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WCW Championship
Current WCW Champion Becky Knox at WCW Anniversary XIII in Providence in November 2018
Details
PromotionShimmer Women Athletes
Date establishedJune 2, 2007
Current champion(s)Becky Knox
Date wonWeek 3 January 2019[1]
Other name(s)
Shimmer Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Sara Del Rey
Most reignsCheerleader Melissa and Madison Eagles (2)
Longest reignMsChif (102 weeks)
Shortest reignCharlotte Flair (4 weeks)

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

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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

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Sara Del Rey as the first Shimmer Champion in 2007.

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

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# 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

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Madison Eagles, record-tying two-time Shimmer Champion

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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bentley, Martin (2016-11-14). "11/13 Shimmer 89 & 90 results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. ^ "Shimmer Volume 11, Volume 12, & Volume 13 Results". Shimmer Women Athletes. Visuex. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  3. ^ "Volume 11, 12 and 13 - June 1 & 2, 2007 : Berwyn, IL". Shimmer Women Athletes. WrestleFuse. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  4. ^ Prazak, Dave (18 November 2009). "News - Official RECAP/RESULTS from Nov. 8th tapings!". Shimmer Women Athletes. WrestleFuse. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  5. ^ Johnson, Mike (2010-04-11). "New Shimmer Champion crowned". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  6. ^ Martin, Adam (2011-10-03). "Shimmer Volume 43, 44 taping results". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  7. ^ Cooper, Chad (2012-03-19). "Results of Shimmer Vol. 47 and 48 tapings". WrestleView. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  8. ^ Namako, Jason (2013-04-06). "4/6 Shimmer 53 iPPV Results: Secaucus, New Jersey". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Bentley, Martin (2015-10-10). "Shimmer results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  11. ^ Bentley, Martin (2016-06-27). "Shimmer Volumes 84 & 85 results from Berwyn, IL". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "UPDATE: Finn Bálor relinquishes WWE Universal Championship due to injury, undergoes successful surgery". WWE. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  14. ^ Caldwell, James. "8/22 WWE Raw Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live TV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 22, 2016.

[[Category:Women's professional wrestling championships]] [[Category:Shimmer Women Athletes]]