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* FandomRivalry: SHIMMER vs Wrestling/{{WSU}} vs SHINE, the three most prominent women's wrestling promotions in the USA. And all of them hold women's wrestling fans who only watch WWE in disdain.
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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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* ViewersInMourning: Semi-example, a number of fans reacted like this to [[spoiler:[=MsChif=]'s title loss to Madison Eagles]].Eagles]].
* XPacHeat: After Wrestling/SaraDelRey turned heel, SHIMMER brought in "Sweet and Sour" Wrestling/LarrySweeney 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.
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*** On the other hand, referee Andy Long gets booed so much some fans have called him the most over heel in the promotion.
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** In the Q&A on Volume 78, Kimber Lee is asked who her favourite wrestler is, and replies "Wrestling/TripleH", prompting a fan to call out "Somebody wants to be hired!". Kimber Lee has now been contracted to WWE, under the name Abbey Laith.
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It may have been that company's first iron woman match. They've been occuring in pro wrestling since at least the days of AJW/Zenjo.


** On the first taping since Britani Knight was signed to WWE, her mother Saraya faced Davina Rose in a SquashMatch. Davina Rose would soon be signed to WWE - and her first match for NXT was a squash against...you guessed it...Britani Knight (or {{Wrestling/Paige}} ). And even more hilarious that Davina Rose would become an even bigger star than Paige as {{Wrestling/Bayley}} - main eventing a PPV and wrestling in the first women's Iron Man match.

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** On the first taping since Britani Knight was signed to WWE, her mother Saraya faced Davina Rose in a SquashMatch. Davina Rose would soon be signed to WWE - and her first match for NXT was a squash against...you guessed it...Britani Knight (or {{Wrestling/Paige}} ). And even more hilarious that Davina Rose would become an even bigger star than Paige as {{Wrestling/Bayley}} - main eventing a PPV and wrestling in the first women's WWE's only women Iron Man match.match to that point.

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** [=LuFisto=] tricking [=MsChif=] into giving her a title match by invoking NotListeningToMeAreYou. "I hear babies come from mommy but you like green so much you came from a cabbage" is what tips her off. [=MsChif=]'s DelayedReaction into an OhCrap was what really made it.



** 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...

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** Senior referee Bryce Remsburg is exceptionally popular given the fact that he's well...a referee.
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referee. He ''did'' have a BigDamnHeroes moment during Portia Perez's MoralEventHorizon...



** The Knight Dynasty would then be [=3S=]'s EvilCounterPart, being the most over ''heel'' tag team the promotion had ever seen, getting the kind of heat after only a single day that others with years of buildup couldn't(though manager Rebbecca Knox ''was'' a returning [[LoveToHate unfavorite]])

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** The Knight Dynasty would then be [=3S=]'s EvilCounterPart, being the most over ''heel'' tag team the promotion had ever seen, getting the kind of heat after only a single day that others with years of buildup couldn't(though couldn't (though manager Rebbecca Knox ''was'' a returning [[LoveToHate unfavorite]])unfavorite]]).
** Athena got an overwhelmingly positive reception upon her debut, despite playing a heel. She was so impressive that she was immediately turned face at the following tapings.
** Madison Eagles benefited from this in 2011 when she won the SHIMMER Championship. PWI voted her the number 1 wrestler on their Female 50, the first time an indie wrestler had topped the list.



* HilariousInHindsight: On the first taping since Britani Knight was signed to WWE, her mother Saraya faced Davina Rose in a SquashMatch. Davina Rose would soon be signed to WWE - and her first match for NXT was a squash against...you guessed it...Britani Knight (or {{Wrestling/Paige}} ).

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On the first taping since Britani Knight was signed to WWE, her mother Saraya faced Davina Rose in a SquashMatch. Davina Rose would soon be signed to WWE - and her first match for NXT was a squash against...you guessed it...Britani Knight (or {{Wrestling/Paige}} ). And even more hilarious that Davina Rose would become an even bigger star than Paige as {{Wrestling/Bayley}} - main eventing a PPV and wrestling in the first women's Iron Man match.
** Athena's debut was as a heel in a losing effort to face Jessie [=McKay=]. Fast forward to 2016 where she debuts in WWE as Ember Moon - now in a radically different role as DarkMagicalGirl Ember Moon. Who's her first match against? Jessie - now as Wrestling/BillieKay also doing a radically different gimmick as a FemmeFatale.


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* RetroactiveRecognition: A lot of the SHIMMER women went onto have very big careers in WWE - such as Wrestling/BethPhoenix, Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart, Wrestling/BeckyLynch, {{Wrestling/Bayley}} and {{Wrestling/Paige}}.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "[=MiniSavoy=]" [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BDwmIEciw1I/ with her aunt's belt]].

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "[=MiniSavoy=]" Savoy might be a dirty cheat, but it's kind of hard to boo her, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BDwmIEciw1I/ with her aunt's belt]].especially after seeing stuff like this]].
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The World Famous Kana wasn't especially popular among Japan's wrestling community and was also a heel, which is something SHIMMER wasn't in desperate need of. The only reason she's in the promotion is because fans campaigned for it, which also happened to make her a huge baby face when she finally showed up.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The World Famous Kana Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} wasn't especially popular among Japan's wrestling community and was also a heel, which is something SHIMMER wasn't in desperate need of. The only reason she's in the promotion is because fans campaigned for it, which also happened to make her a huge baby face when she finally showed up.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "[=MiniSavoy=]" [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BDwmIEciw1I/ with her aunt's belt]].
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Portia Perez didn't even get sympathy cheers when her injuries were announced but a third of the crowds are vocally supportive of the other Canadian Ninja, Nicole Matthews.
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* TheUntwist: When Mia Yim vs Jessie [=McKay=] on volume 45 was billed as a friendly match, Stew of Ringbelles called it a ShockingSwerve when it turned out to be true.
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** The Knight Dynasty would then be [=3S=]'s EvilCounterPart, being the most over ''heel'' tag team the promotion had ever seen, getting the kind of heat after only a single day that others with years of buildup couldn't(though manager Rebbecca Knox ''was'' a returning unfavorite)

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** The Knight Dynasty would then be [=3S=]'s EvilCounterPart, being the most over ''heel'' tag team the promotion had ever seen, getting the kind of heat after only a single day that others with years of buildup couldn't(though manager Rebbecca Knox ''was'' a returning unfavorite)[[LoveToHate unfavorite]])
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** The Knight Dynasty would then be [=3S=]'s EvilCounterPart, being the most over ''heel'' tag team the promotion had ever seen, getting the kind of heat after only a single day that others with years of buildup couldn't(though manager Rebbecca Knox ''was'' a returning unfavorite)
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The World Famous Kana wasn't especially popular among Japan's wrestling community and was also a heel, which is something SHIMMER wasn't in desperate need of. The only reason she's in the promotion is because fans campaigned for it, which also happened to make her a huge baby face when she finally showed up.
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* [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Match of Awesome]]: The match between [=LuFisto=] and Cheerleader Melissa in Vol 20, which earned a standing ovation from the audience.

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The match between [=LuFisto=] and Cheerleader Melissa in Vol 20, which earned a standing ovation from the audience.



* EnsembleDarkHorse: Senior referee Bryce Remsburg is exceptionally popular given the fact that he's well...a referee.

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Senior referee Bryce Remsburg is exceptionally popular given the fact that he's well...a referee.


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** The Seven Star Sisters were the most over tag team in the promotion's history and had the potential to be the promotion's biggest draw. Unfortunately for SHIMMER, Misaki Ohata didn't like to travel.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Athena, until she took up a more sympathetic role following Mercedes Martinez breaking her leg. Then Nikki Storm became bad guy people wanted to win.

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* RootingForTheEmpire: Athena, until she took up a more sympathetic role following Mercedes Martinez breaking her leg. Then Nikki Storm became the bad guy people wanted to win.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Athena, until she took up a more sympathetic role following Mercedes Martinez breaking her leg. Then Nikki Storm bad guy people wanted to win.

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* RootingForTheEmpire: Athena, until she took up a more sympathetic role following Mercedes Martinez breaking her leg. Then Nikki Storm became bad guy people wanted to win.
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** The Knight Dynasty's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93nBkPSV1-k entrance shenanigans.]] Britani and Rebecca Knox are clearly having the time of their lives, while Saraya walks around looking like she's contemplating who to kill first.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Athena, until she took up a more sympathetic role following Mercedes Martinez breaking her leg. Then Nikki Storm bad guy people wanted to win.
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** Rayna Von Tosh got quite the fan following despite only wrestling on four tapings. It helped that she played her gimmick VERY well.
* HilariousInHindsight: On the first taping since Britani Knight was signed to WWE, her mother Saraya faced Davina Rose in a SquashMatch. Davina Rose would soon be signed to WWE - and her first match for NXT was a squash against...you guessed it...Britani Knight (or {{Wrestling/Paige}} ).
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Super hardcore Anime (AKA Lufisto): A woman who is master of mind games who lures in opponents with a soft girly image or a deluded woman in need of help that somehow learned to wrestle? You decide.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Super hardcore Anime (AKA Lufisto): A woman who is master of mind games who lures in opponents with a soft girly image or a deluded woman lost in need of help her own little world that somehow learned to wrestle? You decide.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Super hardcore Anime (AKA Lufisto): A woman who is master of mind games who lures in opponents with a soft girly image or a deluded woman in need of help that somehow learned to wrestle? You decide.



* Cheerleader Melissa vs. [=MsChif=] on Volume 1, the whole thing.
* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment Of Funny]]: 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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* ** Cheerleader Melissa vs. [=MsChif=] on Volume 1, the whole thing.
* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment Of Funny]]: Funny]]
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In a match at Volume 40, the crowd starts chanting at Portia Perez "die, Portia, die!". Dave Prazak's reaction is priceless.



* HoYay: Again Lacey and Rain. They've also been known to [[LipstickLesbian invoke]] this with their merchandise in past occasions.

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Again Lacey and Rain. They've also been known to [[LipstickLesbian invoke]] this with their merchandise in past occasions.
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** Volume 57 - Miss Natural vs Leva Bates. Leva cosplays as [[StarTrek Spock]]. Miss Natural tells her to "[[StarWars Come to the Dark Side]]". The entire crowd chants "Wrong franchise!"
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** 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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** The weekend of tapings for Volumes 27 and 28 were a Crowning Moment for [=MsChif=].Wrestling/{{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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Because of no conversation in the article, let me say here that the match had me marking out and jumping out of my seat for joy at the end.

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* Cheerleader Melissa vs. [=MsChif=] on Volume 1, the whole thing.
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** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking Ho Yay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[HoYay wonderfully]] [[[=Fanservice=] homoerotic]].

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** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking Ho Yay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[HoYay wonderfully]] [[[=Fanservice=] [[{{Fanservice}} homoerotic]].

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** At the start of the Sara Del Rey vs. Sarah Stock match on Volume 12 when the crowd is cheering for "Sara(h)", but not making it clear ''which'' woman they mean.



** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking Ho Yay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[HoYay wonderfully]] [[FanService homoerotic]].

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** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking Ho Yay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[HoYay wonderfully]] [[FanService [[[=Fanservice=] homoerotic]].

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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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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome 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.]]
* [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Crowning Moment Of Funny]]:
In a match at Volume 40, the crowd starts chanting at Portia Perez "die, Portia, die!". Dave Prazak's reaction is priceless.



** 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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** Hiroyo Matsumoto is a walking HoYay...Ho Yay...even by the standards of professional wrestling, her match with Lufisto was...shall we say...[[LesYay [[HoYay wonderfully]] [[FanService homoerotic]].



* 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.

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* NightmareFuel: Cat Power [[YouTasteDelicious licking Amber Gertner's cheek]] following a backstage interview. Something usually [[LesYay [[HoYay erotic]] was instead just flat out scary, enough so that the commentators were shuddering following it.
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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.

* 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...

* 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]].

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Portia Perez attacking the very ''visibly'' pregnant Allison Danger.]]

* 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.

* ViewersInMourning: Semi-example, a number of fans reacted like this to [[spoiler:[=MsChif=]'s title loss to Madison Eagles]].

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