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->''"Without a doubt, a case could be made that the first shots of the 2015 Wrestling/{{WWE}} Women's Revolution were actually fired at the Berwyn Eagles Club a decade before."''
-->-- '''Pat Laprade and Dan Murphy''', ''Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling''

Shimmer Women Athletes, mostly known simply as SHIMMER, is an all-women's independent wrestling promotion based in Berwyn, Illinois, established in 2005 and run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Wrestling/AllisonDanger.

SHIMMER describes itself as "American Joshi", and was founded as a platform for serious, pure-sport women's wrestling. At the time, it was known as an alternative from the [[HotterAndSexier sex appeal]] of Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s Diva division, as well as the camp nature of other women-focused promotions.

SHIMMER had close ties to Wrestling/RingOfHonor. The SHIMMER Singles Champion's title was recognized as The ROH Women's Title and was defended on ROH shows, while the ROH Dojo was also considered the SHIMMER Academy. Ring of Honor's purchase by the Sinclair Broadcast Group has cut back on this relationship. SHIMMER also has a sister promotion in Florida called [[http://www.shinewrestling.com SHINE Wrestling]], which was closely intertwined for its first 10 shows, but mostly disconnected by its 17th.

SHIMMER started as a DVD-only company, but fans have always been allowed to attend tapings. Occasional Internet Pay-Per-Views (iPPV) started with its 53rd Volume during a [[FanConvention WrestleCon]]. Most of them can be viewed on WWN Live, while individual matches became available for purchase through [=ClickWrestle=]. In November 2018, SHIMMER launched their own streaming platform in http://StreamSHIMMER.com.

Several SHIMMER wrestlers have gone on to wrestle for the major promotions.
* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya)]], [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Nikita (Katie Lea)]], Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena (Deeb), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma)]], [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Tenille (Emma)]], [[Wrestling/{{Bayley}} Davina Rose (Bayley)]], [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani Knight (Paige)]], [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch)]], [[Wrestling/BillieKay Jessie [=McKay=] (Billie Kay)]], [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce KC Cassidy (Peyton Royce)]], [[Wrestling/EmberMoon Athena (Ember Moon)]], [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Kana (Asuka)]], [[Wrestling/NikkiCross Nikki Storm (Nikki Cross)]], [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace (Ruby Riott)]], [[Wrestling/SarahLogan Crazy Mary Dobson (Sarah Logan)]], [[Wrestling/DakotaKai Evie (Dakota Kai)]], Wrestling/ShaynaBaszler, Wrestling/CandiceLeRae, Mia Yim, Kay Lee Ray, Viper (Piper Niven/Doudrop), Nixon Newell (Tegan Nox), Shotzi Blackheart... Lexie Fyfe popped in as "Hillary Clinton". Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa and Wrestling/MercedesMartinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Wrestling/SaraDelRey became a trainer for WWE. Leva Bates and Santana Garrett stopped by NXT. [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Juliette The Huntress]] briefly appeared before a stint in developmental (as Sofia Cortez).
* [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA/Impact Wrestling]]: [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Awesome Kong)]], Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa (Raisha Saeed/Alyssa Flash), Nikki Roxx (Roxxi Leveaux), [[Wrestling/TaylorWilde Shantelle Taylor (Taylor Wilde)]], [[Wrestling/SarahStock "Dark Angel" Sarah Stock (Sarita)]], [[Wrestling/MadisonRayne Ashley Lane (Madison Rayne)]], Rain (Payton Banks), Josey (Sojourner Bolt), [[Wrestling/KatarinaWaters Nikita (Winter)]], Wrestling/DaffneyUnger, [[Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie Christina Von Eerie (Toxxin)]], Santana Garrett (Brittany), Jessicka (Havok), Marti (Belle), Mia Yim (Jade), Cherry Bomb (Laura Dennis), [[Wrestling/AllysinKay Allysin Kay (Sienna)]], [[Wrestling/{{Rosemary}} Courtney Rush (Rosemary)]], Wrestling/TessaBlanchard, Wrestling/TenilleDashwood, Deonna Purrazzo, [[Wrestling/BillieKay Jessie [=McKay=]]], and [[Wrestling/PeytonRoyce KC Cassidy (Cassie Lee)]]. Serena Deeb, Wrestling/VedaScott, Wrestling/SuYung and Wrestling/SoloDarling also showed up for Knockouts-only pay per views.
* Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling: Wrestling/BrittBaker, Wrestling/HikaruShida, [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Awesome Kong]], Cherry Bomb (Allie/The Bunny), Leva Bates, Serena Deeb, [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace (Ruby Soho)]], Leyla Hirsch, Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, and [[Wrestling/EmberMoon Athena]]. Wrestling/TenilleDashwood showed up at the inaugural ''Double or Nothing''. Wrestling/AllysinKay showed up at ''Full Gear 2020''. [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani Knight]] showed up and made her AEW debut as Saraya at ''Dynamite Grand Slam 2022''.

Neither SHIMMER nor SHINE have any connection with the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} preschool series ''WesternAnimation/ShimmerAndShine''.
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!!! "[=SHIMMER=]ing Tropes":
* AbortedArc:
** Wrestling/MercedesMartinez made a FaceHeelTurn as part of her feud with Sara Del Rey in the early volumes, but then got sidelined by injury. When she returned, she was back to being a face.
** Wrestling/DaizeeHaze's feud with [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Rebecca Knox]] was cut short when the latter suffered a career-threatening injury. The feud was planned to end with a 30-minute Iron Woman match.
* AbusiveParents: Saraya Knight seems to heap a lot of verbal/emotional abuse on [[Wrestling/{{Paige}} Britani]]. Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa, Saraya's established foe, suggested beatings were also involved.
* ActionGirl or DarkActionGirl: Pretty much the whole roster. Being a women's wrestling promotion, it's a WorldOfActionGirls.
* AllAmericanFace: Sara Del Rey in her American Angel gimmick.
* AnimalMotifs
** Sharks for Daffney, Wrestling/SoloDarling (though she settled into furry enthusiast) and Kimberly Maddox
** Cats for Wesna, Cat Power, Solo Darling(who eventually became a squirrel, [[TheArtifact but still scratched people]])and lions for Athena (wyverns for her too).
* ArchEnemy: Courtney Rush and Cherry Bomb, after the latter cut the former's hair, though Cherry ''really'' hates Wrestling/CandiceLeRae for breaking her collar bone.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The first SHIMMER singles title seems to have a habit of causing {{Face Heel Turn}}s, either in pursuit of it (Madison Eagles), or once a wrestler becomes champion (Sara Del Rey, Cheerleader Melissa). The only {{Face}} to avoid turning heel during the first decade was Wrestling/MsChif, who has a "[[TheFairFolk demonic]]" gimmick. Eagles in particular fell into increasing depths of irrational jealousy, paranoia and possessiveness of the belt to almost schizoid levels until she lost it.
* AscendedExtra
** Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews had applied to work at SHIMMER during Matthew's first year as a professional wrestler but were turned down. Perez they found room for by the fifth show but had none for Matthews until a last minute spot opened up on the fifteenth show the following year. Despite having just met, the two worked well enough together for Matthews to get called back, thus they became the Canadian Ninjas.
** Wrestling/IvelisseVelez first appeared as an unnamed {{jobber}}, getting beat up by Melanie Cruise and Wesna Busic on Volume 24 before she had a proper match on Volume 62, [[TheShowMustGoOn filling in for]] an absent Barbi Hayden to beat Kimber Lee.
* AxCrazy: "Sweet" Saraya Knight. Even her own manager, Rebecca Knox, was deathly afraid of her.
* BeamMeUpScotty: Invoked word for word by Leva Bates during her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbCVCvr3bI8 match]] with Miss Natural at Volume 56, since Bates was {{Cosplay}}ing as Spock, and the match was ''filled'' with ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Allison Danger's reasoning for challenging Sweet Saraya to Rounds, a {{gimmick match|es}} all but dead on North America but apparently still going strong in the UK.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiroyo Matsumoto is very strong, has no qualms about dropping her opponents on their heads and will do it all while wearing a perpetual smile.
* BraveScot: Kay Lee Ray and Nikki Storm. Ray will risk her health to defeat her foes in battle, Storm's usually too arrogant to realize she is at risk, but won't back down because of a little pain either.
* BrooklynRage: The New York Knockout, especially if you [[NotInTheFace touch her face]].
* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: The majority of their events are held at the Berwyn [[https://www.foe.com/ Eagles Club]].
* CardboardPal: Bystanders will be expelled from ringside if they lack a manager's license but SHIMMER allows wrestlers to have "managerial objects," such as Malia Hosoka's "partner", Lexie Fyfe on a stick.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [=LuFisto=], the below exchange with [=MsChif=] for example. It might not be the best example, she ''may'' have been seeing if [=MsChif=] [[NotListeningToMeAreYou would respond positively to anything LuFisto said]], which [[ObfuscatingStupidity allowed LuFisto to get a title shot]]. On the other hand, this is the same woman who cries out for help to her doll Peegaboo so she counts regardless...
-->"I hear babies come from Mommy, but you like green so much, I think you came from a cabbage, ya think?
* CollectibleCardGame: Just like ROH, the promotion has one made by Filsinger based around running a promotion.
* CombatPragmatist: Tomoka Nakagawa has no problem using such tactics as biting, eye poking and choking with her belt in order to get a leg up on her opponents.
* CompanionCube: Managerial objects extend to [=LuFisto=]'s doll Peegaboo and Daizee Haze's enormous sunflower.
* CoolMask
** Allison Danger wears one as part of her entrance gear.
** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cat]] [[{{Catgirl}} Power]] introduced this into her entrance, and seems to have enjoyed a marked increase in popularity partly as a result of it.
** Jamilia Craft is the first actual masked wrestler to compete in SHIMMER. Later shows would also feature Japanese masked wrestlers Ray and Leon (Ray's Chinese but wrestled mostly in Japan)
** Much like Allison Danger, Kana comes to the ring in a mask.
** The SPARKLE Jobber Skill Death Artist #2(sic) wore a mask, and {{legacy|character}} jobber Spider Lady has shown up for a go at her old rival [=ThunderKitty=].
* CosplayOtakuGirl
** Part of [=LuFisto's=] gimmick are her many anime inspired costumes, and a doll for a manager.
** Leva Bates seems to be going for a similar gimmick, with pop culture in general.
* {{Crossover}}
** SHIMMER will defend its belt or otherwise have "SHIMMER matches" on the shows of other promotions, most commonly in pre SBG Ring Of Honor...which caused a little {{mood whiplash}} for those watching both while Age Of The Fall was going on, since Lacey and [=MsChif=] were involved. The same for viewers of Full Impact Pro, where Rain and Leva were also swept up by the movement. It also shares the Eagles Club with All American Wrestling and RISE, so they often acknowledge each other.
** While virtually all the SHIMMER athletes work for other wrestling promotions, OVW contracted Beth Phoenix, Serena Deeb, Nikita and Natalya Neidhart showing up while OVW was still WWE's developmental territory caused some to double take. Deeb even got a title shot.
** Sweet Saraya agreed to defend the SHIMMER title belt against [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] at SHINE, simply because [[EvilIsPetty no matter the outcome, it would prolong Cheerleader Melissa's reentry into title contention]]. This kicked off some of the fledgling promotion's earliest angles, as Mercedes Martinez and Radiant Rain did not take someone never in SHIMMER getting a title shot well. SHIMMER would later join its little sister on the ''WWN Live Mercury Rising 2015'' show.
** SHIMMER began hosting nCw Femmes Fatales International Title defenses after Mercedes Martinez won the belt. Also, the tag team titles have switched hands at an nCw show.
* DanceBattler: Rayna Von Tash, or rather dancing before doing moves such as shoulder tackles and elbow drops.
* DemonicPossession: Courtney Rush. After Cherry Bomb cut her hair, Rush started calling herself "the Demon Assassin" and referring to herself as 'us' and 'we'. At SHIMMER 81, Madison Eagles took advantage of this by pouring a line of salt on the ring apron, thus blocking Rush from entering, and unsuccessfully tried to exorcise her. Cherry Bomb has also repeatedly tried to stake Rush with a stake made from a cross.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Portia Perez insists that Sara Del Rey and Courtney Rush are NOT a tag team, they are merely "co-corner wrestling partners".
* DoesNotLikeMen: If you're a man, chances are the Minnesota\International Home Wrecking Crew don't like you.
* DownerEnding: Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata only held the tag team title belts for a single day after ending the nearly two year reign of the {{hate sink}}s known as the Canadian Ninjas. Due to the nature of SHIMMER, this was enough time for two successful title defenses though.
* DrowningMySorrows: Nicole Matthews after losing the Shimmer Championship belt.
* EasilyDistractedReferee: In a two out of three falls match with Daizee Haze, ''both'' of Rebecca Knox's falls involved illegal use of the ropes.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Luckily for Rayna Von Tosh, Allison Danger was {{happily married}} by the time of her debut.[[labelnote:*]]a look back at Danger's Christopher Street Connection days will show just how lucky[[/labelnote]]
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Kacey Diamond's French diva gimmick revolves around this.
* EvilMentor: Lexie Fyfe to Lorelei Lee and Malia Hosaka to Daffney Unger. Madison Eagles to Shazza [=McKenzie=]. Sweet Saraya to Rhia O'Reilly and Su Yung.
* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: On Volume 43 Mercedes Martinez turned heel on Athena, turning the latter face.
* FaceHeelTurn:
** [[spoiler:[[ForeignWrestlingHeel Rebecca Knox]]]] goes from a polite, hand shaking, friendly babyface to an obnoxious, arrogant cheater all in the course of one match.
** [[spoiler:Sara Del Rey's shift from "American Angel" to "Death Rey."]]
** During Allison Danger's retirement match on Volume 57, [[spoiler:reigning SHIMMER Champion, Cheerleader Melissa, mocked Danger's favoring of her collarbone during the match (which Melissa herself broke five years prior), refused to tag out to her partner Ayako Hamada because she was intent on beating Danger herself and won the match by making Danger submit to a Fujiwara Armbar but refused to break the hold for several seconds after Danger submitted. When her partner pulled her away and demanded to know what she was trying to do, Melissa delivered an Air Raid Crash to Hamada and stormed away from the ring. The referee then overturned the result to a disqualification win for Allison Danger and Leva Bates.]]
* FearlessFool: Kellie Skater may weigh in at [[LargeHam 68 kilograms of PURE ADAMANTIUM]], but she [[TooDumbToLive never seems to catch on]] that she should maybe shy away from [[BullyingADragon taunting and mocking]] wrestlers like Amazing Kong, Cheerleader Melissa, and [=LuFisto=].
* {{Fingore}}: Volume 35. Sara Del Rey vs. Rachel Summerlynn. Non-stop finger-destroying action from Death Rey.
* FireBalls: Nicole Matthews used one to win the SHIMMER Title!
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Jetta (England), Wesna Busic (Croatia), The Canadian Ninjas (Canada), Rebecca Knox (Ireland), Madison Eagles (Australia), Tomoka Nakagawa (Japan), Saraya and Britani Knight (England), Rhia O'Reilly (Ireland), Mayumi Ozaki (Japan)
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Sweet Saraya's feud with Cheerleader Melissa continues one that had to be cut short in Real Quality Wrestling 5 years before, when Saraya legitimately nearly had her career ended by landing on a torn up cola can that completely destroyed her kneecap.
* FunPersonified: [=LuFisto=], Leva Bates, and Jessie [=McKay=] all qualify.
* GeekyAnalogy: Inverted during the Sara Del Rey vs. Mercedes Martinez match on ''Volume 1.'' Because Del Rey is from California and Martinez is from Connecticut, the announcers said it was the best of the West Coast vs. the best of the East Coast and compared it to [[Music/TupacShakur [=2Pac=]]] and [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG [=Biggie=]]].
* GenkiGirl: Jessica James. Shazza [=McKenzie=] too, overlapping with {{Moe}} quite a bit.
* TheGiant: Amazing Kong. She looked noticeably smaller on volume 53 but still the largest one around. Later, Vanessa "The Mountain" Kraven debuted.
* GirlPosse: The Minnesota/International Home Wrecking Crew. Team Blondage even more so, in their brief appearance.
* GirlsWithMustaches: Regeneration X as [[Videogame/MarioBros Mario and Luigi]], also Leva Bates as [[Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack Silent Bob]].
* GirlyBruiser: Jessie [=McKay=] is a variation. Much attention is made to her being cute and attractive, plus her RedBaron is "Everybody's Favourite Girlfriend". As well as that her moves are named things like "School Girl Crush" and "Boyfriend Stealer".
* GlassJawReferee: In addition to the universal weakness to any physical contact whatsoever that all referees share, SHIMMER referees have also been knocked off their feet simply by being shouted at. Averted when Haze was refereeing though.
* GranolaGirl: Wrestling/DaizeeHaze. She kept the look even after her heel turn, as she felt it wouldn't be right to ignore her past.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Lacey and Rain of the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew are this, with a significant helping of HoYay between them. They later team up with Jetta, forming a much rarer three person variant of this trope.
** Lacey even introduces Rain as "The love of my life!"
* HeelFaceTurn: Britani Knight via abuse at the hands of her mother.
* HypocriticalHumor: On commentary, Portia Perez is outraged whenever a face does something vaguely illegal (or that she thinks should be illegal). She has no problem with heels blatantly cheating (or doing the same herself when she's wrestling).
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: Saraya Knight to her daughter Britani on Volume 43. After a huge brawl Britani turns it around and says "I have no mother".
* IronicName: The segments dark matches occur in are called "SPARKLE". Presumably a sparkle isn't as bright as a SHIMMER?(''or'' a SHINE, as they also started running SPARKLE on their 30th event)
* IronicNickname: "Sweet" Saraya Knight
* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Against the Canadian Ninjas, Jessie [=McKay=] calls herself "Ninja Kangaroo" and even hops like one sometimes. Kellie Skater calls her protein shakes "Roo Roids".
* KidAppealCharacter: The Buddy System, particularly Solo Darling, who is practically babysat by the other two when not in matches.
* LargeHamTitle: "From The Most Awesomest Place Ever: Bacchus Marsh, Australia. Weighing 68 kg of pure Adamantium. She has muscles so huge, they make ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk [[{{Pun}} green]] with envy. Creator/ChuckNorris fears her. The Colossus Of Bacchus Marsh. The Indestructible One. The Rate Tank, Kellie Skater!"
* LighterAndSofter: The action of SHIMMER is a little too hard and heavy to call "soft and light" but its atmosphere is of a noticeably lighter heart than Ring Of Honor's. It's also billed as a family friendly show - and for a while its main competitor was the over 18's rated {{Wrestling/WSU}}.
* LovelyAngels: Many of the tag teams.
* TheMadHatter: Crazy Mary Dobson used Albert Einstein's definition of insanity on the subject of her always losing when she comes to SHIMMER but coming back anyway, admitting that she fit the description.
* MadeOfIron:
** The legendary bout between Ayako Hamada and Sara Del Ray on volume 28 has cemented this into the reputation of both women.
** Kellie Skater seems to think she is. [[spoiler: She's not.]]
* McNinja: Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews, the "Canadian Ninjas".
* MsFanservice: Rayna Von Tash, going hand in hand with her burlesque gimmick.
* NameOfPower: No shortage of them. Allison Danger's Shimmering Warlock, a situational [[Wrestling/AntonioInoki back brain kick]], being named for these events. Mary Lee Rose later took up the move(and name).
* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: 3G, which is impressive when both [[HeelFaceTurn were heels before they embraced gangsterism]].
%%* NoodleIncident: Cat scratch fever.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: [=LuFisto=] fast-talked her way into a title match by catching an inattentive [=MsChif=] with this. Ultimately backfired, since [=MsChif=] still won the match.
* OneSteveLimit:
** Long unmasked by this point, Dark Angel came into SHIMMER as Sarah Stock, not that it would have mattered either way, as the also mask less American Angel Sara Del Rey makes it a no win. When Del Rey and Stock wrestled each other, the fans lampshaded this by chanting "Let's go Sara(h)!"
** it made occasional returns, such as "lets go Allisin(Allyson?)" during Regeneration X vs Made In Sin where Allison Danger and Allysin Kay started off.
** Nikki Roxx being in this promotion is likely why Nikki Matthews became better known as "Nicole" and NY Knockout left "Nikki" out. There is also Nikki Storm. They're even more Nikkis on SPARKLE. And Matthews didn't stop the arrival of Nicole Savoy.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: [=MsChif=], bane of the aforementioned {{Glass Jaw Referee}}s.
* PartsUnknown:
** [=MsChif=] is from "The Inferno".
** Leva Bates is from [[Film/{{Psycho}} the Bates Motel]].
** Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team are from the International House of ''Pain''cakes.
** Lufisto is from Montreal, Japan.
** Ayako Hamada is from Tokyo, Mexico.
** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris[=/=][[Franchise/SuperMarioBros The Mushroom Kingdom]][=/=][[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]]" or anything else their costume dictates, but always "via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
** Christina Von Eerie is from "Scum/Spook City" Sacramento.
** Athena is billed from several different cities in different states all at once ("Chicago BACKSLASH St. Louis BACKSLASH Dallas").
** Amazing Kong has a regular hometown (Tokyo, Japan), but weighs "None of your damn business".
** The team of Ariel and Nikki Roxx has a total combined weight of "Awesome".
** Veda Scott and Shazza [=McKenzie=] are billed at a total combined height of 10'4" and total combined eye count of 6.
** Courtney Rush is billed from "Winning-peg, Manitoba".
** Kimber Lee weighs in at "all of your long term fitness goals."
* PintSizedPowerhouse
** Portia Freakin' Perez!
** Misaki Ohata, the Princess of Submissions. Also, [[BadassAdorable cuter than a cat macro crossed with another cat macro]].
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Cheerleader Melissa seems to actively avoid situations where she might be expected to lead cheers. Shazza [=McKenzie=] takes it further, having no cheer leading experience at all.
* PrecisionFStrike: Ayako Hamada got one on the Volume 39 taping when referee PJ Drummond kept hassling Hamada to get back in her corner while she was trying to make PJ aware of her partner, Cheerleader Melisa, being repeatedly double teamed by Madison Eagles and Sara Del Rey. Finally, fed up, Hamada screamed at PJ to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Keep in mind SHIMMER is billed as a family-friendly show so this caused quite a reaction from the crowd.
* ReReleaseSoundtrack: The announcers mention during the Sara Del Rey-Mercedes Martinez match on ''Volume 1'' that Sara uses the same music -- Music/{{Europe}}'s "The Final Countdown" -- as her mentor Wrestling/BryanDanielson. However, the DVD replaced that theme with generic instrumental music.
* RetiredBadass: Allison Danger as of 2013. Rebecca Knox initially but she made a return to wrestling in 2012[[note]]Not for ''SHIMMER'' but for FFPW in her native Ireland[[/note]] and was signed by WWE in early 2013.
* {{Retraux}}: No wrestling organization should be afraid of old school minimalism. Compare [[https://ringbellesarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/409141_280859805309601_173600086035574_764098_1786993721_n.jpg?w=347&h=300 this image]] with [[http://www.genickbruch.com/pics/plakate_maxi/274072.jpg this]].
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Woman]]: Amazing Kong. Presumably the idea behind the Skill Death Artists but unlike Kong they won no matches, SPARKLE or otherwise.
* ScreamingWarrior: [=MsChif=] which is to be expected since she's a banshee (it's almost a roar). Rebecca Knox at a higher pitch. Daffney, mainly from prior reputation since, she's ''mostly'' been a manager here. Britani Knight has the scream of a frustrated child but is much better in the ring than her win/loss record would have you believe (which is why she's frustrated).
* ShoutOut
** Cindy Rogers' Wrestling/BretHart-esque leather jacket.([[VisualPun she's from Hartford after all]])
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channeling Wrestling/TheUndertaker.
** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team]].
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of Music/VerucaSalt - the promotion's name comes from their song "SHIMMER Like a Girl", and prior to SHIMMER, he ran a women's wrestling show called "Volcano Girls".
** Kellie Skater calling herself "The Colossus of Bacchus Marsh" is a reference to [[Characters/WWERuthlessAggression "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones]], an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in [=WWE=] in 2003.
** Jennifer Blake and [=LuFisto=] as [[Wrestling/ChrisCandido the Suicide Blondes]].
** Volume 50 (the one this page gets its image from) featured a [=SHIMvivor=] Series main event.
** During SHIMMER 53 at Wrestlecon, they announced the show's attendance as being over 93,000, before being informed that the actual figure was around 78,000 (a reference to ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} III'') [[note]] Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000[[/note]]
** The Minnesota Home-Wrecking Crew is a reference to the Minnesota Wrecking Crew, aka the Andersons (Gene[=/=]Lars[=/=]Ole[=/=]Wrestling/{{Arn|Anderson}}).
** Regeneration X (Leva Bates and Allison Danger) to Wrestling/DGenerationX
** While on commentary, Portia Perez insists [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan she is a journalist]].
* SpikesOfVillainy: Sassy Stephie, Allysin Kay and Taylor Made have wrestled in them even. It took awhile for [=LuFisto=] to consider knife edged chops may not be the wisest choice of offense with them as opponents, though [=LuFisto=] was managing to hurt them as much as herself.
* SpiritualSuccessor
** Volume 71 was nominally one to the [=ChickFight=] tournament but had the same rules as IWA Mid-South's ''Volcano Girls''. The same setup was used again on volume 80 to decide The Heart Of SHIMMER champion.
** Shayna Baszler openly admitted to approaching Mercedes Martinez and Nicole Savoy about forming The Trifecta as part of her plan to do in pro wrestling what she did in mixed martial arts with The Four Horsewomen(aka Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir, Jessamyn Duke). Considering the first thing Baszler's did in pro wrestling wasn't go to SHIMMER but put together reDRagon, there might just be a pattern.
* TagTeam, The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew, The Dangerous Angels, The Canadian Ninjas, The Experience, The Death Kongs, The Kimber Bombs, MSEERIE, Made In Sin, The Global Green Gangsters(3G), Regeneration X, The Suicide Blondes, The Queens of Winning, The Ultimate Punch, Pretty Bitchin', The Pink Ladies, The Seven Star Sisters...''and that's just getting started''. Since SHIMMER's locker room is anything but static, some people belong to more than one team at time (such as volume 53 making a trio out of Sassy Stephie's Midwest Militia and SNS teammates), resulting in a much larger amount than most promotions in proportion to the individual alumni.
* TemptingFate: [[FearlessFool Kellie Skater's]] schtick, prior to teaming with Tomoka Nakagawa- she walked out to the ring about every other show making an open challenge, which was promptly answered by someone who could and did destroy her.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Dulce Garcia, fka Sexy Star, publicly unmasked and retired from Lucha Libre to pursue a boxing career, which seemed to be going well, then was announced two months before Volume 91 to be coming to SHIMMER, "no mask necessary". At the end of the year she'd jump to The Crash, lucha libre proper.
* TookALevelInBadass: Witness Serena Deeb's path from jobber to main eventer! The Australian Pink Ladies from jobber tag team to Madison Eagles as SHIMMER Champion! See how far a rub from Nakagawa takes Skater!
* TreacherousAdvisor: Daffney to Rachel Summerlyn.
* TheVoiceless: Amazing Kong does not speak. Of course, if you've ever seen her, you'd know that she doesn't NEED to speak.
* UrExample: SHIMMER's roster is largely made up by established standout stars, Rayna Von Tosh was the first wrestler to graduate from the promotion's own academy.
* {{Ventriloquism}}: New York Knockout used it in an attempt to turn [=LuFisto=] against Peegaboo on volume 46.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Nikki Storm, but she's such a LargeHam that the crowd adore her anyway.
* WaifFu: Notably averted - WWE's "Divas" are trained to wrestle a more gymnastic wrestling style with lots of handsprings, headscissors, and Matrix dodges. In SHIMMER, the women are more likely to trade forearms, exchange painful holds, and generally wrestle a strong ground game.
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: As a warm-up dark match for their first show, SHIMMER held the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNEfv21ICec "Come As You Are Rumble"]], a men's comedy Royal Rumble-style match. All competitors in the ring were eliminated over the top rope in a pile-up before the last competitor, Wrestling/JimmyJacobs, entered, leaving him as the winner.
* [[ManBitesMan Woman Bites Woman]]: Lacey broke up a Sara Del Rey pinfall attempt during their match in the finals of the tournament to crown the first SHIMMER Champion, June 2, 2007, by biting Sara's arm. Also a constant danger for anyone near Shark Girl.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Rebbecca Knox pulled one on Allison Danger that likely made fellow Irishman Finlay proud.
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