of December 28, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivelisse † | 4 | 24 | 2,319+ |
| 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 |
References
edit- ^ "Shimmer Volume 11, Volume 12, & Volume 13 Results". Shimmer Women Athletes. Visuex. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Namako, Jason (2013-07-13). "7/12 Shine #11 iPPV Results: Ybor City, FL (First Shine Champion crowned)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- ^ "Live Coverage: SHINE Wrestling Presents SHINE 16". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ Trionfo, Richard (2014-11-16). "Two title changes on final show of WWNLive.com tour of China". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-11-16.
- ^ Erin (2015-04-03). "Full Results: SHINE 26". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ^ "12/11 Shine 31 iPPV Results – new Shine champion, new Shine tag champs". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2016-06-18). "6/17 Shine 35 iPPV Results – New Shine champion in historic title match, Blanchard vs. Ellering". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Shine Wrestling on Twitter". Twitter. Shine Wrestling. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
HUGE BREAKING NEWS! SHINE Champion Ivelisse has not been medically cleared to wrestle at #SHINE40. The SHINE Championship is now vacant!
- ^ "SHINE 40 Recap: Ivelisse Vacates Title, New Champion Crowned (1/13/17)". 14 January 2017.
- ^ "BREAKING NEWS: SHINE Championship Vacated!". 26 June 2018.
- ^ Elizabeth, Claire (8 September 2018). "Shine 53 live results: Shine Championship tournament, Cutie Pie Club vs. Twisted Sisterz, and more!". Cageside Seats. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy. "WWN Supershow Mercury Rising Results (4/5/19): Three Title Matches Headline The Event". Fightful. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ "TJP Girls Shining, I Will Fly To Sapporo!". Cagematch.
- ^ "SHINE 63". Cagematch.
- ^ Duffy, John. "SHINE crowns 2 new champions". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ WWN Supershow: Battle Of The Belts 2021 CageMatch
- ^ SHINE 70 CageMatch
External links
edit- SHINE Championship at Cagematch.net
- Official website
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