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Shine Wrestling
Founded2012
StyleWomen's professional wrestling
HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Founder(s)Sal Hamaoui
Lexie Fyfe
Owner(s)Sal Hamaoui
Jerry DuFrain
ParentWWNLive
SisterShimmer Women Athletes
Websiteshinewrestling.com

Shine Wrestling (stylized as SHINE Wrestling and often referred to simply as SHINE) is an American, New York based independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It is the sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes and airs events on Internet pay-per-view (iPPV).

History

Shine was created as the sister promotion of Shimmer Women Athletes,[1] and it was established by Sal Hamaoui in 2012. It held its first event Shine 1 on July 20, 2012.[1][2] Sal Hamaoui is the bookers for the promotion.[1]

The company use to hold its events at The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida. Now it runs shows in Woodside, NY and Queens, NY.

In 2015, WWNLive opened its own training facility in Trinity, Florida named "World Wrestling Network Academy", which Shine shares with Dragon Gate USA, Evolve and Full Impact Pro.[3]

On October 24, 2016, WWNLive and FloSports announced a new streaming service, which would host events held by the WWNLive promotions, including Shine.[4]

Championships

As of December 23, 2024

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held
Notes
Shine Championship Ivelisse 4 December 12, 2021 1107+ Defeated Natalia Markova at Shine 70.
Shine Tag Team Championship Kelsey Raegan & Lindsay Snow 1 January 28, 2024 330+ Defeated Las Sicarias (Labrava & Tiffany Nieves) at Shine 77.
Shine Nova Championship Kelsey Heather 1 July 12, 2024 164+ Defeated Amber Nova at Shine 79: The 12th Anniversary Celebration.

Events

References

  1. ^ a b c Asher, Matthew. "Women ready to SHINE in new Florida promotion". Slam Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Shine Wrestling. "Shine 1". Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  3. ^ Caldwell, James (2015-02-19). "WWNLive news: Official new training facility announced". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  4. ^ Nason, Josh (2016-10-24). "FloSports announces deal with WWNLive, launches pro wrestling streaming service". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2016-10-24.