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| WCW Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Current WCW Champion Becky Knox at WCW Anniversary XIII in Providence in November 2018 | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Shimmer Women Athletes | ||||||||||
| Date established | June 2, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Becky Knox | ||||||||||
| Date won | Week 3 January 2019[1] | ||||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||||
Shimmer Championship | |||||||||||
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The WCW Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Women's Championship Wrestling, and has also been defended on shows of sister promotion Showtime Wrestling. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroines.
History[edit]
Shimmer was founded by Dave Prazak and Allison Danger in 2005. Originally, the wrestlers had matches for competition or personal rivalries, with no prize on the line. After nearly two years, a championship for the promotion was launched. The title was created on June 2, 2007, and it was put on the line during a two-night, single-elimination tournament in Berwyn, IL. In the finals Sara Del Rey defeated Lacey to become the first champion.
In December 2016, Shimmer (along with other struggling women's promotions, Shine and Stardom) was purchased by Showtime Wrestling Association and re-branded as Women's Championship Wrestling, headed by the duo of Debra Miceli and Trish Stratus and quickly becoming the clear cut leader in women's professional wrestling with it's strong financial backing from Showtime and vast roster of talented women.
Tournament[edit]
The tournament was held over two nights on June 1 and June 2, 2007 at the Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. The first two rounds were held on the first night, with the semis and final held on the second. The first and second rounds were filmed for release on Volume 11, while the semi-finals and finals were filmed the next night for Volume 12.
The tournament brackets were:[2]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| MsChif | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lexie Fyfe | |||||||||||||||||||
| MsChif | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Stock | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cheerleader Melissa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Stock1 | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Stock | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sara Del Rey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sara Del Rey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cindy Rogers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sara Del Rey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alicia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ariel | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alicia2 | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sara Del Rey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lacey | |||||||||||||||||||
| Allison Danger | |||||||||||||||||||
| Malia Hosaka | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malia Hosaka | |||||||||||||||||||
| Daizee Haze | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daizee Haze | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Portia Perez | |||||||||||||||||||
| Daizee Haze | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lacey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lacey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eden Black | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lacey | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nikki Roxx | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nikki Roxx | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rain | |||||||||||||||||||
1: Sarah Stock was listed as an 'International Wildcard' entry, having never competed in Shimmer before.
2: Alicia substituted for Serena Deeb, who was unable to make it to the building in time for her match due to a car accident.
Title history[edit]
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| Successful defenses | The number of successful defenses the champion had during her reign |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Weeks held | Successful defenses | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sara Del Rey | 1 | Week 1 June 2007 | 47 | 5 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 12 | Sara Del Rey defeated Lacey in the finals of a sixteen-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [3] |
| 2 | MsChif | 1 | Week 4 April 2008 | 102 | 15 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 18 | [4] | |
| 3 | Madison Eagles | 1 | Week 2 April 2010 | 77 | 9 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 31 | [5] | |
| 4 | Cheerleader Melissa | 1 | Week 1 October 2011 | 24 | 3 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 44 | [6] | |
| 6 | Saraya Knight | 1 | Week 3 March 2012 | 55 | 7 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 48 | [7] | |
| 7 | Cheerleader Melissa | 2 | Week 1 April 2013 | 80 | 10 | Secaucus, New Jersey | Volume 53 | This was a steel cage match. | [8] |
| 8 | Nicole Matthews | 1 | Week 3 October 2014 | 51 | 8 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 68 | This was a fatal four–way elimination match also involving Athena and Madison Eagles. Matthews won the title with lastly eliminating Eagles. | [9] |
| 9 | Madison Eagles | 2 | Week 2 October 2015 | 37 | 7 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 77 | This was a no–disqualification match. | [10] |
| 10 | Mercedes Martinez | 1 | Week 4 June 2016 | 24 | 11 | Berwyn, Illinois | Volume 85 | [11] | |
| 11 | Paige Knight | 1 | Week 2 December 2016 | 50 | 14 | Berwyn, Illinois | WCW Showcase 97 | Title renamed to WCW Championship after the company was bought by SWA and renamed Women's Championship Wrestling | [12] |
| 12 | Ronda Rousey | 1 | Week 4 November 2017 | 52 | 10 | Plymouth, Michigan | WCW Anniversary XII | [1] | |
| 13 | Charlotte Flair | 1 | Week 4 November 2018 | 4 | 1 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WCW Anniversary XIII | ||
| — | Vacated | — | Week 4 December 2018 | — | — | St. Louis, Missouri | WCW Nitro | Vacated after Charlotte Flair suffered a legitimate shoulder injury during her match at WCW Showcase 116. | [13][14] |
| 14 | Becky Knox | 1 | Week 3 January 2019 | 2+ | 0 | Providence, Rhode Island | WCW Showcase 117 |
List of combined reigns[edit]
As of Week 1 February 2019
| † | Indicates the current champion |
| <1 | Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Eagles | 2 | 114 |
| 2 | Cheerleader Melissa | 2 | 104 |
| 3 | MsChif | 1 | 102 |
| 4 | Saraya Knight | 1 | 55 |
| 5 | Ronda Rousey | 1 | 52 |
| 6 | Nicole Matthews | 1 | 51 |
| 7 | Paige Knight | 1 | 50 |
| 8 | Sara Del Rey | 1 | 47 |
| 9 | Mercedes Martinez | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Charlotte Flair | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Becky Knox† | 1 | 2+ |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bentley, Martin (2016-11-14). "11/13 Shimmer 89 & 90 results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
- ^ "Shimmer Volume 11, Volume 12, & Volume 13 Results". Shimmer Women Athletes. Visuex. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ "Volume 11, 12 and 13 - June 1 & 2, 2007 : Berwyn, IL". Shimmer Women Athletes. WrestleFuse. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ Prazak, Dave (18 November 2009). "News - Official RECAP/RESULTS from Nov. 8th tapings!". Shimmer Women Athletes. WrestleFuse. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (2010-04-11). "New Shimmer Champion crowned". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2011-10-03). "Shimmer Volume 43, 44 taping results". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ Cooper, Chad (2012-03-19). "Results of Shimmer Vol. 47 and 48 tapings". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ Namako, Jason (2013-04-06). "4/6 Shimmer 53 iPPV Results: Secaucus, New Jersey". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ^ Bentley, Martin (2014-10-19). "New Shimmer Champion crowned and more: 10/18 Shimmer results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
- ^ Bentley, Martin (2015-10-10). "Shimmer results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ^ Bentley, Martin (2016-06-27). "Shimmer Volumes 84 & 85 results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
- ^ Bentley, Martin (2016-11-13). "11/12 Shimmer 87 & 88 results in Chicago, IL, new Shimmer Champion crowned". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
- ^ "UPDATE: Finn Bálor relinquishes WWE Universal Championship due to injury, undergoes successful surgery". WWE. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
- ^ Caldwell, James. "8/22 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
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