History Wrestling / SHIMMER

* 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/{{Paige}} Britani Knight (Paige)]], [[Wrestling/{{Emma}} Tenille (Emma)]], [[Wrestling/{{Bayley}} Davina Rose (Bayley)]], [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch)]], Jessie [=McKay=] (Wrestling/BillieKay), KC Cassidy (Peyton Royce), Athena (Ember Moon), [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Kana (Asuka)]], Nikki Storm (Nikki Cross), Heidi Lovelace (Ruby Riot), Crazy Mary Dobson (Sarah Logan), Evie (Dakota Kai). 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, Mia Yim and Santana Garrett stopped by NXT. [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Juliette The Huntress]] briefly appeared before a stint in developmental (as Sofia Cortez).
* Wrestling/{{TNA}}: Amazing Kong (Awesome Kong), Cheerleader Melissa (Raisha Saeed/Alyssa Flash), Nikki Roxx (Roxxi Leveaux), Shantelle Taylor (Wrestling/TaylorWilde), "Dark Angel" Wrestling/SarahStock (Sarita), [[Wrestling/MadisonRayne Ashley Lane (Madison Rayne)]], Rain (Payton Banks), Josey (Sojourner Bolt), Nikita (Winter), Wrestling/DaffneyUnger, Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie (Toxxin), Santana Garrett (Brittany), Jessicka (Havok), Marti (Belle), Mia Yim (Jade), Cherry Bomb (Laura Dennis), Allysin Kay(Sienna), Courtney Rush(Rosemary). Serena Deeb, Veda Scott, Su Yung and Solo Darling also showed up for Knockouts only pay per views.

** 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.

* XPacHeat: After Wrestling/SaraDelRey turned heel, SHIMMER brought in "Sweet and Sour" Larry Sweeney as her manager. Fans reacted so badly to the idea of a man being involved in the action as anything other than a referee that he was dropped after one appearance.

** 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 so they often acknowledge each other.

* 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 thus far has been 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.

* 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.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: [=MsChif=], Tomoka Nakagawa and Christina Von Eerie all have green streaks in their hair.

* 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/{{Paige}} Britani Knight (Paige)]], [[Wrestling/{{Emma}} Tenille (Emma)]], [[Wrestling/{{Bayley}} Davina Rose (Bayley)]], [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch)]], Jessie [=McKay=] (Wrestling/BillieKay), KC Cassidy (Peyton Royce), Athena (Ember Moon), [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Kana (Asuka)]], Nikki Storm (Nikki Cross), Heidi Lovelace (Ruby Riot). 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, Mia Yim and Santana Garrett stopped by NXT. [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Juliette The Huntress]] briefly appeared before a stint in developmental (as Sofia Cortez).

* ToBeAMaster: New fans are of the opinion that the Singles and Tag Team Champion(s) belts are {{Mac Guffin}}s. Even conceding that they make good bludgeons they maintain there is absolutely no logically conceivable reason why the women put each other through hell time after time for those silly things. Well, it is a sort of mistaken way of viewing it. Why the belts are awarded is more important than what they can be used for. Being given one mean's you're the best, and people will go along way to prove they are the best.

-->''Without a doubt, a case could be made that the first shots of the 2015 {{WWE}} Women's Revolution were actually fired at the Berwyn Eagles Club a decade before.''

* InsistentTerminology: Nikki Storm is never satisfied with how the ring announcer pronounces "GLASGOW, SCOTLAND!", and insists on demonstrating how to do it properly.

* 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/{{Paige}} Britani Knight (Paige)]], [[Wrestling/{{Emma}} Tenille (Emma)]], [[Wrestling/{{Bayley}} Davina Rose (Bayley)]], [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch)]], Jessie [=McKay=] (Wrestling/BillieKay), KC Cassidy (Peyton Royce), Athena, [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Kana (Asuka)]], Nikki Storm. 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, Mia Yim and Santana Garrett stopped by NXT. [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Juliette The Huntress]] briefly appeared before a stint in developmental (as Sofia Cortez).

SHIMMER 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 started with its 53rd Volume during a [[FanConvention WrestleCon]] and individual matches became available for purchase through [=ClickWrestle=].

* CollectibleCardGame: The like ROH, the promotion has one made by Filsinger based around running a promotion.

** 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.]]=

* TheGiant: Amazing Kong. She looked noticeably smaller on volume 53 but still the largest one around.

* GirlsWithMustaches: Regeneration X as Mario and Luigi, also Leva Bates as [[Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack Silent Bob]].

* 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!

* 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/{{Paige}} Britani Knight (Paige)]], [[Wrestling/{{Emma}} Tenille (Emma)]], [[Wrestling/{{Bayley}} Davina Rose (Bayley)]], [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch)]], Jessie [=McKay=] (Billie Kay), KC Cassidy (Peyton Royce), Athena, [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Kana (Asuka)]], Nikki Storm. 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, Mia Yim and Santana Garrett stopped by NXT. [[Wrestling/IvelisseVelez Juliette The Huntress]] briefly appeared before a stint in developmental (as Sofia Cortez).

* 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.

* HeterosexualLifePartners

* MadeOfIron

* NoExceptYes: Portia Perez insists that Sara Del Rey and Courtney Rush are NOT a tag team, they are merely "co-corner wrestling partners".
* NoodleIncident: Cat scratch fever.

* OneSteveLimit

* PartsUnknown

** Kellie Skater calling herself "The Colossus of Bacchus Marsh" is a reference to [[Characters/WWEBrandExtension "The Colossus of Boggo Road" Nathan Jones]], an Australian wrestler who had an unsuccessful run in [=WWE=] in 2003.

* 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, Jimmy Jacobs, entered, leaving him as the winner.

* 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 thus far has been Wrestling/MsChif, who has a "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.

'''SHIMMER Women Athletes''', mostly known simply as '''SHIMMER''', is an all women's wrestling fed based in Berwyn, Illinois, run by commentator Dave Prazak and wrestler Allison Danger.

* 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=]]].

'''SHIMMER Women Athletes''', mostly known simply as '''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. The SHIMMER Singles Champion's title is recognized as The ROH Women's Title and is defended on ROH shows, while the ROH Dojo was also considered the SHIMMER Academy until ROH's purchase by the Sinclair Broadcast Group cut back on this relationship. SHIMMER started as a DVD only company but fans have always been allowed to attend tapings, occasional Internet Pay Per View started with its 53rd Volume during a [[FanConvention WrestleCon]] and individual matches became available for purchase through [=ClickWrestle=]. SHIMMER 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.

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 {{camp}}iness associated with Wrestling/{{GLOW}} in the 1980s and Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}} in the 2010s.

** The SPARKLE Jobber Skill Death Artist #2(sic) wore a mask, and {{legacy|character}} jobber Spider Lady has shown up

* LargeHamTitle: "From The Most Awesomest Place Ever: Bacchus Marsh, Australia. Weighing 68 kg of pure Adamantium. She has muscles so huge, they make [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk]] [[{{Pun}} green]] with envy. ChuckNorris fears her. The Colossus Of Bacchus Marsh. The Indestructible One. The Rate Tank, Kellie Skater!"

'''SHIMMER Women Athletes''', mostly known simply as '''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. The SHIMMER Singles Champion's title is recognized as The ROH Women's Title and is defended on ROH shows, while the ROH Dojo was also considered the SHIMMER Academy until ROH's purchase by the Sinclair Broadcast Group cut back on this relationship. SHIMMER started as a DVD only company but fans have always been allowed to attend tapings, occasional Internet Pay Per View started with its 53rd Volume during a [[FanConvention WrestleCon]] and individual became matches became available for purchase through [=ClickWrestle=]. SHIMMER 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.

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.

* 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.

** 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.]]