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* [[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.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya)]], Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma)]], Britani Knight (Wrestling/{{Paige}}), Tenille (Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya)]], Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma)]], Britani Knight (Wrestling/{{Paige}}), Tenille (Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey Wrestling/SaraDelRey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya)]], Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma)]], Britani Knight (Paige), (Wrestling/{{Paige}}), Tenille (Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Wrestling/SaraDelRey Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya)]], Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma)]], Britani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey Wrestling/SaraDelRey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya)]], Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma)]], Brittani Britani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox.Knox (Becky Lynch). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
** Volume 44, Courtney Rush comes very close to getting Sara Del Rey to dance to "Poker Face".
** Volume 44, Courtney Rush comes very close to getting Sara Del Rey to dance to "Poker Face".
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* {{Corpsing}}: On Volume 45 the crowd starts chanting at Portia Perez "Die, Portia, Die!". Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
** On Volume44, Courtney Rush comes very close to getting 24 Cheerleader Melissa hits Sara Del Rey a kick right in the face, prompting Dave Prazak and Portia Perez to dance lose it on commentary laughing. They even replay the spot twice to "Poker Face".giggle at it and Portia asks to see it more times.
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* GenkiGirl: Jessica James. Shazza [=McKenzie=] too, overlapping with {{Moe}} quite a bit.
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* 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.
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* MultiethnicName: Ayako Hamada's full name is Ayako Valentina Hamada Villarreal.
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SHIMMER is an all women's wrestling fed based in Berwyn, Illinois, run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Allison Danger. Established in 2005. It describes itself as "American Joshi" and has close ties to [[{{Wrestling/RingOfHonor}} Ring of Honor]]. The SHIMMER Championship is recognized as The ROH women's championship and is defended on ROH shows. SHIMMER does their shows on DVD only but fans are allowed to attend tapings. SHIMMER has a sister promotion in Florida called [[http://www.shinewrestling.com SHINE Wrestling]].
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SHIMMER is an all women's wrestling fed based in Berwyn, Illinois, run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Allison Danger. Established in 2005. It describes itself as "American Joshi" and has close ties to [[{{Wrestling/RingOfHonor}} Ring of Honor]].Wrestling/RingOfHonor. The SHIMMER Championship is recognized as The ROH women's championship and is defended on ROH shows. SHIMMER does their shows on DVD only but fans are allowed to attend tapings. SHIMMER has a sister promotion in Florida called [[http://www.shinewrestling.com SHINE Wrestling]].
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, [[Wrestling/NatalyaNeidheart Nattie Neidhart (Natalya), (Natalya)]], Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong (Kharma), (Kharma)]], Brittani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox. Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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Along with avoiding the kind of blatant T&A that WWE's women's division could deteriorate into at times, SHIMMER also avoids taking the other dreaded route, into the kind of cartoonish campiness associated with Wrestling/{{GLOW}} in the 1980s and Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} today.
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* [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Crowning Match of Awesome]]: The match between [=LuFisto=] and Cheerleader Melissa in Vol 20, which earned a standing ovation from the audience.
** Ayako Hamada's bout with Sara Del Ray in volume 28, characterized by the sheer brutality and tenacity displayed by both wrestlers has become the stuff of legends amongst fans.
** SHIMMER's mission statement was to prove that women's wrestling was worth being taken seriously, and didn't have to just be blatant T&A. On the very first volume, the Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey match managed to do exactly that.
** In Volume 5, Amazing Kong made her SHIMMER debut against Nikki Roxx in what most presumed would be a CurbStompBattle that would be over in a couple of minutes. But Roxx managed to hang in for almost fifteen minutes, at times giving Kong a significant amount of trouble, before she was finally pinned. Roxx gained a big fan following and higher profile from her performance in that match, which eventually led to her being signed by TNA (where she would be known as Roxxi Laveaux, and later just Roxxi).
** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=]. [[spoiler:Widely believed that she would drop the SHIMMER Championship during the weekend, she successfully defended the title twice: first, she felled Nikki Roxx in singles action, then she won a Triple Threat Match the next night against [=LuFisto=] and Awesome Kong by becoming the first woman in the history of SHIMMER to pin Awesome Kong.]]
** {{Corpsing}}: Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
** Ayako Hamada's bout with Sara Del Ray in volume 28, characterized by the sheer brutality and tenacity displayed by both wrestlers has become the stuff of legends amongst fans.
** SHIMMER's mission statement was to prove that women's wrestling was worth being taken seriously, and didn't have to just be blatant T&A. On the very first volume, the Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey match managed to do exactly that.
** In Volume 5, Amazing Kong made her SHIMMER debut against Nikki Roxx in what most presumed would be a CurbStompBattle that would be over in a couple of minutes. But Roxx managed to hang in for almost fifteen minutes, at times giving Kong a significant amount of trouble, before she was finally pinned. Roxx gained a big fan following and higher profile from her performance in that match, which eventually led to her being signed by TNA (where she would be known as Roxxi Laveaux, and later just Roxxi).
** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=]. [[spoiler:Widely believed that she would drop the SHIMMER Championship during the weekend, she successfully defended the title twice: first, she felled Nikki Roxx in singles action, then she won a Triple Threat Match the next night against [=LuFisto=] and Awesome Kong by becoming the first woman in the history of SHIMMER to pin Awesome Kong.]]
** {{Corpsing}}: Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
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* [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Crowning Match of Awesome]]: The match between [=LuFisto=] and Cheerleader Melissa in Vol 20, which earned a standing ovation from the audience.
** Ayako Hamada's bout with Sara Del Ray in volume 28, characterized by the sheer brutality and tenacity displayed by both wrestlers has become the stuff of legends amongst fans.
** SHIMMER's mission statement was to prove that women's wrestling was worth being taken seriously, and didn't have to just be blatant T&A. On the very first volume, the Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey match managed to do exactly that.
** In Volume 5, Amazing Kong made her SHIMMER debut against Nikki Roxx in what most presumed would be a CurbStompBattle that would be over in a couple of minutes. But Roxx managed to hang in for almost fifteen minutes, at times giving Kong a significant amount of trouble, before she was finally pinned. Roxx gained a big fan following and higher profile from her performance in that match, which eventually led to her being signed by TNA (where she would be known as Roxxi Laveaux, and later just Roxxi).
** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=]. [[spoiler:Widely believed that she would drop the SHIMMER Championship during the weekend, she successfully defended the title twice: first, she felled Nikki Roxx in singles action, then she won a Triple Threat Match the next night against [=LuFisto=] and Awesome Kong by becoming the first woman in the history of SHIMMER to pin Awesome Kong.]]
**{{Corpsing}}: Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
** Ayako Hamada's bout with Sara Del Ray in volume 28, characterized by the sheer brutality and tenacity displayed by both wrestlers has become the stuff of legends amongst fans.
** SHIMMER's mission statement was to prove that women's wrestling was worth being taken seriously, and didn't have to just be blatant T&A. On the very first volume, the Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey match managed to do exactly that.
** In Volume 5, Amazing Kong made her SHIMMER debut against Nikki Roxx in what most presumed would be a CurbStompBattle that would be over in a couple of minutes. But Roxx managed to hang in for almost fifteen minutes, at times giving Kong a significant amount of trouble, before she was finally pinned. Roxx gained a big fan following and higher profile from her performance in that match, which eventually led to her being signed by TNA (where she would be known as Roxxi Laveaux, and later just Roxxi).
** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=]. [[spoiler:Widely believed that she would drop the SHIMMER Championship during the weekend, she successfully defended the title twice: first, she felled Nikki Roxx in singles action, then she won a Triple Threat Match the next night against [=LuFisto=] and Awesome Kong by becoming the first woman in the history of SHIMMER to pin Awesome Kong.]]
**
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* 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}} The Incredible Hulk]] green with envy. The Colossus Of Bacchus Marsh. The Indestructible One. The Rate Tank, Kellie Skater!"
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* 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}} [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk]] green with envy. The Colossus Of Bacchus Marsh. The Indestructible One. The Rate Tank, Kellie Skater!"
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris/[[SuperMario The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[Film/BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]]" or anything else their costume dictates, but always "via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris/[[SuperMario "Paris[=/=][[FranchiseSuperMarioBros The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[Film/BackToTheFuture Kingdom]][=/=][[Film/BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]]" or anything else their costume dictates, but always "via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
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** Cindy Rogers' BretHart-esque leather jacket.
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channeling the Undertaker.
** 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}} Veruca Salt]] - 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 "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones, an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] in 2003.
** 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 WrestleMania 3) [*:Hottip: Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000]
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channeling the Undertaker.
** 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}} Veruca Salt]] - 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 "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones, an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] in 2003.
** 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 WrestleMania 3) [*:Hottip: Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000]
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** Cindy Rogers' BretHart-esque Wrestling/BretHart-esque leather jacket.
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channelingthe Undertaker.
Wrestling/TheUndertaker.
** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as[[{{Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure}} [[Film/BillAndTed Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team]].
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of[[{{Music/VerucaSalt}} Veruca Salt]] 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 "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones, an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in[[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 2003.
** 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 toWrestleMania 3) ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} III'') [*:Hottip: Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000]
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channeling
** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of
** Kellie Skater calling herself "The Colossus of Bacchus Marsh" is a reference to "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones, an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in
** 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
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* TheVoiceless: Amazing Kong does not speak. Of course, if you've ever seen her, you'd know that she doesn't NEED to speak.
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* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''[[{{Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling}} All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'' booked by [[{{Wrestling/JimCornette}} Jim Cornette]]".
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* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''[[{{Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling}} All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'' "''Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling'' booked by [[{{Wrestling/JimCornette}} Jim Cornette]]".Wrestling/JimCornette".
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris/[[SuperMario The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]]" or anything else their costume dictates, but always "via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris/[[SuperMario The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[BackToTheFuture Kingdom]]/[[Film/BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]]" or anything else their costume dictates, but always "via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
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** 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 & Leva Bates.]]
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The SHIMMER singles championship 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, [[spoiler: Cheerleader Melissa]]). The only {{Face}} to avoid turning heel thus far has been [=MsChif=], who has a "demonic" gimmick.
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris/[[SuperMario The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]] or anything else their costume dictates, but always via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris/[[SuperMario The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]] DeLorean]]" or anything else their costume dictates, but always via "via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris, via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
** Christina Von Eerie is from "Scum City" Sacramento.
** Athena is billed from several different cities in different states all at once.
** Christina Von Eerie is from "Scum City" Sacramento.
** Athena is billed from several different cities in different states all at once.
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** Re-Generation X (Allison Danger and Leva Bates) are from "Paris, "Paris/[[SuperMario The Mushroom Kingdom]]/[[BackToTheFuture 1985 via the DeLorean]] or anything else their costume dictates, but always via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
** Christina Von Eerie is from"Scum "Scum/Spook City" Sacramento.
** Athena is billed from several different cities in different states all atonce.once ("Chicago BACKSLASH St. Louis BACKSLASH Dallas").
** Christina Von Eerie is from
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** Veda Scott and Shazza McKenzie are billed at a total combined height of 10'4" and total combined eye count of 6.
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** Jamilia Craft is the first actual masked wrestler to compete in Shimmer.
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** Jamilia Craft is the first actual masked wrestler to compete in Shimmer. Later shows would also feature Japanese masked wrestlers Ray and Leon.
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** ShoutOut: 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 WrestleMania 3) [[*:Hottip: Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000]]
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** ShoutOut: 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 WrestleMania 3) [[*:Hottip: [*:Hottip: Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000]] 78,000]
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** ShoutOut: 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 WrestleMania 3) [[*:Hottip: Wrestlecon's attendance actually was around 78,000]]
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, Nattie Neidhart (Natalya), Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), Amazing Kong (Kharma), Brittani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: Wrestling/BethPhoenix, Nattie Neidhart (Natalya), Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), Amazing Kong (Kharma), Brittani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma).(Emma), Davina Rose (Bayley), Rebecca Knox. Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
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* NoExceptYes: Portia Perez insists that Sara Del Rey and Courtney Rush are NOT a tag team, they are merely "co-corner wrestling partners".
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** It's because holding them shows that they're the best, and everyone wants to be the best. This isn't really a SHIMMER thing, it's a basic thing about professional wrestling.
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SHIMMER is an all women's wrestling fed based in Berwyn, Illinois, run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Allison Danger. Established in 2005. It describes itself as "American Joshi" and has close ties to RingOfHonor. The SHIMMER Championship is recognized as The ROH women's championship and is defended on ROH shows. SHIMMER does their shows on DVD only but fans are allowed to attend tapings.
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SHIMMER is an all women's wrestling fed based in Berwyn, Illinois, run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Allison Danger. Established in 2005. It describes itself as "American Joshi" and has close ties to RingOfHonor.[[{{Wrestling/RingOfHonor}} Ring of Honor]]. The SHIMMER Championship is recognized as The ROH women's championship and is defended on ROH shows. SHIMMER does their shows on DVD only but fans are allowed to attend tapings.
tapings. SHIMMER has a sister promotion in Florida called [[http://www.shinewrestling.com SHINE Wrestling]].
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* LargeHamTitle: "From The Most Awesomest Place Ever: Bacchus Marsh, Australia. Weighing 68 kg of pure Adamantium. She has muscles so huge, the make TheIncredibleHulk green with envy. The Colossus Of Bacchus Marsh. The Indestructible One. The Rate Tank, Kellie Skater!"
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* LargeHamTitle: "From The Most Awesomest Place Ever: Bacchus Marsh, Australia. Weighing 68 kg of pure Adamantium. She has muscles so huge, the they make TheIncredibleHulk [[{{ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk}} The Incredible Hulk]] green with envy. The Colossus Of Bacchus Marsh. The Indestructible One. The Rate Tank, Kellie Skater!"
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** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team]].
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of 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".
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of 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".
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** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure [[{{Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure}} Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team]].
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan ofVerucaSalt [[{{Music/VerucaSalt}} Veruca Salt]] - 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".Girls".
** Kellie Skater calling herself "The Colossus of Bacchus Marsh" is a reference to "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones, an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]] in 2003.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: In a match at Volume 40, the crowd starts chanting at Portia Perez "die, Portia, die!". Dave Prazak's reaction is priceless.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Senior referee Bryce Remsburg is exceptionally popular given the fact that he's well...a referee.
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* HoYay: Again Lacey and Rain. They've also been known to [[LipstickLesbian invoke]] this with their merchandise in past occasions.
** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking HoYay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[LesYay wonderfully]] [[FanService homoerotic]].
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* ViewersInMourning: Semi-example, a number of fans reacted like this to [[spoiler:[=MsChif=]'s title loss to Madison Eagles]].
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** Much like Allison Danger's, Kana comes to the ring in a mask.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: BethPhoenix, Nattie Neidhart (Natalya), Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), Amazing Kong (Kharma), Brittani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
* {{TNA}}: Cheerleader Melissa (Raisha Saeed/Alyssa Flash), Nikki Roxx (Roxxi Leveaux), Shantelle Taylor (Taylor Wilde), "Dark Angel" Sarah Stock (Sarita), Ashley Lane (Madison Rayne), Rain (Payton Banks), Josey (Sojourner Bolt), Nikita (Winter), Daffney.
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SHIMMER is an all women's wrestling fed based in Berwyn, Illinois, run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Allison Danger. Established in 2005. It describes itself as "American Joshi" and has close ties to RingOfHonor. The SHIMMER Championship is recognized as The ROH women's championship and is defended on ROH shows. SHIMMER does their shows on DVD only but fans are allowed to attend tapings.
Several SHIMMER wrestlers have gone on to wrestle for the major promotions.
* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: BethPhoenix, Nattie Neidhart (Natalya), Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), Amazing Kong (Kharma), Brittani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
* {{TNA}}: Cheerleader Melissa (Raisha Saeed/Alyssa Flash), Nikki Roxx (Roxxi Leveaux), Shantelle Taylor (Taylor Wilde), "Dark Angel" Sarah Stock (Sarita), Ashley Lane (Madison Rayne), Rain (Payton Banks), Josey (Sojourner Bolt), Nikita (Winter), Daffney.
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!Tropes associated with SHIMMER
* AbortedArc: Mercedes Martinez 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.
* AbusiveParents: Saraya Knight seems to heap a lot of verbal/emotional abuse on Britani.
* ActionGirl or DarkActionGirl: Pretty much the whole roster.
* ActionMom: Allison Danger, Madison Eagles, Sweet Saraya
* AllAmericanFace: Sara Del Rey in her American Angel gimmick.
* AxCrazy: "Sweet" Saraya Knight. Even her own manager, Rebecca Knox, is deathly afraid of her.
* 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.
* CanadaEh: Averted - The Canadian wrestlers run the gamut from the friendly and good natured to the cartoonishly evil. This is probably because a large percentage of the Shimmer roster are Canadian. So much so that Allison Danger once mused that it should be renamed Shimmer - ''Canadian'' Athletes.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [=LuFisto=]. From a exchange with [=MsChif=]:
-->"I hear babies come from Mommy, but you like green so much, I think you came from a cabbage, ya think?
** On the one hand, when [=LuFisto=] said that, she [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation may]] have been seeing if [=MsChif=] [[NotListeningToMeAreYou would respond positively to]] ''[[NotListeningToMeAreYou anything]]'' [[NotListeningToMeAreYou 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...
* 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: Shimmer allows wrestlers to have "managerial objects," such as [=LuFisto=]'s doll Peegaboo and Malia Hosaka's "partner" Lexie-Fyfe-on-a-Stick.
* CoolMask: Allison Danger wears one as part of her entrance gear.
** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cat]] [[CatGirl Power]] has recently 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.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Part of [=LuFisto's=] gimmick are her many anime inspired costumes.
** Leva Bates seems to be going for a similar gimmick.
* [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Crowning Match of Awesome]]: The match between [=LuFisto=] and Cheerleader Melissa in Vol 20, which earned a standing ovation from the audience.
** Ayako Hamada's bout with Sara Del Ray in volume 28, characterized by the sheer brutality and tenacity displayed by both wrestlers has become the stuff of legends amongst fans.
** SHIMMER's mission statement was to prove that women's wrestling was worth being taken seriously, and didn't have to just be blatant T&A. On the very first volume, the Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey match managed to do exactly that.
** In Volume 5, Amazing Kong made her SHIMMER debut against Nikki Roxx in what most presumed would be a CurbStompBattle that would be over in a couple of minutes. But Roxx managed to hang in for almost fifteen minutes, at times giving Kong a significant amount of trouble, before she was finally pinned. Roxx gained a big fan following and higher profile from her performance in that match, which eventually led to her being signed by TNA (where she would be known as Roxxi Laveaux, and later just Roxxi).
** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=]. [[spoiler:Widely believed that she would drop the SHIMMER Championship during the weekend, she successfully defended the title twice: first, she felled Nikki Roxx in singles action, then she won a Triple Threat Match the next night against [=LuFisto=] and Awesome Kong by becoming the first woman in the history of SHIMMER to pin Awesome Kong.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: In a match at Volume 40, the crowd starts chanting at Portia Perez "die, Portia, die!". Dave Prazak's reaction is priceless.
** {{Corpsing}}: Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
** Volume 44, Courtney Rush comes very close to getting Sara Del Rey to dance to "Poker Face".
* DanceBattler: Rayna Von Tash, or rather dancing before doing moves such as shoulder tackles and elbow drops.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Senior referee Bryce Remsburg is exceptionally popular given the fact that he's well...a referee.
** He ''did'' have a BigDamnHeroes moment during Portia Perez's MoralEventHorizon...
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Kacey Diamond's French diva gimmick revolves around this.
* 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."]]
* 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 [[BadAss Amazing Kong, Cheerleader Melissa, and LuFisto]].
* {{Fingore}}: Volume 35. Sara Del Rey vs. Rachel Summerlynn. Non-stop finger-destroying action from Death Rey.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Jetta (from England), Wesna Busic (Croatia), The Canadian Ninjas (Canada), Rebecca Knox (Ireland), Kelly Skater (Australia), Madison Eagles (also Australia), Tomoka Nakagawa (Japan), Saraya and Britani Knight (England).
* FunPersonified: [=LuFisto=], Leva Bates, and Jessie [=McKay=] all qualify.
* GenkiGirl: Jessica James.
* TheGiant: Amazing Kong.
* GirlPosse: The Minnesota/International Homewrecking Crew. Team Blondage even more so, in their brief appearance.
* 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.
* GranolaGirl: Daizee Haze.
* 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.
* HoYay: Again Lacey and Rain. They've also been known to [[LipstickLesbian invoke]] this with their merchandise in past occasions.
** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking HoYay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[LesYay wonderfully]] [[FanService homoerotic]].
* 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".
* LovelyAngels: The Tag Teams.
* MacGuffin: The Singles and Tag Team Champion(s) belt. There is absolutely no logically conceivable reason why these women put each other through hell time after time for those silly things.
* MadeOfIron: The legendary bout between Ayako Hamada and Sara Del Ray on volume 28 has cemented this into the reputation of both women.
** Kelly Skater seems to think she is. [[spoiler: She's not.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Portia Perez attacking the very ''visibly'' pregant Allison Danger.]]
* McNinja: Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews, the "Canadian Ninjas".
* MsFanservice: Rayna Von Tash, going hand in hand with her burlesque gimmick.
* NightmareFuel: Cat Power [[YouTasteDelicious licking Amber Gertner's cheek]] following a backstage interview. Something usually [[LesYay erotic]] was instead just flat out scary, enough so that the commentators were shuddering following it.
* NoodleIncident: Cat scratch fever.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: [=LuFisto=] fast-talked her way into a title match by catching an inattentive [=MsChif=] with this.
* OneOfUs: Leva Bates for too many reasons to list.
** [=McChif=] is also a [[BadassLabcoat micro]][[HotScientist biologist]].
* OperaGloves: Rayna Von Tash.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: [=MsChif=], bane of the aforementioned [[GlassJawReferee glass jaw referees]].
* PantyShot: A staple of Cheerleader Melissa's matches.
* PartsUnknown:
** [=MsChif=] is from "The Inferno".
** Leva Bates is from [[Film/{{Psycho}} the Bates Motel]].
** Rachel & 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, via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
** Christina Von Eerie is from "Scum City" Sacramento.
** Athena is billed from several different cities in different states all at once.
** 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".
* PintSizedPowerhouse:
** Portia Freakin' Perez!
** Misaki Ohata, the Princess of Submissions. Also, [[BadassAdorable cuter than a cat macro crossed with another cat macro]].
* PrecisionFStrike: Ayako Hamada got one on the Volume 39 tapings 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 & 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.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Woman]]: Amazing Kong.
* ScreamingWarrior: [=MsChif=] which is to be expected since she's a banshee. Rebecca Knox too.
* ShoutOut:
** Cindy Rogers' BretHart-esque leather jacket.
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channeling the Undertaker.
** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team]].
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of 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".
* TemptingFate: [[FearlessFool Kellie Skater's]] schtick - she walks out to the ring about every other show making an open challenge, which is promptly answered by someone who can and does destroy her.
* TreacherousAdvisor: Daffney to Rachel Summerlyn.
* ViewersInMourning: Semi-example, a number of fans reacted like this to [[spoiler:[=MsChif=]'s title loss to Madison Eagles]].
* TheVoiceless: Amazing Kong does not speak.
* 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.
* WorldOfActionGirls
* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''AllJapanWomensProWrestling'' booked by JimCornette".
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: [=MsChif=]
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Several SHIMMER wrestlers have gone on to wrestle for the major promotions.
* Wrestling/{{WWE}}: BethPhoenix, Nattie Neidhart (Natalya), Nikita (Katie Lea), Krissy Vaine and Shantelle Taylor (briefly), Serena Deeb (Serena), Amazing Kong (Kharma), Brittani Knight (Paige), Tenille (Emma). Cheerleader Melissa and Mercedes Martinez also made one-episode appearances on ''Sunday Night Heat''. Sara Del Rey has started working for WWE as a trainer.
* {{TNA}}: Cheerleader Melissa (Raisha Saeed/Alyssa Flash), Nikki Roxx (Roxxi Leveaux), Shantelle Taylor (Taylor Wilde), "Dark Angel" Sarah Stock (Sarita), Ashley Lane (Madison Rayne), Rain (Payton Banks), Josey (Sojourner Bolt), Nikita (Winter), Daffney.
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!Tropes associated with SHIMMER
* AbortedArc: Mercedes Martinez 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.
* AbusiveParents: Saraya Knight seems to heap a lot of verbal/emotional abuse on Britani.
* ActionGirl or DarkActionGirl: Pretty much the whole roster.
* ActionMom: Allison Danger, Madison Eagles, Sweet Saraya
* AllAmericanFace: Sara Del Rey in her American Angel gimmick.
* AxCrazy: "Sweet" Saraya Knight. Even her own manager, Rebecca Knox, is deathly afraid of her.
* 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.
* CanadaEh: Averted - The Canadian wrestlers run the gamut from the friendly and good natured to the cartoonishly evil. This is probably because a large percentage of the Shimmer roster are Canadian. So much so that Allison Danger once mused that it should be renamed Shimmer - ''Canadian'' Athletes.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [=LuFisto=]. From a exchange with [=MsChif=]:
-->"I hear babies come from Mommy, but you like green so much, I think you came from a cabbage, ya think?
** On the one hand, when [=LuFisto=] said that, she [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation may]] have been seeing if [=MsChif=] [[NotListeningToMeAreYou would respond positively to]] ''[[NotListeningToMeAreYou anything]]'' [[NotListeningToMeAreYou 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...
* 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: Shimmer allows wrestlers to have "managerial objects," such as [=LuFisto=]'s doll Peegaboo and Malia Hosaka's "partner" Lexie-Fyfe-on-a-Stick.
* CoolMask: Allison Danger wears one as part of her entrance gear.
** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cat]] [[CatGirl Power]] has recently 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.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Part of [=LuFisto's=] gimmick are her many anime inspired costumes.
** Leva Bates seems to be going for a similar gimmick.
* [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Crowning Match of Awesome]]: The match between [=LuFisto=] and Cheerleader Melissa in Vol 20, which earned a standing ovation from the audience.
** Ayako Hamada's bout with Sara Del Ray in volume 28, characterized by the sheer brutality and tenacity displayed by both wrestlers has become the stuff of legends amongst fans.
** SHIMMER's mission statement was to prove that women's wrestling was worth being taken seriously, and didn't have to just be blatant T&A. On the very first volume, the Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey match managed to do exactly that.
** In Volume 5, Amazing Kong made her SHIMMER debut against Nikki Roxx in what most presumed would be a CurbStompBattle that would be over in a couple of minutes. But Roxx managed to hang in for almost fifteen minutes, at times giving Kong a significant amount of trouble, before she was finally pinned. Roxx gained a big fan following and higher profile from her performance in that match, which eventually led to her being signed by TNA (where she would be known as Roxxi Laveaux, and later just Roxxi).
** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=]. [[spoiler:Widely believed that she would drop the SHIMMER Championship during the weekend, she successfully defended the title twice: first, she felled Nikki Roxx in singles action, then she won a Triple Threat Match the next night against [=LuFisto=] and Awesome Kong by becoming the first woman in the history of SHIMMER to pin Awesome Kong.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: In a match at Volume 40, the crowd starts chanting at Portia Perez "die, Portia, die!". Dave Prazak's reaction is priceless.
** {{Corpsing}}: Watch Cheerleader Melissa trying to keep a straight face when the chant starts.
** Volume 44, Courtney Rush comes very close to getting Sara Del Rey to dance to "Poker Face".
* DanceBattler: Rayna Von Tash, or rather dancing before doing moves such as shoulder tackles and elbow drops.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Senior referee Bryce Remsburg is exceptionally popular given the fact that he's well...a referee.
** He ''did'' have a BigDamnHeroes moment during Portia Perez's MoralEventHorizon...
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Kacey Diamond's French diva gimmick revolves around this.
* 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."]]
* 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 [[BadAss Amazing Kong, Cheerleader Melissa, and LuFisto]].
* {{Fingore}}: Volume 35. Sara Del Rey vs. Rachel Summerlynn. Non-stop finger-destroying action from Death Rey.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Jetta (from England), Wesna Busic (Croatia), The Canadian Ninjas (Canada), Rebecca Knox (Ireland), Kelly Skater (Australia), Madison Eagles (also Australia), Tomoka Nakagawa (Japan), Saraya and Britani Knight (England).
* FunPersonified: [=LuFisto=], Leva Bates, and Jessie [=McKay=] all qualify.
* GenkiGirl: Jessica James.
* TheGiant: Amazing Kong.
* GirlPosse: The Minnesota/International Homewrecking Crew. Team Blondage even more so, in their brief appearance.
* 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.
* GranolaGirl: Daizee Haze.
* 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.
* HoYay: Again Lacey and Rain. They've also been known to [[LipstickLesbian invoke]] this with their merchandise in past occasions.
** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking HoYay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[LesYay wonderfully]] [[FanService homoerotic]].
* 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".
* LovelyAngels: The Tag Teams.
* MacGuffin: The Singles and Tag Team Champion(s) belt. There is absolutely no logically conceivable reason why these women put each other through hell time after time for those silly things.
* MadeOfIron: The legendary bout between Ayako Hamada and Sara Del Ray on volume 28 has cemented this into the reputation of both women.
** Kelly Skater seems to think she is. [[spoiler: She's not.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Portia Perez attacking the very ''visibly'' pregant Allison Danger.]]
* McNinja: Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews, the "Canadian Ninjas".
* MsFanservice: Rayna Von Tash, going hand in hand with her burlesque gimmick.
* NightmareFuel: Cat Power [[YouTasteDelicious licking Amber Gertner's cheek]] following a backstage interview. Something usually [[LesYay erotic]] was instead just flat out scary, enough so that the commentators were shuddering following it.
* NoodleIncident: Cat scratch fever.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: [=LuFisto=] fast-talked her way into a title match by catching an inattentive [=MsChif=] with this.
* OneOfUs: Leva Bates for too many reasons to list.
** [=McChif=] is also a [[BadassLabcoat micro]][[HotScientist biologist]].
* OperaGloves: Rayna Von Tash.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: [=MsChif=], bane of the aforementioned [[GlassJawReferee glass jaw referees]].
* PantyShot: A staple of Cheerleader Melissa's matches.
* PartsUnknown:
** [=MsChif=] is from "The Inferno".
** Leva Bates is from [[Film/{{Psycho}} the Bates Motel]].
** Rachel & 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, via [[Series/DoctorWho the TARDIS]]."
** Christina Von Eerie is from "Scum City" Sacramento.
** Athena is billed from several different cities in different states all at once.
** 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".
* PintSizedPowerhouse:
** Portia Freakin' Perez!
** Misaki Ohata, the Princess of Submissions. Also, [[BadassAdorable cuter than a cat macro crossed with another cat macro]].
* PrecisionFStrike: Ayako Hamada got one on the Volume 39 tapings 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 & 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.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Woman]]: Amazing Kong.
* ScreamingWarrior: [=MsChif=] which is to be expected since she's a banshee. Rebecca Knox too.
* ShoutOut:
** Cindy Rogers' BretHart-esque leather jacket.
** After [[spoiler: losing the title and turning heel]], Sara Del Rey starts channeling the Undertaker.
** Rachel Summerlynn and Jessica James team up as [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Rachel and Jessica's Excellent Tag Team]].
** Dave Prazak is apparently a fan of 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".
* TemptingFate: [[FearlessFool Kellie Skater's]] schtick - she walks out to the ring about every other show making an open challenge, which is promptly answered by someone who can and does destroy her.
* TreacherousAdvisor: Daffney to Rachel Summerlyn.
* ViewersInMourning: Semi-example, a number of fans reacted like this to [[spoiler:[=MsChif=]'s title loss to Madison Eagles]].
* TheVoiceless: Amazing Kong does not speak.
* 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.
* WorldOfActionGirls
* XMeetsY: Has been described as "''AllJapanWomensProWrestling'' booked by JimCornette".
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: [=MsChif=]
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